Dr. Baruch Kim, Chief Executive Officer, BestDocz
- Interventional Pain Medicine Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology, NYU Langone Health Secretary
- Executive Committee, Eastern Pain Association
- Fellow Chair, New York County Medical Society,
- Fellow Chair, Medical Society of State of New York
- Vice Chair RFS – American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Resident & Fellow Section
- Former Chief Operating Officer, Genealogy
- Social Communication Chair, Korean American Medical Association
- Co-Chair, Korean American Medical Residents and Fellows
- Project Manager, Man’s 4th Best Hospital, Sequel To The HOUSE OF GOD by Dr. Samuel Shem
Dr. Kim has obtained his undergraduate degree in Psychology at Stony Brook University with a simple desire to study the “human mind.” At Stony Brook University, he participated in conducting a research study in human memory. He has extensive experience in teaching his peers and students, including a self-developed course in Rapid Reading, Optimization of Human Memory, Mind Mapping, and his online Chemistry courses. Dr. Kim finished his medical school in New York, completed his internship in Michigan. He completed his residency training at the Rusk Rehabilitation where he served as a chief resident.
Dr. Kim has been featured in the newsletter at NYU Langone Health on multiple occasions with his institutionwide projects in patient safety. He has contributed to improving the interpretation service at NYU Tisch, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, and NYU Brooklyn Hospital for all physicians. He also made official institutional guides in animations on how to report patient safety events at three hospital sites, and how to perform the IPASS (handoff). He has also created tutorial animations on High-Reliability Organization for all house staff at NYU with his sincere dedication to supporting “the culture change” in patient safety.
Dr. Kim has numerous leadership positions at the regional and national levels. At the beginning of his PGY 4 year, he was nominated by the Association of Academic Physiatrists as an ACGME Review Committee member of his field.
Dr. Kim has contributed as a co-author in the Essentials of Regenerative Medicine in Interventional Pain Management with the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He also has published quite a few articles in medical journals and presented case reports at national conferences – 13 in a single national conference, considered to be one of the highest in the nation.
Dr. Kim has begun his journey in pain medicine in the ACGME-Accredited Interventional Pain Management Fellowship Program at NYU Langone Health. The program at NYU, with Johns Hopkins, is an award-winning recipient of The American Academy of Pain Medicine’s Pain Medicine Fellowship Excellence Award in 2018.
Dr. Kim always had a strong desire to create an opportunity for like-minded physicians to network and learn from each other. The passion for making things better for future physicians and patients eventually led to the birth of BestDocz and now, its appearance in the medical community.
Dr. Kim entered the field of healing in 2003 is a Physical Therapist Assistant student. In 2006, he obtained New York State licensed as a Physical Therapist Assistant. He has worked at over 25 different facilities as a licensed PTA treating patients with musculoskeletal injuries, neurological disorders such as strokes, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and cardiopulmonary rehab.
Dr. Kim recalls many of his patients suffering from chronic pain. Dr. Kim then decided to be the leader of the interdisciplinary team comprised of physical therapy, occupational therapy, social worker, case management, and nursing staff to further enhance the level of his understanding of the complexity of pain.
With 16 years of experience in treating musculoskeletal injuries, Dr. Kim firmly believes that physical examinations are vital to providing excellent quality of care. He entered the field of pain medicine with a simple desire to become an excellent diagnostician for his future patients.
During his residency training at the Rusk Rehab, he completed a 300-hour course to obtain certification in acupuncture. He founded ALL OF PAIN in hopes of providing treatment options for patients suffering from all kinds of pain.
During his leisure time, Dr. Kim likes to travel to attend medical conferences.
