Tae Ho Kim, MD

High School
James Monroe High School, Sepulveda, CA, 1983

University
Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences
BA (cum laude), 1987

Medical School
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine, 1991

Internship
University of California, Irvine
6/91 to 7/92, General Surgery

Residencies
University of California, Irvine
7/92 to 7/93, 7/96 to 7/97, General Surgery
U. of Massachusetts Medical Center
7/97 to 7/99, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Fellowships
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, USC
8/99 to 8/00, Craniofacial and Pediatric
Plastic Surgery Fellowship
The Childrens Hospital, Boston
Harvard University
7/93 to 7/96, Surgery Research Fellowship in Tissue Engineering

Honors and Awards
Valedictorian, Cornell Alumni Association of Southern California Scholarship,
Honors Degree Program in Chemistry,
Owens Scholarship, Plastic Surgery
Education and Research Foundation Grant

Licensure
New York, 2005 (Certificate 238430)

Board Certification
Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery

Academic Appointments:
Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Westchester Medical Center
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
New York Medical Colleger, 02/06 to present

Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, CHLA,
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California, 8/00 to 01/06

Clinical Instructor, Division of Plastic Surgery, CHLA
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California, 8/99-7/00

Specific Teaching Responsibilities:
Instruct and supervise general and plastic surgery residents and medical students.

Specific Administrative Responsibilities:
Quality Improvement Committee, CHLA, 8/00 to 1/02 Surgery QA/QImprovement Committee, CHLA, 8/00 to current

Military Service
none

Community Service
None

Professional Service
None

Other employment or activity
None

Committee membership
Operating Room Committee

National
Plastic Surgery Research Council
Tissue Engineering Society
American Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Plastic Surgery Education Foundation
International Society of Craniofacial Surgery, 1999-2000

Major Area of Research Interest
Tissue Engineering/Tissue Repair
Craniofacial Deformities
Facial Hemangiomas
Cleft Deformities

Research in Progress
Tissue Engineering of a total synovial joint

1) Tissue engineering of fat. Plastic Surgery Education Foundation Grant, $5,000
Principal Investigator; July, 2000
Collaborators: John Reinisch, MD and Zhao Zhou, MD.

2) Tissue engineering of a Medpor/cartilage ear framework. Porex Surgical Inc., $ 11,000
Principal Investigator, May, 2001
Collaborators: John Reinisch, MD and Zhao Zhou, MD.

3) Tissue engineering bone with Bioglass. Porex Surgical Inc., $ 5,000
Principal Investigator, May, 2001
Collaborators: John Reinisch, MD and Zhao Zhou, MD.

4) Fat transplantation with growth factors using a tissue engineering approach.
Plastic (Aesthetic) Surgery Education Foundation Grant, $5,215
Principal Investigator, June, 2001
Collaborators: John Reinisch, MD and Zhao Zhou, MD

5) Tissue engineering of a MEDPOR/cartilage ear framework in an autologous rabbit model. Porex Surgical Inc., $12,000
Principal Investigator, Sept, 2002 to present
Collaborators: Clemente Ibarra, MD, Centro Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Mexico City, Mexico.

1. Takeda T, Kim TH, Lee SK, Davis J, Vacanti JP. Hepatocyte transplantation in biodegradable polymer scaffolds using the Dalmatian dog model of hyperuricosuria. Transplant Proc. 27(1): 635-6, 1994.

2. Kim TH, Jannetta C, Vacanti JP, Upton J, Vacanti CA. Engineered bone from polyglycolic acid polymer and periosteum. Mat Res Soc Proc. 394:91, 1995.

3. Kim TH, Lee HM, Utsunomiya H, Ma P, Langer R, Schmidt EV, Vacanti JP. Enhanced survival of transgenic hepatocyte expressing hepatocyte growth factor in hepatocyte tissue engineering. Transplant Proc. 29(1-2):858-60, 1997.

4. Kim TH, Browne F, Upton J, Vacanti JP, Vacanti CA. Enhanced induction of engineered bone with basic fibroblast growth factor. Tissue Engineering. 3(3); 303-8, 1997.

5. Ibarra C, Jannetta C, Vacanti CA, Cao Y, Kim TH, Upton J, Vacanti JP. Tissue engineering of meniscus: a potential new alternative to allogeneic meniscus transplantation. Transplant Proc. 29(1-2):986-8, 1997.

6. Cao YL, Rodrigues A, Kim TH, Lach E, Vacanti CA. Tissue engineered nipple. Plas Recons Surg. 102(7):2293-8, 1998.

7. Isogai N, Landis W, Kim TH, Gerstenfeld L, Upton J, Vacanti JP. Formation of phalanges and small joints by tissue engineering. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 81(3):306-16, 1999.

8. Kim TH, Rothkopf DM. Ambulatory surgery for cleft lip repair. Ann Plast Surg. 42(4):442-4, 1999

9. Lee H, Cusick, RA, Browne F, Kim TH, Ma P., Utsunomiya H, Langer R, Vacanti JP. Local delivery of bFGF increases both angiogenesis and engraftment of hepatocytes in tissue engineered polymer devices. Transplantation 27;73(10):1589-93, 2002.

