New Jersey Plastic Surgeon - Chang Soo Kim

You should expect the highest level of safety, privacy and personalized attention from your plastic surgeon. Are you trying to recapture your youth or reshape your body in a new way? You can achieve natural appearing enhancement or rejuvenation through these top 6 procedures: breast augmentation, liposuction, abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty (eyelid lift) and facelift.

"It's no secret that when you look better, you feel better. Cosmetic surgery enhances body shape and improves self-confidence. It will change the way people see you, and more importantly, the way you see yourself."- Dr. Chang Soo Kim

Dr. Kim performs cosmetic surgery on all areas of the body. Fields of interest include breast augmentation, breast lift, liposuction, abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty (eyelid lift), and facelift.

Practice Philosophy- My practice strives to provide safe, personalized surgery that meets or exceeds the expectations of my patients. Drawing from my extensive surgical experience and academic training at Yale University, I provide comprehensive cosmetic and reconstructive consultations. My cosmetic surgery techniques enhance one's natural beauty without appearing artificial or overdone. Committed to reconstructive surgery with the best possible functional and cosmetic results, I tailor surgery to a patient's specific needs and expectations.

Education

Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
Plastic Surgery Resident, July, 2000-June, 2003
General Surgery Resident, July, 1997-June, 2000

Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut M.D., September, 1992-June, 1997

Haverford College
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Major: Biology,
B.S., June, 1992

Honors and Awards

Yale Plastic Surgery Scholastic Award, 2002 and 2003
American Heart Association One Year Medical Student Fellowship, 1995
Howard Hughes Research Scholar, 1990-1992
Magna Cum Laude-Haverford College, 1992
Biology Department High Honors-Haverford College, 1992
Phi Beta Kappa, 1992
Freshman Chemistry Award, 1989

Research

"Advances in Lower Lid Blepharoplasty: SHADE Procedure." Yale Plastic Surgery Research Presentation, May, 2003. Advisor- John Persing, M.D.

"The effectiveness of chemotheropeutic regiments determined by tissue culture in the treatment of melanoma." Yale Plastic Surgery Research Presentation, May, 2002. Advisor-Stephan Ariyan, M.D.

"Lower extremity free flap reconstruction in patients with peripheral vascular disease and end stage renal failure." Yale Plastic Surgery Research Presentation, May, 2001. Advisor- J. Grant Thomson, M.D.

"Role of platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule (PECAM-1) in endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis." Yale University, July,1995-June, 1997. Advisor-Joseph A. Madri, M.D., Ph.D.

"Laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy to differentiate between normal and atherosclerotic arteries." Yale University, 1993. Advisor-Lawrence I. Deckelbaum, M.D.

"Molecular genetics of surface glycoprotein antigens in Paramecium." Haverford College, 1990-1992. Advisor-Irving Finger, Ph.D.

Publications

Kim, C.S., Wang, T., Madri, J.A., "Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 expression modulates endothelial cell migration in vitro." Laboratory Investigation. 78(5): 583-590, 1998.

Deckelbaum, L.I., Desai, S.P., Kim, C., Scott, J.J. "Evaluation of fluorescence feedback system for guidance of laser angioplasty." Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 16(3): 226-34, 1995.

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