Christine Kim

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Health Science Clinical Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
School of Medicine
Co-Clerkship Director, Obstetrics & Gynecology
School of Medicine
Residency, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 2006, Obstetrics and Gynecology
M.D., Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2002, Obstetrics and Gynecology
B.S., University of California, San Diego, 1998, Biochemistry and Cellular Biology
Phone: (714) 456-7733
Email: chrismk2@hs.uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
3400 W. Chapman Ave, Suite 3400
Mail Code: 3200
Orange, CA 92868
Academic Distinctions
AWARDS AND HONORS
2022 Orange County Medical Association ‘Physician of Excellence’
2021Orange County Medical Association ‘Physician of Excellence’
2020 Orange County Medical Association ‘Physician of Excellence’
2019 Orange County Medical Association ‘Physician of Excellence’
2018 Best UCI Clerkship Award – OB/GYN
2017 Best UCI Clerkship Award – OB/GYN
2016 Best UCI Clerkship Award – OB/GYN
2015 Best UCI Clerkship Award – OB/GYN
2011 EHR Meaningful Use Achievement
2006 Golden Apple Teaching Award
1998 Phi Beta Kappa
1998 Cum Laude Graduate
Appointments
PAST ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
UC Davis Medical Center
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2006 - 2012

Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of OB/Gyn Hospitalist
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
2014 – 2020


UNIVERSITY & PUBLIC SERVICE
Service and Committees
2020 – Present APGO: Transforming the UME to GME Transition: Right Resident, Right Program, Ready Day One: Formation of Residency Learning Communities Workgroup
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics

2020 – Present OB/Gyn Faculty Mentor for Dr. Elena Baeza-Rhoads

2019 – Present OB/Gyn Department Wellness Committee
University of California, Irvine

2017 – Present UCI SOM: Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee
University of California, Irvine

2016 – Present OB/GYN Assistant Residency PD for Residency Transition Support
Lead Faculty: OB/Gyn 4th year Medical Student Application Curriculum
Review ERAS process, personal statement, application review, interview coaching
University of California, Irvine

2016 – Present OB/GYN Interest Group Faculty Advisor for Medical Students
University of California, Irvine

2016 – Present OB/GYN Residency Program Education Committee
University of California, Irvine

2015 – Present OB/GYN Clerkship Director
University of California, Irvine

2015 – Present Interprofessional Perinatal Simulation Team
Monthly In-situ Simulations on OB Emergencies
University of California, Irvine

2015 – Present Career Advising for Medical Students
2021-22: Altieri, Emma
Ahn, Minnah
Archibald, Abigail
Bogaard, Katherine
Keymeulen, Sawa
Leung, Amanda
Lewis, Catriona
Marquina, Sylvana
Masini, Irene
Nore, Caroline
Patibandla, Yamini
Rosecrance, Katherine
2020-21: Ansbro, Megan
Angelides, Sophia
Barker, Margot
Cardall, Ana
Dinicu, Andreea
Fan, Shannon
Haque, Nabila
Hutchison, Dana
Lem, Melinda
Nguyen, Emily
Ramchandran, Vignesh
Rosenbaum, Kathryn
2019-20: Crawford, Elizabeth
Duffens, Ali
Frisch, Emily
Hutchison, Dana
Maher, Justine
Meller, Daniel
Moran, Katherine

2015 – Present OB/Gyn Residency Applicant Pre-Selection Committee
University of California, Irvine

2014 – Present OB/Gyn Quality and Patient Safety Committee
University of California, Irvine

2014 – Present OB/Gyn Resident Mentor, University of California, Irvine
Deb Karm 2014-18
Lauren Yu 2015-19
Nisha Garg 2016-20
Cariza Mercurio 2016-20
Joyce Sutedja 2017-21
Griselda Reyes 2018-22
Patrick Penalosa 2020-2024

2014 – 2021 OB Quality Core Committee
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital

May-Oct 2021 OB Quality Review Committee
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital

March-July 2019 OB Hospitalist Director (Interim)
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital

2014 – 2019 OB Quality Review Committee
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital

2016 – 2019 CMQCC: Safely Reducing Primary Cesarean Delivery
Physician Champion
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital

2016 – 2018 Perioperative Surgical Home Committee
OB Physician Lead on the Intra-op team
University of California, Irvine

2014 – 2018 Interdisciplinary Practice Committee
University of California, Irvine

2016 – 2017 ACGME CLER Handoff Committee
University of California, Irvine

2015 – 2016 Perinatal Team STEPPs- Hardwire Safety Tools
University of California, Irvine

2015 – 2016 CMQCC: OB Hemorrhage Bundle
Physician Lead
University of California, Irvine

