Dr. Kenneth Kim is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon based in Los Angeles, known for his work in advanced Asian aesthetic surgery and as a leader in awake plastic surgery using local anesthesia. He serves as an Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA School of Medicine, an Adjunct Professor at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in South Korea, and a Clinical Instructor at Seoul National University College of Medicine, where he contributes to teaching, research, and international collaboration. He is also a partner of Dream Medical Group, a leading plastic surgery practice based in Seoul, South Korea.

Dr. Kim earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was nominated for the Rhodes Scholarship. He received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and was selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellow. He also holds a Master of Science in Healthcare Quality and Safety from Harvard Medical School. He completed his plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at Northwestern University.