Theresa Kim, MD

"Seeking and receiving medical care can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. My most important professional goal is to help families navigate the journey. I am passionate about studying how technology can enhance patient care and empower patients and their families to make decisions that are best for them."

Dr. Kim is a pediatric otolaryngologist and Associate Chief Medical Information officer at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and clinical assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She attended medical school at the University of Michigan and residency training at the University of California San Francisco. After completing a fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at Washington University in St. Louis in 2010, she worked as an otolaryngologist in San Francisco for over a decade. She came to the University of Washington in 2022 for a fellowship in Clinical Informatics, and earned a master’s degree in Clinical Informatics and Patient-Centered Technologies. She treats pediatric patients and focuses on using data to improve health outcomes, implementing technology to innovate patient care, and improving clinical efficiency through user-centered design.

Undergraduate Education: BA, Political Science; Integrated Premedical-Medical Program (Inteflex), University of Michican, 1998

Medical Education: MD, University of Michigan Medical School, 2004

Graduate Education: MS, Clinical Informatics and Patient-Centered Technologies, University of Washington, 2024

Residency: University of California, San Francisco, 2009

Fellowship: Pediatric Otolaryngology, Saint Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University, 2010;
Clinical Informatics, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, 2024.

Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology, 2010 (recertification, 2020)

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