Michelle H. Kim, MD, MS, FACS

Michelle H. Kim, MD, specializes in abdominal transplant surgery. Her clinical practice focuses on adult and pediatric liver and kidney transplant, minimally invasive living kidney donor surgery, and robotic surgery.

“My motivation as a transplant surgeon is to give patients a second chance at life and restore their ability to live a normal life,” she says. As an assistant professor of surgery at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Kim’s clinical and academic work is dedicated to improving transplant access, achieving excellent surgical outcomes and enhancing the quality of life for all transplant recipients. She is also deeply committed to advancing living donor kidney transplantation and expanding transplant access to children with kidney failure.

Dr. Kim is the recipient of the National Kidney Foundation Serving Connecticut Excellence in Care award. She also serves on the Communications and Legislative and Regulatory committees for the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Dr. Kim earned her medical degree at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, followed by a general surgery residency at LAC+USC Medical Center/Keck School of Medicine. She completed her abdominal transplant surgery fellowship at Stanford University, where she gained specialized training in adult and pediatric liver, kidney, intestinal, and multivisceral transplantation.