Joon Kyung Shim, MD FACS

Dr. Joon K. Shim is a fellowship-trained minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon at Bassett Medical Center. As the general surgery residency program director, she plays an integral part the residency training at Bassett Medical Center. She completed her undergraduate degree magna cum laude in Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College in 2000. She earned both her medical degree as well as her master’s degree in public health in a four-year dual program from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Massachusetts and a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery and bariatric surgery at Brown University. She joined the US Army after 9/11 in 2002. She served as an active duty Army surgeon and completed two tours as a combat trauma surgeon for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. She was awarded the Army’s Meritorious Service Medal. Her prior positions before joining Bassett include: site director for the general surgery residency program at Wright State University as well as the associate clerkship director. She was also the section chair of general surgery at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, OH. In addition to patient care, Dr. Shim is actively engaged and passionate about medical education and teaching both medical students and surgery residents. In April 2021, she completed a year long Harvard Macy Institute Art Museum-based Health Professions Education Fellowship. In October 2021, she received the Certificate in Applied Surgical Education Leadership (CASEL) by the American College of Surgeons.

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

Hernia Procedures

Minimal Access Surgery

Minimally Invasive Procedures

Trauma/Injury Procedures

Bassett Medical Center

Cooperstown, NY

Director

102nd Forward Surgical Team

Bostick - Afghanistan,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

10/2011—04/2012