He received an A.B. degree in East Asian Studies at Harvard University in 1994 and then completed the Medical Scientist Training Program at New York University School of Medicine in 2003 to receive combined M.D. and Ph.D. degrees. He completed a neurosurgical residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in 2010. During his resident training, Dr. Kim also pursued a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School to investigate the molecular signals that orchestrate fundamental aspects of brain development. He then completed a fellowship at the University of Miami School of Medicine to acquire expertise in the management of complex skull-base brain tumors in 2011.