K. Anthony Kim, M.D., FAANS
Dr. Kim was born in Athens, Greece to a diplomatic family. During his childhood, he attended schools in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Nepal, Libya, and South Korea. He is fluent in the Korean language. Dr. Kim graduated from the prestigious Yale University with a Bachelor of Science intensive in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in music. He also underwent one year of Masters in Musical Arts while at Yale.
He obtained his M.D. at Keck-University of Southern California School of Medicine, graduated with the Highest Distinction, and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society in 2000. He is a board-certified diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS) and a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (FAANS).
Dr. Kim has been awarded the “Physician of Excellence” designation by the Orange County Medical Association (OCMA) every single year since 2013.
He has been ranked as one of the Top Doctors by the Orange County Medical Association.
Since 2013, Dr. Kim has served as the physician liaison and Chief Medical Officer for applying non-invasive Magnetic e-Resonance Therapy (MeRT) to patients with Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion and PTSD at NeuroMod Sciences and the Brain Treatment Centers in Newport Beach and San Diego, CA. He has worked with active soldiers as well as veterans to alleviate symptoms of PTSD and Depression.
He seeks to advance non-invasive, non-surgical methods to alleviate symptoms and improve diagnosis in the new realm of neuro-physicians.
Additionally, Dr. Kim is a neurosurgeon with a practice in Mission Viejo in Orange County.
With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Kim is well versed in all forms of spinal hardware and has implanted over 15,000 spinal instrumentation products by 2022. He has been focused on advancing spinal surgery towards higher accuracy and precision with improved patient satisfaction and outcomes.
He has been invited to meetings to speak before the Plenary Session at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the Western Neurological Society (WNS), the AANS-CNS section of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Disorders (“Spine section”), and the AANS-CNS section of Pediatric Neurosurgery to name a few.
He has published in the main neurosurgical journals, Journal of Neurosurgery, the Spine journal, Neurosurgery, and Neurosurgical Focus among others, and has reviewed for Neurosurgery in the field of penetrating trauma and for the International Society for the Advancement of Spinal Surgery (ISAAS).