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Min Kim, MD

  • Houston Methodist thoracic surgeon
  • David M. Underwood Distinguished Professor of Surgery in Digestive Disorders, Houston Methodist Hospital Department of Surgery
  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine
  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
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Min Kim, MD

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Areas of Expertise

  • Da Vinci esophagectomy
  • Da Vinci hiatal hernia repair
  • Linx
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung resection
  • Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
  • Matrix biology
  • Metastasis
  • Minimally invasive lung cancer surgery
  • Minimally invasive pulmonary
  • Thymoma
  • Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Credentials

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
MEDICAL SCHOOL
John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. | 2003
INTERNSHIP
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | 2004
RESIDENCY
General Surgery | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass. | 2008
FELLOWSHIP
Thoracic surgery | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Publications

Impact of automated alerts on discharge opioid overprescribing after general surgery
Rizk, E, Kaur, N, Duong, PY, Fink, E, Wanat, MA, Douglas Thornton, J & Kim, MP 2024, , American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, vol. 81, no. 24, pp. 1288-1296. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxae185

Robotic right lower lobectomy for a persistent large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation following repeated coil embolization
Lengyel, BC, Watson, JB, Kim, MP & Lumsden, AB 2024, , Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, vol. 10, no. 6, 101605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2024.101605

Opioid use in thoracic surgery: a retrospective study on postoperative complications
Xiao, J, Nguyen, DT, Lichtenberg, ZK, Rizk, E, Meisenbach, LM, Chihara, R, Graviss, EA & Kim, MP 2024, , Journal of Thoracic Disease, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 6827-6834. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-24-825

Long Interspersed Nuclear Element-1 Analytes in Extracellular Vesicles as Tools for Molecular Diagnostics of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Bowers, EC, Cavalcante, AM, Nguyen, K, Li, C, Wang, Y, El-Zein, R, Chen, SH, Kim, MP, McKay, BS & Ramos, KS 2024, , International journal of molecular sciences, vol. 25, no. 2, 1169. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25021169

Enhanced recovery after surgery may mitigate the risks associated with robotic-assisted fundoplication in lung transplant patients
Wu, R, Robayo, V, Nguyen, DT, Chan, EY, Chihara, R, Huang, HJ, Graviss, EA & Kim, MP 2024, , Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 2134-2141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-024-10719-9

Intersection of Race and Gender in the Cardiothoracic Workforce: Study of Representation and Salary
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Workforces on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cardiothoracic Surgery Practice Models and Career Development 2024, , Annals of Thoracic Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.09.053



A systematic review of general surgery robotic training curriculums
Del Calvo, H, Kim, MP, Chihara, R & Chan, EY 2023, , Heliyon, vol. 9, no. 9, e19260, pp. e19260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19260



Chest Tubes Are Painful
Kim, MP 2023, , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 115, no. 4, pp. 843-844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.05.006

Lobectomy Provides Optimal Survival in Select Octogenarians
Chan, EY, Nguyen, DT & Kim, MP 2023, , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 115, no. 3, pp. 799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.06.006





Complex Robotic Lung Resection
Amirkhosravi, F & Kim, MP 2023, , Thoracic Surgery Clinics, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thorsurg.2022.08.006

Surgical Treatment of Atrioesophageal Fistula: A Systematic Review
Amirkhosravi, F, Azimuddin, A, Nguyen, DT, Chihara, R, Chan, EY, Graviss, EA, Reul, RM & Kim, MP 2023, , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 116, no. 2, pp. 421-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.04.016

Video-based curriculum improves resident participation during robot-assisted surgery
Kim, MP, Calvo, HD, Chihara, R & Chan, EY 2022, , Journal of Thoracic Disease, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 4641-4649. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-22-603

Languages

  • English
  • Korean