Dr. Helen H. Kim
Overview
Helen Kim, MD, is certified by the American College of Surgeons. She has a special interest in breast surgery, robotic surgery, and minimally invasive surgery. She is a trained and certified console surgeon on da Vinci® Single-Site™, the da Vinci® Surgical System, and EndoWrist®. She practices abdominal wall hernia repair and open, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted techniques for complex and recurrent hernias. She also performs gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic and open colectomy, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, anti-reflux surgery, and laparoscopic intra-abdominal scar release surgery.Dr. Kim treats high risk, benign, and malignant breast conditions through initial evaluation of high breast cancer risk patients, management and treatment of breast pain, nipple discharge, breast masses and image-detected lesions, as well as surgical management of breast cancer, which includes breast-conserving lumpectomy, skin-sparing and nipple-sparing mastectomy, and sentinel lymph node biopsy. She also coordinates breast reconstruction at the time of mastectomy.During her sabbatical year in 2010, she performed surgeries at Kijabe, Kenya as a short-term medical missionary for one month, travelled to France and Italy, and took oil-painting classes. In and out of the operating room, Dr. Kim places emphasis on meticulous surgical techniques and offers the most advanced minimally invasive approaches wherever applicable, while caring for the patient as a whole in the context of their other medical conditions.
Dr. Kim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Juvenile Angiofibroma. Her top areas of expertise are Hernia, Umbilical Hernia, Pilonidal Sinus Disease, Gallbladder Disease, and Hernia Surgery.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
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Locations
1231 116th Ave NE, Suite 930, Bellevue, WA 98004
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Kim has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Valley Medical Group-Renton
Wayne Lau is a General Surgeon and a Thoracic Surgeon in Renton, Washington. Dr. Lau is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Juvenile Angiofibroma. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Juvenile Angiofibroma, Umbilical Hernia, Epidural Lipomatosis, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Lau is currently accepting new patients.
Franciscan Surgical Associates At St. Clare
Thomas Schleichert, DO, is a board-certified general surgeon who provides safe, high quality patient care. Understanding that surgery can be a stressful and intimidating event, he strives to ease these sentiments by building a trusting relationship with each patient and creating a supportive environment. His goal is for his patients to feel confident that all their questions and concerns have been addressed and that they will receive the best care possible. He believes in maintaining cost-effective practices, and uses evidence-based medicine to drive and support this approach.Dr. Schleichert trained with renowned colorectal surgeons at the Ferguson Clinic and has extensive experience practicing at a Breast Cancer Center of Excellence (Grand Rapids, Michigan). He is a member of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, American Osteopathic Association and American Medical Association.Outside of work, Dr. Schleichert enjoys being outdoors with his wife and daughters, ice hockey, baseball and skiing. Dr. Schleichert is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Juvenile Angiofibroma. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Juvenile Angiofibroma, Umbilical Hernia, and Epidural Lipomatosis.
Kitsap General Surgery, PLLC
Thomas Wixted is a General Surgeon in Silverdale, Washington. Dr. Wixted is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Juvenile Angiofibroma. His top areas of expertise are Appendicitis, Epidural Lipomatosis, Hernia, Colostomy, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Wixted is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- HerniaDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Hernia.
- Advanced
- CholecystitisDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Cholecystitis.
- CholedocholithiasisDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Choledocholithiasis.
- Gallbladder DiseaseDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Gallbladder Disease.
- GallstonesDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Gallstones.
- Pilonidal Sinus DiseaseDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Pilonidal Sinus Disease.
- Retroperitoneal Inflammation
- Experienced
- AcrospiromaDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Acrospiroma.
- Acute PancreatitisDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Acute Pancreatitis.
- AppendicitisDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Appendicitis.
- Breast LumpDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Breast Lump.
- CellulitisDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Cellulitis.
- Childhood PancreatitisDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Childhood Pancreatitis.