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BioDr. Sunhee Serenity Kim is a board-certified, fellowship-trained general surgeon at Stanford Health Care and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also the director of emergency general surgery and clinical medical director of the general surgery outpatient clinic at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley.

Dr. Kim specializes in acute care surgery, applying minimally invasive surgical approaches such as robotic surgery. Dr. Kim treats a broad range of diseases, including gallbladder disease, diverticular disease, ventral and inguinal hernias, and benign breast disease. She has particular interest in enteroatmospheric and enterocutaneous fistula treatment.

Dr. Kim’s research interests have included cytokinesis, rare genetic mutations in blood cancers, and surgical treatment outcomes in people with pancreatic cancer. Most recently, she has performed clinical research with trauma and emergency general surgery patients.

Dr. Kim has published her research in peer-reviewed journals, including The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Nature Communications, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. She has also presented to her peers at national meetings, including annual meetings of the Society of Surgical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and Association for Academy Surgery.

Dr. Kim is a member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

Tae Wook (Elliot) Kim

Sr Res Scientist-Physical, Energy Science & Engineering

Current Research and Scholarly InterestsEnhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods for unconventional reservoirs; Characterization of reservoirs core including unconventional core (permeability/porosity/wettability), crude oil, and production fluid; Oil Shale (Source rock) maturation under triaxial conditions; Breakdown pressure for hydraulic fracturing on shale formation; Geotechnical properties of shale (Young’s modulus and Poisson ratio); Geological CO2 sequestration; Geospatial data analysis with GIS S/W; CO2 capture & separation process