Dr Jim Kim graduated from the University of British Columbia (UBC) medical school and completed his anesthesia residency in 1999. His training also included a year of General Practice (GP) Anesthesia and practice in Williams Lake, BC from 1995 to 1996. For more than 15 years, he worked at Lion’s Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. In 2015, he became the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Providence Healthcare (St. Paul’s Hospital and Mount St Joseph’s Hospital) in Vancouver, where he has been for the past 8 years.

Dr Kim has undertaken numerous administrative roles for Vancouver Coastal Health (VHC) and serves as the organization’s Regional Head of Anesthesiology and Regional Surgery Program Co-Medical Director. He is an active member of the broader anesthesiology community—both at the provincial and national level—within BC Anesthesiologists’ Society (BCAS) and Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). Dr Kim was President of the BCAS and has also served on the CAS Board as the BC Representative and Treasurer from 2017-2021.

At UBC, he was the Family Practice Anesthesia (FPA) Residency Program director and is currently on the UBC Department Executive Committee. Dr Kim is a strong advocate for global health. He currently serves as a Trustee on the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society International Education Foundation (CASIEF) Board of Directors, and has several years of experience working in Haiti, Guatemala, and Rwanda.