2014 – 2015 OB/GYN Assistant Clerkship Director
University of California, Irvine

2010 – 2012 Continuous Quality Improvement Committee
University of California, Davis

2006 – 2012 Teaching Committee for Medical Education
University of California, Davis

2008 – 2009 Electronic Medical Record Committee
University of California, Davis

2008 – 2009 Pre-Operative Lab Committee
University of California, Davis

2007 – 2008 Faculty Recruitment and Retention Committee
University of California, Davis

2007 – 2008 Compensation Committee
University of California, Davis

2007 – 2008 Minimally Invasive Surgery Committee
University of California, Davis

2007 Medicine in Action
Medical Mission to Jamaica
Research Abstract
RESEARCH
5/2021 - Present
Medical Education QI: Teaching Cognitive Bias during the OB/Gyn Clerkship

4/2021 – Present
Connect, Reflect & Thrive
Adam Crosland, MD; Laura Fitzmaurice, MD; Christine Kim, MD
UCI OB/Gyn Dept Wellness Project
UC Irvine Health M-Power Grant for $800

3/2021 - Present
Bridging the Advising Gap by Utilizing a National Network of Faculty to Enhance Equity in the Residency Selection Process in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
APGO Right Resident, Right Program, Ready Day One (RRR) Mini-Grant for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for $2,000

9/2020 – Present
QI: Actual Use of Interpreters for Spanish Speaking Patients in the OB/Gyn Dept
Faculty Co-investigator

2016 – Present
QI: Perceptions of Perinatal In-situ Simulations at UC Irvine Medical Center
Faculty Co-investigator

2016 – Present
Medical Education QI: Multidisciplinary Computer Based Teaching for Maternal Code
Faculty Co-investigator

5/2020 – 1/2021
Medical Education QI: Multi-institutional Career Advising

2/2019
Preparing Medical Students for Transition to OB/Gyn Residency
Poster Presentation
APGO/CREOG Conference in New Orleans, LA

2014 – 2018
Survey on the impact of implementing an Obstetric Hospitalist program

2016
When Eclampsia Strikes: Educational Impact of Obstetrics Emergency Simulation and Lecture. 2016 International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare. Society for Simulation in Healthcare (Abstract).

2014 – 2017
Improving communication and perinatal outcomes with the use of standardized handoffs for nurses, residents and staff physicians
Grant sponsored by California Healthcare Quality Initiative
Primary Investigator; Total $250,000

2015
Addressing Knowledge Gaps on Postpartum Hemorrhage Protocol after Traditional Education Using Multidisciplinary In-Situ Simulation. 2015 International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare. Society for Simulation in Healthcare (Abstract).

2015
Using Surveys to Assess Implemented Postpartum Hemorrhage Protocol Knowledge Gaps and Guide Simulation Curriculum Development. 2015 International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare. Society for Simulation in Healthcare (Abstract).
Publications
PUBLICATIONS
Book
OB/GYN Hospitalist Medicine: Principles and Practice
Textbook, McGraw-Hill Education, Editor, 2019


Book Chapters
OB/GYN Hospitalist Medicine: Principles and Practice
Trauma in Pregnancy, Author, 2019

OB/GYN Hospitalist Medicine: Principles and Practice
OB/Gyn Simulations, Author, 2019
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
1/2022 Mapping Out a Trajectory for Medical Students as They Travel Through Professional Development
Neda Etezadi-Amoli, MD; Christine Kim, MD; James Cook, MD
APGO Faculty Development Seminar Conference
Workshop Presentation
Virtual Conference

1/2022 Creating Time and Space – A Constellation of Stellar Ideas for Hacking Life as a Clerkship Director
Sarah Dotters-Katz, MD, MMHPE; Christine Kim, MD; Jill Sutton, MD
APGO Faculty Development Seminar Conference
Workshop Presentation
Virtual Conference

7/2021 Quality and Safety Grand Rounds: Review Fetal Heart Tracings, Interventions and Communication
University of California, Irvine

1/2021 Power Up to Keep Going and Going: How to Develop Faculty for Career Advising
Christine Kim, MD; Neda Etezadi-Amoli, MD; James Cook, MD
APGO Faculty Development Seminar Conference
Workshop Presentation
Virtual Conference

1/2021 Electric slide: Cognitive Bias into the OB/Gyn clerkship
James Cook, MD; Christine Kim, MD; Neda Etezadi-Amoli
APGO Faculty Development Seminar Conference
Workshop Presentation
Virtual Conference

1/2020 Bringing Student Developed QI Project into Closer View during the Third Year Clerkship
Neda Etezadi-Amoli, MD; James Cook, MD; Christine Kim, MD
APGO Faculty Development Seminar Conference
Workshop Presentation
Bonita Springs, FL

