KEY PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES

SYMPOSIUMS PRESENTATIONS

  • Invited International Key Opinion Leader Speaker | Vein in Venice International Venous Symposium in Venice, Italy April 2026

[Where Venous Congestion Meets Systemic Dysfunction: Crossroad - Venous Congestion, Autonomic Dysfunction, Orthostatic Intolerance, Intracranial Pressure Disruption, and Immune Dysregulation.]

  • Invited International Guest Speaker | Spanish Society of Vascular Surgery Il Venous Summit CCEV 2023 Endovascular Surgery Chapter in Malaga, Spain April 2023

    [Abdominal Vascular Compression Syndromes: AVCS. Multisystemic Presentation and Interconnectivity of Median Arcuate Ligament, Superior Mesenteric Artery, Nutcracker, and May-Thurner Syndromes, and associated Pelvic Venous Disorder.]

    [Compressive Abdominopelvic Disorders and the Vascular Surgery Community: Rare Diseases or Difficult to Treat?]

  • Invited Speaker | Philippine College of Surgeon 79th Annual Meeting Manila, Philippines December 2023

    [Abdominal Vascular Compression Syndromes: AVCS. Multisystemic Presentation and Interconnectivity]

  • Invited International Guest Speaker, Member of Scientific Committee, Moderator Deep Venous Session | Live Venous Symposium (iLVS) in Catanzaro Italy, 2022

[Non-Thrombotic Iliac Lesion (NIVL) Patients Presenting with Multisystemic Symptoms that Improve or Resolve after Iliac Venous Interventions: A single-center experience.]

[Abdominal Vascular Compression Syndromes: AVCS. Relationship and Interconnectivity.]

  • Speaker | Leipzig Interventional Course (LINC) in Leipzig Germany, 2022

[Nutcracker Syndrome and Management of Co-Existing May-Thurner, Median Arcuate Ligament, Superior Mesenteric Artery, and Pelvic Congestion Syndromes.]

[Abdominal Vascular Compression Syndromes: AVCS. May-Thurner, Nutcracker, Median Arcuate Ligament, Superior Mesenteric Artery, and Pelvic Congestion Syndromes: A Comprehensive evaluation and interventions based on Interconnectivity of AVCS.]

  • Associate Faculty & Speaker | VEITHSymposium™ in New York NY, 2022

[Abdominal Vascular Compression Syndromes: AVCS. Multisystemic Presentations & Interconnectivity of May-Thurner, Nutcracker, Median Arcuate Ligament, Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndromes, & Associated Pelvic Venous Insufficiency.]

  • Distinguished Fellow & Speaker | American Venous Forum (AVF) in Orlando FL, 2022

[May-Thurner Syndrome (MTS) Patients Presenting with Multisystemic Symptoms that Improve or Resolve after Iliac Venous Interventions: A Single-Center Experience and Analysis of Patients and Outcomes.]

  • Speaker | European Society of Cardiovascular Symposium (ESCVS) in Liege Belgium, 2022

[Multisystemic Presentation of May-Thurner Syndrome.]

  • Speaker | American Vein and Lymphatic Society Annual Congress (AVLS) in New Orleans LA, 2022

[May-Thurner Syndrome (MTS) Patients Presenting with Multisystemic Symptoms that Improve or Resolve after Iliac Venous Interventions: A Single-Center Experience and Analysis of Patients and Outcomes.]

[Abdominal Vascular Compression Syndromes: AVCS. Multisystemic Presentations & Interconnectivity of May-Thurner, Nutcracker, Median Arcuate Ligament, Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndromes, & Associated Pelvic Venous Insufficiency.]

  • Invited International Guest Speaker & Faculty | Asian Society of Vascular Surgery Congress (ASVS) in Taipei Taiwan, 2022

[Abdominal Vascular Compression Syndromes: AVCS. Interconnectivity of May-Thurner, Nutcracker, Nutcracker, Median Arcuate Ligament, Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndromes, & Associated Pelvic Venous Insufficiency.]

  • Key Opinion Leader Invitation Speaker | Vascupedia – a Global Educational Platform for Vascular Innovations & Expertise. Germany, 2021

[Advancement and Technical Challenges in Non-Thrombotic Iliac Venous Lesion (NIVL).]

  • Speaker (virtual) | Munich Vascular Conference (MAC) in Munich Germany, 2021

[Multisystemic Presentation of May-Thurner Syndrome]

  • Invited Guest Speaker | Maryland Regional Vascular Society Meeting in Baltimore MD, 2022

[Abdominal Vascular Compression Syndromes: An Introduction.]

  • Program Chair, Faculty, & Invited Speaker | American Vein and Lymphatic Society Annual Congress (AVLS) in Denver CO, 2021

[Debate: Nutcracker Syndrome - Left Renal Vein Transposition or Renal Autotransplant?]

[Multisystemic Presentation of May-Thurner Syndrome.]

  • Poster Presenter (virtual)| Asian Society of Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting in Seoul Korea, 2020

[Multisystemic Presentation of May-Thurner Syndrome.]

  • Invited International Guest Speaker | Inaugural Middle East Venous Forum in Abu Dhabi UAE, 2019

[Multisystemic Presentation of May-Thurner Syndrome.]

  • Guest Speaker | American Perioperative Nursing Conference in Baltimore MD, 2018

[May-Thurner Syndrome: Presentation, Diagnosis, & Treatment.]

  • Program Co-Chairman | Annual Vascular Symposium at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Queens NY, 2010 & 2011: Weil Cornell Medicine New-York Presbyterian Queens Hospital.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Peer Reviewer: Journal of Phlebology 2026

  • Kim, K. Abdominal vascular compression syndromes: current and future of Management of Abdominal Vascular Compression Syndromes that includes median arcuate ligament syndrome, nutcracker syndrome, superior mesenteric artery syndrome, may-Thurner syndrome, and associated pelvic venous insufficiency. Journal of Vascular Surgery 77.4 (2023): 50S.

  • Peer Reviewer: Annals of Vascular Surgery, Venous Disease 2023

  • Kim, K. Book Chapter Contribution. Symptomatics: Symptom-Based Handbook for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (2024) Pages 567-574 Chapter 71 - Leg swelling and pain: Leg swelling and pain while sitting or standing, associated with abdomino-pelvic venous compression diseases.

  • Kim, K. Multisystemic Presentation of Iliac Venous Compression disease (May-Thurner Syndrome) that Improves or Resolve after Intervention: A Single-Center Experience of a 189-Patient Analysis of Non-thrombotic Compression Intervention and Outcome. Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders Abstracts 567 Volume 10, Number 2 (2022)

  • Kim, K. Vascular Compression Syndromes in Pediatric Population: Surgery: Current Research 2022, Vol 11, Issue S(2)

  • Chaudry, M., Flinn, W. R., Kim, K., & Neschis, D. G. (2010). Traumatic arteriovenous fistula 52 years after injury. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 51(5), 1265-1267

  • Kim, K. et al. Endovascular treatment of renal artery aneurysm using coils and stent-graft as a safe and effective alternative treatment modality to the traditional open aneurysmectomy and revascularization: Endovascular Today, August 2009.

AWARDS

  • Leader, Quality Assurance for Vascular Center at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Cornell School of Medicine: Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery Leader in Residency Surgical Skills Program, New York, NY

  • The Arnold P. Gold Humanism Foundation’s Humanism in Medicine Award

  • Worthington B. Schenk Chief Resident Teacher of the Year; Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo

  • House Staff Award for Excellence in Teaching Award; School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo

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