Joseph Hak Soo Kim

Biography

Joseph Hak Soo Kim, M.D., is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at UCI Medical Center. He received his M.D. from Drexel University College of Medicine in 2019, completed his residency in Anesthesiology at UCI Medical Center in 2023, and subsequently completed a fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine at the same institution in 2024.

Kim's clinical and scholarly work focuses on complex anesthesia cases and pain management. His research has been presented at national conferences including the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA), with topics ranging from transesophageal echocardiography guidance in patients with rare conditions to peripheral nerve stimulation for refractory neuralgia. He has also contributed to work on emergency ventilator innovation and the anesthetic management of patients with complex cardiac physiology.

Prior to medical school, Kim worked as a Research Associate at Mabprex Inc., where he contributed to the optimization of antibody therapeutics and the discovery of novel monoclonal antibodies. He also gained research experience at The Scripps Research Institute, working on telomeric proteins and pathways. Kim is bilingual in English and Korean.

Education

• B.S. in Human Biology, University of California San Diego, 2013
• M.D., Drexel University College of Medicine, 2019

Distinctions

• Provost Honors, University of California San Diego, 2012