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Dr. Helen H. Kim, MD

Surgery, Colorectal Surgery
Accepting new patients
33 years of experience
Proliance Eastside Surgical Specialists 1231 116th Ave NE Suite 930, Bellevue, WA 98004
(425) 688-1916

Overview
Location
Expertise
Insurance

Brief Intro

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, traveled 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.Special Recognition & TrainingSeattle Met Top Doctor for 2023Seattle Met Top Doctor for 2022America's Best Ambulatory Surgery CentersAssociationsFellow-American College of SurgeonsAmerican Society of Breast SurgeonsAttending general surgeon at Overlake Hospital Medical CenterAttending general surgeon at Swedish Medical Center

Education Background

RESIDENCY

Uc Davis Medical Center

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Tufts University School Of Medicine - 1992

Languages Spoken

Korean
Spanish
English

Location & Hours

Proliance Eastside Surgical Specialists
1231 116th Ave NE Suite 930, Bellevue, WA 98004

Specialties Treated

Surgery
Colorectal Surgery

Conditions Addressed

Malignant Neoplasm of Colon
Hemorrhoids
Ventral Hernia
Abdominal Hernia
Cholelethiasis or Cholecystitis
Appendicitis
Breast Disorders
Inguinal Hernia
Intestinal Obstruction
Melanoma

Procedures Performed

Hernia Repair
Colonoscopy
Cholecystectomy
Cholecystectomy
Sigmoidoscopy
Appendectomy
Mastectomy
Sigmoidoscopy
Skin Surgery
Breast Biopsy
Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal
Pilonidal Cyst Surgery
Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Small Bowel Resection
Destruction of Lesions on the Anus
Breast Reconstruction

Insurance Accepted

* Insurance information may change frequently. Please verify directly with the provider (doctor/clinic).

Regence BlueShield
Medicaid
Medicare
Mutual of Omaha
UnitedHealthcare
First Choice Health
Aetna
Humana
Premera Blue Cross
Meritain Health
Optum Health
Triwest Healthcare Alliance
Benefit Management Inc
Cigna
Molina Healthcare
Tricare
AmeriGroup
First Health (Coventry Health Care)
Wellcare

Cancer 20
Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 15
Orthopedics 36
Neurology & Neurosurgery 21
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 32
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 33
Diabetes & Endocrinology 12
Children's Hospital 4
Urology 30
Psychiatry 16
Geriatrics 33
Rehabilitation 13
Obsterics & Gynecology 4
Ear, Nose & Throat 4
Rheumatology 1
Long Term Care 1
Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 15