Dr. Patrick Kim is the Trauma Program Director. He completed his residency and fellowship training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. His areas of clinical interest are Trauma Surgery, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care.

Member, Quality Committee
Department of Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

• 2006-present American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
• 2005-2009 American Medical Association
• 2005-present American Thoracic Society
• 2004-present American Trauma Society
• 2002-present Association for Surgical Education
• 2005-present Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• 2006-present International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care
• 2006-present International Society of Surgery
• 1999-present Shock Society
• 2002-present Society of Critical Care Medicine
• 2007-present American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• 2007-present Association of Academic Surgeons

• 2006-present American College of Surgeons, Philadelphia Chapter
• 2006-present College of Physicians of Philadelphia
• 2009-present Philadelphia Trauma Directors Group
• 2009-present Program Committee, College of Physicians of Philadelphia
• 2009-present Registry Committee, Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation

• 2005-2008 Vice Chair, EAST Trauma Practice Guidelines Committee on Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• 2007-2010 Member, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Governor’s Organ Donation Advisory Committee
• 2007-2010 EAST Injury Control and Violence Prevention Committee

1. Kim PK, Chen J, Raj NR, Andrejko KM, Deutschman CS. Intraabdominal sepsis down-regulates transcription of sodium taurocholate cotransporter and multidrug resistance-associated protein in rats. Shock 14(2):176-181, August 2000.
2. Chen J, Raj N, Kim P, Andrejko KM, Deutschman CS. Intrahepatic nuclear factor-kappa B activity and alpha 1-acid glycoprotein transcription do not predict outcome after cecal ligation and puncture in the rat. Critical Care Medicine 29(3):589-596, March 2001.
3. Weiss YG, Bellin L, Kim PK, Andrejko KM, Haaxma CA, Raj N, Furth EE, Deutschman CS. Com-pensatory hepatic regeneration after mild, but not fulminant, intraperitoneal sepsis in rats. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology 280(5):G968-G973, May 2001.
4. Haaxma CA, Kim PK, Andrejko KM, Raj NR, Deutschman CS. Transcription factors C/EBP-alpha and HNF-1 alpha are associated with decreased expression of liver-specific genes in sepsis. Shock 19(1):45-49, January 2003.
5. Kim PK, Dabrowski GP, Reilly PM, Auerbach S, Kauder DR, Schwab CW. Redefining a future of trauma surgery as a comprehensive trauma/emergency general surgery service. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 199(1):96-101, July 2004.
6. Kim PK, Gracias VH, Maidment ADA, O'Shea M, Reilly PM, Schwab CW. Cumulative radiation dose caused by radiologic studies in critically ill trauma patients. Journal of Trauma 57(3):510-514, September 2004.
7. Reilly PM, Schwab CW, Kauder DR, Dabrowski GP, Gracias V, Gupta R, Pryor JP, Braslow BM, Kim P, Wiebe DJ. The invisible trauma patient: Emergency department discharges. Journal of Trauma 58(4):675-685, Apr. 2005.
8. Kim PK, Zhu X, Houseknecht E, Nickolaus D, Mahboubi S, Nance ML. Effective radiation dose from radiologic studies in pediatric trauma patients. World Journal of Surgery 29(12):1557-1562, December 2005.
9. Earley AS, Pryor JP, Kim PK, Hedrick JH, Kurichi JE, Minogue AC, Sonnad SS, Reilly PM, Schwab CW. An acute care surgery model improves outcomes in patients with appendicitis. Annals of Surgery 244(4):498-504, Oct. 2006.
10. Gracias VH, Horan AD, Kim PK, Puri NK, Gupta R, Gallagher JJ, Sicoutris CP, Grasso M, Hanson CW, Schwab CW. Digital output volumetric pulmonary artery catheters eliminate interoperator interpretation variability and improve consistency of treatment decisions. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 204(2):209-215, Feb. 2007.
11. Kim PK, Nance FC, Nance ML, Schwab CW. William T. “Billy” Fitts, Jr.: An AAST Visionary. Journal of Trauma 63(1):221-227, July 2007.
12. Andrejko KM, Raj NR, Kim PK, Cereda M, Deutschman CS. IL-6 modulates sepsis-induced decreases in transcription of hepatic organic anion and bile acid transporters. Shock 29(4):490-496, Apr. 2008.
13. Stawicki SP, Kim PK, Pryor JP. Clinical Challenges and Images in GI. Small bowel obstruction caused by an intestinal phytobezoar. Gastroenterology 133(6):1767, 2077, Dec. 2007.
14. Stawicki SP, Seamon M, Zappile D, Chovanes J, Kim PK, Gracias VH. Transthoracic echocardiography for pulmonary embolism in the ICU: finding the ‘right’ findings. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 206(1):42-47, Jan. 2008.
15. Stawicki SP, Seamon MJ, Meredith DM, Chovanes J, Paszczuk A, Kim PK, Gracias VH. Transthoracic echocardiography for suspected pulmonary embolism in the ICU: Unjustfully underused or rightfully ignored? Journal of Clinical Ultrasound 36(5):291-302, June 2008.
16. Seamon MJ, Kim PK, Stawicki SP, Dabrowski GP, Goldberg AJ, Reilly PM, Schwab CW. Pancreatic injury in damage control laparotomies: is pancreatic resection safe during the initial laparotomy? Injury 40(1):61-65, Jan. 2009.
17. Carr BG, Jenkins P, Branas CC, Wiebe DJ, Kim P, Schwab CW, Reilly PM. Does the trauma system protect against the weekend effect? Journal of Trauma, accepted for publication.