10. Yen S, Gross J, Yamashita D, Kim TH, McAndrews J, Shuler C, Reinisch J. Correcting an anterior open-bite side effect during distraction with spring forces. Plas Recons Surg. 110(6):1476-1484, 2002.

11. Yen S, Yamashita D, Kim TH, Baek HS, Gross J. Closure of an unusually large palatal fistula in a cleft patient by bony transport and corticotomy-assisted expansion. J Oral and Maxillofac Surg, 61(11):1346-50, 2003.

1. Sedrakyan S, Zhou Z, Kim TH. Tissue Engineering of a Small Hand Phalanx With a Porously Casted Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Co-Polymer. Tissue Engineering.

2. Sedrakyan S, Zhou Z, Kim TH. Tissue engineering of a cartilage and porous polyethylene hybrid for use in total ear reconstruction. Tissue Engineering.

Henry, G, Kim TH. Refining the correction of the cleft nasal deformity.

1. Breuer CK, Kaufmann PM, Kim TH, Jonas M, Kevy S, Lillehei CW, Vacanti JP. The use of ABO incompatible donors in pediatric liver recipients. 15th Annual Pediatric Surgery Residents Conference, Brooklyn, NY, November 4-6, 1994.

2. Kim TH, Takeda T, Lee SK, Vacanti JP. Steroid immunosuppression potentially impairs hepatocyte survival in heterotopic hepatocyte polymer transplantation in the Dalmatian dog. American Pediatric Surgical Association, Boca Raton, FL, May 20-23, 1995.

3. Schmidt CE, Shastri VR, Kim TH, Vacanti JP, Langer R. Neural stimulation using electrically conducting polymers. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 6-8, 1995.

4. Shastri VR, Schmidt CE, Kim TH, Vacanti JP, Langer R. Polypyrrole—a potential candidate for stimulated nerve regeneration. Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA, 1995.

5. Kim TH, Upton J, Vacanti JP, Mooney D, Cao YL, Ibarra C, Langer R, Vacanti CA. Tissue engineering of a bone-cartilage composite structure: potential application for temporomandibular joint replacement. American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 24-28, 1996.

6. Kim TH, Upton J, Vacanti JP, Vacanti CA. Tissue engineering of bone and cartilage with gelatin as an injectable system. The 1996 Aesthetic Society Annual Meeting, Buena Vista, FL, April 28-May 3, 1996.

7. Kim TH, Upton J, Vacanti JP, Vacanti CA. Enhanced bone formation engineered from thicker polyglycolic acid polymer and avascularized periosteum. American Chemical Society Annual Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 24-29, 1996.

8. Landis WJ, Kim TH, Ibarra C, Cao Y, Vacanti CA, Vacanti JP. Apatite identification in engineered calcified tissues. Tissue Engineering Society Meeting, Orlando, Fl, 1996.

9. Kim TH, Fung L, Lach E. CO2 laser in pediatric re-do circumcision. New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting, June, 1998.

10. Kim TH, Rothkopf DM. Kim TH, Rothkopf DM. Ambulatory surgery for cleft lip repair. New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting, June, 1998.

11. Dao MA, Ertl DC, Wang X, Kim TH, Malik P, Kohn DB, Nolta JA. Human MSC differentiation and engineered protein secretion in neo-organoids is dependent on implantation site. Molecular Therapy 1:S85, 2000.

12. Dao MA, Tsark E, Ertl D, Wang X, Kim TH, Malik P, Kohn DB, Nolta JA. Engineered cytokine secretion from human mesenchymal stem cells influences in vivo hematopoiesis. International Society of Experimental Hematology Annual Meeting, 2000. Experimental Hematology 28, 59a, 2000.

13. Meyerrose TE, Kim TH, Ertl DC, Nolta JA. Implantation of an engineered mesenchymal stem cell organoid on a biodegradable matrix to produce human erythropoietin in nude/NOD/SCID mice. American Society of Hematolog Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2000.

14. Sedrakyan S, Zhou Z, Kim TH. Tissue engineering of a cartilage and porous polyethylene hybrid for use in total ear reconstruction. Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, June, 2003.

15. Sedrakyan S, Zhou Z, Kim TH. Tissue Engineering of a Small Hand Phalanx With a Porously Casted Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Co-Polymer. Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting, Toronto, June, 2004

1. Kim TH. A closer look: burns prevention. In: It Only Takes a Second:Preventing Childhood Traumatic Injuries, Delmar, Thompson Learning, Albany, 2001.

1. "The Important Role of Degradable Polymers in Engineering Bone: Potential Application in Hand and Temporomandibular Joint Reconstruction." Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Pennsylvania State College, 1996.

2. "Clinical Implications of Tissue Engineering." Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Course, University of Southern California, March, 2000.

3. "Clinical Implications of Tissue Engineering." Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Course, University of Southern California, February, 2001.