Dr. Steven Sukho Kim
Family physician. Healthcare services
Dr. Steven Sukho Kim is a Board-Certified, experienced Family and Primary Care physician in Sunnyvale, California. He practices at Inspire Medical Group, providing a full scope of comprehensive family and primary care, including in-office and telemedical consultations. He also oversees all clinical operations and is the Minor Urgent Care & Walk-in Clinic Director
During his illustrious career, Dr. Kim has taught thousands of health-profession students, including at Stanford Medical School, San Jose State University Nursing School, Stanford Physician Assistant Program, Bay Area College of Nursing, and New College of California. These students are now leaders in their respective fields of medicine, surgery, nursing, dentistry, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, researchers, and more.
He has also dedicated his medical expertise and time to underserved communities, and he has proudly served our nation as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force
Dr. Kim’s Medical Career
Before joining Inspire Medical Group, Steven Sukho Kim, MD, was in family practice at the Bay Area Community Health (BACH) in San Jose, California, at the Monterey Plaza satellite clinic. Dr. Kim provided full-scope family practice and urgent care focusing on underserved populations and was the supervising physician, overseeing a team of midlevel practitioners. He was also the COVID19 Telemedicine Advisory Physician and Co-Director of the ADHD Treatment Program. Dr. Kim also served as the COVID-19 Testing Site Director. He also launched the TeleHealth & Virtual Care programs at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
A Prolific Writer
Dr. Steven Sukho Kim served as the Senior Medical Editor at Healthline (HL) Networks, Inc., for three years, where he was responsible for clinical accuracy and relevancy. He oversaw a team of over 30 writers and collaborated with the entire HL Editorial team. He also served as the Senior Medical Consultant and was the primary author and medical editor for over 70 special projects in collaboration with the Marketing Department. He was Senior Project Manager for BODY MAPS, a state-of-the-art tool for teaching anatomy & physiology to hundreds of thousands of students within the American high school systems.
From 2010 to 2014, Dr. Kim served as a physician advisor at United Healthcare Group/OPTUM Services (formerly Executive Health Services). During that time, he authored over 23,000 consultative reviews utilizing ‘EHR Logic,’ including disability reviews, IME, and compliance reviews
Steven Sukho Kim’s other positions included Staff Physician and CQI Chair at Cisco LifeConnections Health Center (LCHC) in San Jose. LCHC is widely known as the FIRST comprehensive-scale corporate on-site outpatient clinic in Silicon Valley. Through these positions, he oversaw a clinical team of 20 and was instrumental in LCHC servicing over 10,000 patients while maintaining a 98% ‘Patient Satisfaction’ rating. He also founded the Medical Team to oversee all Senior Executive Physicals, Travel Medicine Consults, and Skin Cancer Screening Events at LCHC. He also was part of a team that designed 'HealthPresence,' the first all-digital (even digital stethoscopes!) mobile clinic where a physician could fully diagnose & treat a patient that is thousands of miles away and get reimbursed via insurance.
Served in Various Roles for Eight Years at San Jose State University
Dr. Kim worked at the San Jose State University (SJSU) Student Health Center for eight years as a Staff Family Physician and served as Chair of the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Committee. He oversaw three successful AAAHC Accreditation Surveys, each resulting in “Highest Ratings” performances. He was the Medical Chair for the University’s IRB Board, overseeing all Graduate Research Projects involving Clinical Subjects/Clinical Matters, the Director of the ADHD Medical Management Program, the Chief Liaison for Preventive Health Services, and the Chair or Co-Chair of Health IT & Pharmacy/Therapeutics Committees, which led to significant reduction in prescription costs (for students, as well as for SJSU).
For three years, Dr. Kim was the Staff Family Physician (Adult & Adolescent Medicine) at the Kaiser-Permanente Santa Teresa facility in San Jose. He was the Chief Liaison medical doctor between Adult Medicine & Behavioral Medicine. In this critical role, Dr. Kim grew the clinical practice to a “full panel” of over 2,500 patients in less than one and half years, with “Excellent Satisfaction” customer service ratings. He was a Member of the Founding Medical Team for the Kaiser Regional Call Centers, San Jose Division, which now handles 99+% of all inbound and outbound calls for over three million Northern California Kaiser members. In addition, Dr. Kim was instrumental in pioneering the “Group Medical Appointment” concept for Kaiser-Permanente and developed and launched Kaiser’s first Irritable Bowel Syndrome [IBS] Group Appointment system, collaborating with Nutrition and Psychiatry departments to successfully treat over 400 patients with severe IBS.
Dr. Kim was also the Staff Family Physician at Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Primary Health Care Associates (small group private practice), and Kaiser-Permanente in San Dimas
Military Experience, Decorated Medical Officer
Dr. Kim is a retired officer from the U.S. Air Force. He was a flight surgeon and Commissioned Medical Officer from 2001 to 2006, working in multiple locations in the United States and abroad. In 2004, he was awarded the National Service Defense Medal.
Led More Than a Dozen Medical Missions
He served on or led more than 15 medical mission trips, providing compassionate medical and dental care to extremely impoverished people in various third-world countries Frequent destinations have included Latin America and Southeast Asia's rural regions.
Educational Pedigree
Dr. Kim received his BA in Human Biology with honors from Stanford University in Stanford, California. He completed his undergraduate degree in a little over three years. He attended UC Davis School of Medicine, receiving his Medical Degree focusing on Primary Care
He completed his ABFP-accredited Family Practice Internship and Residency at Glendale AdventistLoma Linda Medical Center in Glendale, California.
Dr. Kim became board-certified by the American Board of Family Practice in 1992 and is currently certified through 2030.
Accolades
Dr. Kim has received various writing awards and contests, as well as numerous speech and debate awards. He was the youngest in his district to receive the Eagle Scout Award (1981), was the high school valedictorian, was voted the “Most Likely to Succeed,” received the UC Top Regents Scholar Award, and placed first for Liberal Arts in Los Angeles County: B of A Scholar. In addition, he was a national semifinalist at the National Library of Poetry.
Steven Sukho Kim, MD, is affiliated with various prestigious organizations, including as a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice (1992-2030), a member of the American Academy of Family Practice (1985-present), and the California Medical Association (1985-present), a Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners (since 1990), and a Life Member of the Stanford University Alumni Association