Dr. Kim is the Louis I. Grossman Professor and chairman of the Department of Endodontics and the Associate Dean for Global Education at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kim earned his dental degree and certificate in Endodontics from the School of Dental and Oral Surgery at Columbia University in New York. Dr. Kim also received his Ph.D. degree in circulatory physiology from the Department of Physiology at the Medical School, Columbia University. Dr. Kim is well known and espected for his research in dental pulp physiology and microcirculation and the American Association of Endodontists has awarded him the Louis I. Grossman Award for outstanding research. Dr. Kim is one of the pioneers in the field of microsurgical endodontics and is an internationally renowned speaker. He is the primary author of the book titled “Color Atlas of Microsurgery in Endodontics”.