1. Kim PK, Deutschman CS. Inflammatory responses and mediators. [Review] Surgical Clinics of North America 80(3):885-894, June 2000.

1. Melvin JS, Kim PK, Stambough J, Schuster JM, Mehta S. Use of the Licox? in a head-injured patient with a tibial shaft fracture: a novel method of assessing the effect of reamed intramedullary nailing on brian tissue oxygenation. Injury Extra 40(1):1-3, Jan. 2009.

1. Asad M, Hassan C, Kim PK. Use of vacuum dressing on a trauma patient with extensive lower extremity wound: a case report. Poster presentation, Southeastern Surgical Congress 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting, Savannah, GA, Feb. 2007.
2. Kim PK, Tang R, Reilly PM, Schwab CW. Outcomes of SICU patients after implementation of an electronic ICU (“eICU”) system and off-site intensivist. Oral presentation, 42nd World Congress of Surgery of the International Surgical Society, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2007.
3. Kim PK, Doll SL, Hanson CW, Hasz RD, Reilly PM, Schwab CW. A decade of “donation after cardiac death”: expanding organ donation options and availability of transplantable organs. Oral presentation, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 66th Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 2007.
4. Kohl BA, Sites FD, Gutsche JT, Kim P. Economic impact of telemedicine implementation in an academic surgical ICU. Poster presentation, Society of Critical Care Medicine 37th Critical Care Congress, Honolulu, HI, Feb. 2008.
5. Kohl BA, Gutsche JT, Kim P, Sites FD, Ochroch EA. Effect of telemedicine on patient outcome in a university hospital. Poster presentation, Society of Critical Care Medicine 37th Critical Care Congress, Honolulu, HI, Feb. 2008.
6. Lombardo G, Kim P, Reilly P, Sonnad S, Figueredo R, Schwab C, Sims C. Effect of thyroid hormone administration on the hemodynamic management of patients with trans-cranial gunshot wounds. Poster presentation, Society of Critical Care Medicine 37th Critical Care Congress, Honolulu, HI, Feb. 2008.
7. Lykens B, Sarani B, Kim P, Sonnad S, Schwab CW, Reilly PM. Risk factors for ICU admission following fall from stand. Poster presentation, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 68th Meeting, Maui, HI, Sept. 2008.
8. Kaye AJ, Kaye AE, Nance ML, Kim PK, Chang B, Blinman TA. Pediatric vascular emergencies: What are our practices? Oral presentation, American College of Surgeons 94th Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 2008.
9. Sarani B, Lykens B, Kim P, Sonnad S, Schwab CW, Reilly PM. Risk factors for mortality following fall from standing. Poster presentation, American College of Surgeons 94th Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 2008.
10. Martin ND, Pryor JP, Lombardo G, Podgorski AM, Horan AD, Isacoff OK, Kim PK, Reilly PM, Schwab CW. Lethal penetrating head trauma: should we perform non-neurologic operations solely for organ donation? Poster presentation, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 22nd Annual Scientific Assembly, Lake Buena Vista, FL, Jan. 2009.
11. Kaye AJ, Kaye AE, Kim PK, Gracias VH, Bartlett SP, Serletti J. Strategies in facial fracture management: specialty-specific differences. Western Trauma Association 39th Annual Meeting, Crested Butte, CO, Feb. 2009.
12. Sims C, Arthur K, Grill E, Datner E, Pascual J, Sarani B, Kim P, Rhodes K. Screening for intimate partner violence in an urban trauma bay: use of a self-disclosure survey. Oral presentation, American Public Health Association 138th Annual Meeting, Denver CO, Nov. 2010.
13. Kim PK, Reilly PM, Schwab CW. Morning Report: Performance improvement, not just patient sign-out. Accepted for poster presentation, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 70th Meeting, Boston, MA Sept. 2010.
14. Strong ML, Kim PK, Pryor JP, Holena DN, Fox A, Mark D, Schwab CW, Reilly PM. Performance improvement for FAST at last. Poster presentation, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 23nd Annual Scientific Assembly, Phoenix, AZ, Jan 2010.
15. Menger RP, Telford G, Bergey M, Foreman J, Kim P, Sarani B, Reilly PM, Schwab C. Risk factors associated with chest tube management complications in trauma patients. Oral presentation, 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Antonio, TX, Feb 2010.

