Peter D. Kim, MD, PHD

Peter Kim, M.D., Ph.D., is a pediatric neurosurgeon at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare and Shriners Children's Twin Cities. He is board eligible with the American Board of Neurological Surgeons. He received an undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Dr. Kim received his Ph.D. in molecular biology and biochemistry from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. He completed a neurosurgical residency at SUNY Syracuse, and was a visiting resident at Boston Children's. He completed a fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh (UPMC Children's).

Areas of special interest to Dr. Kim include Chiari malformation, tethered spinal cord, spina bifida, craniofacial disorders, hydrocephalus and spasticity.

Dr. Kim is published widely, with numerous peer-reviewed journal articles as well as several book chapters. He is co-editor of a book on infections of the central nervous system. He has presented his research on molecular mechanisms of tumor recurrence as well as outcomes assessment in neurosurgery at national meetings.