RichardKimMD

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Section Chief of Hand Surgery- Hackensack University Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery- Columbia University, Section Chief of Plastic Surgery- East Orange VA Medical Center

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Office
113 West Essex Street
Suite 203
Maywood, NJ 07607
Phone+1 201-880-7766

Fax+1 201-880-7763

Summary

Dr. Richard Kim is a plastic surgeon in Maywood, NJ and is affiliated with Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has been in practice 18 years. He specializes in hand and wrist surgery, plastic and reconstructive microsurgery, and congenital hand abnormalities.

Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery), 2006 - 2007
Brown UniversityResidency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 1999 - 2005
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1999
Brown UniversityBA, Biology, 1991 - 1995

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2007 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2006 - 2013
RI State Medical License 2005 - 2008
PA State Medical License 2003 - 2003
American Board of Plastic Surgery Plastic Surgery
American Board of Plastic Surgery Surgery of the Hand

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Educator of the Year Award Rutgers University, Division of Plastic Surgery, 2019
Top Doc- Hand Surgery Castle Connolly LTD., 2014-2019
Top Doc- Hand Surgery NJ Monthly, 2013-2017, 2019
Golden Apple Teaching Award 2011 New Jersey Medical School, 2011
Teacher of the Year Award 2007-2008 Columbia University / Cornell University Plastic Surgery Residency Program, 2008
New York Society for Surgery of the Hand 2nd Place Award NYSSH Fellows Research Conference, 2007
Brown Medical School Resident Teaching Award Brown University Medical School, 2002
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Pronated Oblique View in Assessing Proximal Scaphoid Articular Cannulated Screw Penetration
Richard Y. Kim, Emilie C.E. Lijten, Robert J. Strauch
The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2008-10-01

Books/Book Chapters

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery
Chapter: Volar Ligament Reconstruction for the Unstable Thumb CMC Joint
Kim RY, Strauch RJLippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia
Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery
Chapter: The RASL Procedure
Kim RY, Rosenwasser MPLippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: Principles and Practice
Chapter: Entrapment Neuropathies about the Elbow
Kim RY, Rosenwasser MPElsevier, PhiladelphiaEdition 3rd,

Lectures

Finding a Job
Newark, NJ - 10/22/2012
Wrist Pathology
New York, NY - 2/13/2012
Hand Review
New York, NY - 2/13/2012
Tendon Transfers
New York, NY - 12/5/2011
Upper Extremity Compression Neuropathies
New York, NY - 11/7/2011
Hand Fractures and Dislocations
New York, NY - 10/24/2011
Congenital Hand Surgery- Thumb Deformities
Newark, NJ - 10/3/2011
Hand Amputations and Replantation
New York, NY - 7/11/2011
Acute Hand Trauma
New York, NY - 6/27/2011
Congenital Hand Surgery- Digital Deformities
Newark, NJ - 5/23/2011
Congenital Hand Surgery
New York, NY - 2/28/2011
Dupuytren’s Contracture
New York, NY - 2/7/2011
Rheumatoid Arthritis
New York, NY - 2/8/2010
Peripheral Neuropathies
New York, NY - 2/1/2010
Wrist Surgery
New York, NY - 1/18/2010
Oral Board Preparation
New York, NY - 1/11/2010
Fingertip Amputations / Replantation
New York, NY - 2/9/2009
Columbia/Cornell Combined Plastic Surgery Residency Upper Extremity Dissection Course
New York, NY - 10/5/2008
How to Find a Job
New York, NY - 7/21/2008
A Novel Opponensplasty for Severe Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: The FCR to APB Tendon Transfer. A Retrospective Review
New York, NY - 5/1/2008
Fractures and Disolcations
New York, NY - 10/1/2007
Peripheral Nerve Repair
New York, NY - 10/1/2007
Peripheral Nerve Injury
New York, NY - 9/17/2007
Tendon Repair
New York, NY - 9/10/2007
Hand-Brain Cortical Reorganization Following FCR-APB Opponensplasty, The Scaphoid ‘Blind Spot”: The Importance of the Pronated Oblique View
New York, NY - 5/1/2007
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