1. Kim PK, Rosato EF. The pancreas. Chap. 29 in Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Kaiser LR (eds): The Surgical Review: An Integrated Basic and Clinical Science Study Guide. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000, 492-503.
2. Kim PK, Deutschman CS. Hepatic failure. In Bland K, Sarr MG (eds): The Practice of General Surgery. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2001, 176-180.
3. Gale SC, Kim PK, Gracias VH, Schwab CW. Traumatic injuries. Chap. 18 in Atluri, Karakousis, Porrett, Kaiser LR (eds): The Surgical Review: An Integrated Basic and Clinical Science Study Guide. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005, 271-288.
4. Thomas PG and Kim PK. Administer antibiotics before placing a chest tube in trauma patients. Chap. 97 in Marcucci L, Martinez EA, Haut ER, Slonim AD, Suarez JI (eds): Avoiding Common ICU Errors. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006, 226-227.
5. Sims CA and Kim PK. Use clindamycin in necrotizing fasciitis to cover Group A streptococcus. Chap. 152 in Marcucci L, Martinez EA, Haut ER, Slonim AD, Suarez JI (eds): Avoiding Common ICU Errors. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006, 362-363.
6. Gutsche JT and Kim PK. Consider the use of steroids for neurological trauma in blunt spinal cord injury only. Chap. 186 in Marcucci L, Martinez EA, Haut ER, Slonim AD, Suarez JI (eds): Avoiding Common ICU Errors. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006, 447-448.
7. Carr BG and Kim PK. Do not use a negative focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) exam to rule out bowel injury or injury to the retroperitoneum or as the only test in penetrating trauma. Chap. 279 in Marcucci L, Martinez EA, Haut ER, Slonim AD, Suarez JI (eds): Avoiding Common ICU Errors. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006, 687-690.
8. Tinti MS and Kim PK. Be alert for acalculous cholecystitis. Chap. 285 in Marcucci L, Martinez EA, Haut ER, Slonim AD, Suarez JI (eds): Avoiding Common ICU Errors. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006, 704-705.
9. Kim PK, Kauder DR, Schwab CW. Acute care surgery and the elderly. Chap. 13 in Britt LD, Trunkey DD, Feliciano DV (eds): Acute Care Surgery: Principles and Practice. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2007, 187-193.
10. Kim PK. Interventional radiology in trauma. In Peitzman A, Rhodes M, Schwab CW, Yealy D (eds): The Trauma Manual, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007, 115-120.
11. Kim PK. Damage control. Chap. 2 in Brooks A, Mahoney PF Hodgetts TJ (eds): Pocketbook of Major Trauma. Edinburgh: Elsevier 2007, 99-105.
12. Kim PK, Reilly PM. Multisystem trauma. Chap. 36 in Newman MF, Fleisher LA, Fink MP (eds): Perioperative Medicine: Managing for Outcome. New York: Elsevier, 2008, 579-588.
13. Jenoff JS, Kim P. Management of the difficult abdomen and damage control surgery. Chap. 45 in Flint L, Meredith JW, Schwab CW, Trunkey DD, Rue LW, Taheri PA (eds): Trauma: Contemporary Principles and Therapy. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008, 477-484.
14. Kim PK and Deutschman CS. Hepatic failure. Chap. 22 in Bland KI, Buchler MW, Csendes A, Garden OJ, Sarr MG, Wong J (eds): General Surgery: Principles and International Practice. New York: Elsevier, 2008, 233-240.