- Dr. Cholwoo A Kim, MD
-122.293465
47.1752777
Dr. Cholwoo A Kim, MD
General Surgery
- Washington, Puyallup
Overview
Dr. Cholwoo A Kim, MD works in Puyallup, Washington is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Emory University Hospital in 1994. Dr. Kim is affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital and Rehabilitation Center and practicing for 30 years
Specialties
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Charcot Reconstruction
• Chronic Renal Insufficiency
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Descemet's Stripping With Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)
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• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Esophageal Tumor
• Fear of Getting Married
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Genetic Testing
• Glaucoma - Ectopia Microspherophakia - Stiff Joints - Short Stature
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hypochondriasis
• Immunodeficiency Syndromes
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Jaw Dystonia
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Memory Disorders
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Monoclonal Gammopathy of Uncertain Significance
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Neurological Muscle Weakness
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Optic Ataxia
• Photosensitivity
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Infections
• Skin Lesion
• Spleen Neoplasm
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Throat Swab
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
• Warts
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Procedures
• Adrenalectomy• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Bone Marrow Biopsy
• Colectomy
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
• Esophagomyotomy
• Excision of Stomach Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
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• Fistulectomy or Fistulotomy, Anal
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Open
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
• Hepatectomy
• Incisional Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic or Paraesophageal Hernia Repair With Robotic Assistance
• Laparoscopic Sigmoidectomy With Robotic Assistance
• Laparotomy
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Mastectomy
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Paraesophageal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Parathyroidectomy
• Peripheral Artery Catheterization
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Renal Transplant and Nephrectomy
• Splenectomy
• Splenectomy and Splenorrhaphy
• Thoracentesis
• Thyroid Lobectomy
• Thyroidectomy
• Thyroidectomy or Thyroid Lobectomy
• Transendoscopic Stent Placement
• Umbilical or Ventral Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 30
State License
- Washington
Spoken Languages
- Korean
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA, USA
Year completed: 1994
Atlanta, GA, USA
Year completed: 1994
Medical School
University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School Of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Graduated: 1993
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Graduated: 1993
Awards
1 SAGES
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Office Locations
Primary location
Office Address
1703 South Meridian SUITE 304
Washington (WA)
Puyallup
98371
Phone:(253) 840-1999
Accepting New Patients
- No
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Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Connect
- Emblem Health
- EmblemHealth
- First Choice Health
- First Choice Health PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- GEHA
- Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
- Group Health Cooperative
- Health Net
- Heritage Plus
- Heritage Signature
- Humana
- LifeWise
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Medicare MCR
- Molina
- Molina Healthcare
- MultiPlan
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- ODS Health Plan
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Personal Option EPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Preferred Provider Network PPN
- Premera Blue Cross
- Providence Health Plans
- Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- Wells Fargo Insurance
- Worker's Compensation WC
- Workers Compensation
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Affiliated Hospitals
Good Samaritan Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
407 14th Avenue South East
Washington WA,
Puyallup,
98372
Good Samaritan Hospital and Rehabilitation Center is a hospital located in Puyallup, WA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 1 of 10 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 9 of 10 procedures.
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