11/2017 Grand Rounds: Trauma in Pregnancy
Perinatal Lecture
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital

04/2017 Grand Rounds: Perioperative Surgical Home for L&D
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of California, Irvine

12/2015 Grand Rounds: OB Simulations
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of California, Irvine

05/2015 Grand Rounds: LifeWings Hardwire Safety Tool
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of California, Irvine

08/2014 Grand Rounds: The A to Z’s of Fetal Heart Tracing
University of California, Irvine


Nursing
4/2021 Shoulder dystocia
Nursing Education and Simulation skills training
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital

5/2016 Antibiotics for GBS and Cesarean Section Prophylaxis
Nursing Education Lecture
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital

5/2016 Post-partum Hemorrhage
Nursing Lecture and Simulation Skills Training
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital

11/2014 Safely Preventing Cesarean Delivery
Physician and Nursing Education Lecture
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital


Resident and Medical Student
2020 – Present Medical Student Lecture: Cognitive Bias in Medicine. (1.5 hr session, given 8 times per year)
University of California, Irvine

2019 – Present MS3 Clerkship Review of Breast Exam and Pelvic Exam Simulation. 2 hr session, given 8 times per year.
University of California, Irvine

2018 – Present Resident Lecture: Operative Vaginal Delivery and Simulation
3 to 3.5-hour session, presented annually
University of California, Irvine

2017 – Present MS4 OB/Gyn Intern Prep Course – Lead Faculty
2-day course, 9 hours each day, annually
Review of high-yield OB/Gyn topics, simulation based learning, and clinical and surgical skills essential for interns, including majority of Milestone 1 skills.
Lecture: Inpatient obstetrics
University of California, Irvine

2016 – Present Resident Lecture: Teaching and Feedback.
1-hour, annually
University of California, Irvine

2015 – Present Residency Lecture: Communication and Team Building.
1-hour, annually
University of California, Irvine

2015 – Present MS3 Clerkship Orientation
1-hour, given 8 times per year
University of California, Irvine

2014 – Present MS3 Pre-Sub-internship Bootcamp – Lead faculty
Review of high-yield OB/Gyn topics, case-based learning, and simulation of clinical and surgical skills essential for sub-interns.
Lecture: intrapartum and antepartum care
(9-hour session, given annually)
University of California, Irvine

2014 – Present MS3 Applying to OB/GYN Residency Introductory Presentation with Dr. Fitzmaurice, Review of important application dates, process, and resources.
2.5-hour session, given annually
University of California, Irvine

2014 – Present Residency Intern boot camp: Clinical Simulations
Review OB and Gyn skills
9-hour session, annually
University of California, Irvine

Feb 2022 Resident Journal club (1-hour session)
Article: Alternate Dosing Protocol for Obese Women with Pre-eclampsia
University of California, Irvine

2019 – 2021 Medical Student Clerkship Observed Simulated Clinical Exam Debrief (1-hour session, given 8 times per year)
University of California, Irvine

2019 – 2020 MS3 Clerkship Lecture on Labor with Vaginal Delivery Simulation (2-hour session, given 8 times per year)
University of California, Irvine

2016 – 2020 Resident Lecture: Shoulder Dystocia (1-hour, annually)
University of California, Irvine

2014 – 2019 MS2 Lecture: Pelvic and Breast Exam. (1-hour, given annually)
University of California, Irvine

2014 – 2019 MS3 Clerkship Simulation Session: review of first trimester vaginal bleeding, clinical cases, knot tying & suturing. (5-hour session, given 8 times per year)
University of California, Irvine

2014 – 2015 MS3 Clerkship Lecture: Normal and Abnormal Labor. (1-hour, given 3 times per year)
University of California, Irvine

5/2015 Resident OB Olympics reviewing surgical knowledge, materials and techniques. (2-hours)
University of California, Irvine

8/2015 Resident Journal Club: Safely Preventing Cesarean Section. (1-hour)
University of California, Irvine
Grants
4/2021 – Present Connect, Reflect & Thrive Adam Crosland, MD; Laura Fitzmaurice, MD; Christine Kim, MD UCI OB/Gyn Dept Wellness Project UC Irvine Health M-Power Grant for $800 3/2021 - Present Bridging the Advising Gap by Utilizing a National Network of Faculty to Enhance Equity in the Residency Selection Process in Obstetrics and Gynecology. APGO Right Resident, Right Program, Ready Day One (RRR) Mini-Grant for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for $2,000
Professional Societies
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospitalist
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Other Experience
Physician
Kaiser Permanente, Orange County 2012—2014
Last updated
02/21/2023