Dr. Ran S. Kim earned his medical degree at Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He holds an undergraduate degree in B.S. in Pharmacy at University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. He completed his internship and residency in General Surgery at John Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland; Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, California; and Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow, Long Island, New York and went on with his fellowship training in Colon & Rectal Surgery at Lehigh Valley University Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He is a board certified and diplomate in American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Kim is a member of Alameda-Contra Costa County Medical Associations; Northern California Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons; Northwestern Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons; American College of Surgeons; and American College of Colon & Rectal Surgeons. He has been a President, Northern California Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons. He served as Chairman, Department of Surgery at John Muir Medical Center in Concord, California. He has also preceptored several surgeons nationally in laparoscopic and robotic techniques in colon and rectal surgery. Dr. Kim joined Bay Area Colon & Rectal Surgeons a division of BASS Medical Group in August, 2000.