Sunny S. Kim, MD

Additional Specialties:

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Orthopedic Spine Surgery, Spinal Deformities

Languages Spoken:

English, Korean

Gender:

Female

About Dr. Kim

Dr. Sunny S. Kim has performed thousands of minimally invasive surgeries and is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon with 25 years of experience. Dr. Kim is very skilled in treating all types of spinal issues but is also one of the few spinal surgeons in the nation who is able to treat complicated spinal deformity cases that require vertebral column resections and pedicle subtraction osteotomies.

As mentioned, Dr. Kim averages hundreds of surgical spinal cases each year. He is among a select number of surgeons in the United States who can take out a thoracic disc herniation in a minimally invasive manner. He also specializes in performing spine surgeries which require a high degree of expertise, including OLLIF, Kyphoplasty, SI joint fusion, and artificial disc replacement.

Education

Board Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 

Certified 1991 – 2031

American Board of Spine Surgery

Certified 1999 – 2024

Medical School

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Residency

Orthopedic Surgery

Columbia University

New York, NY 1985

Fellowship

  • Spine Surgery Fellowship
    Minnesota Spine CenterMinneapolis, MN1988

College

PhD – Computer Science

Internship

  • Internal Medicine
    Evanston HospitalEvanston, IL1984

General Surgery

Loyola UniversityChicago, IL1983

Publications

Revision surgery for failed back surgery syndrome

1992

Author: Kim, S. S.

Factors affecting fusion rate in adult spondylolisthesis Spine 15 (9)

1990

Author: Kim, S. S.

Small angle neutron scattering study of Bence-Jones protein mcg: comparison of structures in crystal and solution. Biochemistry 21, 2874-2878

1982

Author:Kim, S. S.

Medical Interests

Areas of Interest:

Research Interests:

Sunny S. Kim, MD

Locations

Inspired Spine

Clinical

1601 Hwy 13-E
Burnsville, MN 55337

Tristate Brain & Spine Institute

Clinical

6600 Hwy 29-S
Alexandria, MN 56308

Riverview Health

Clinical

323 S. Minnesota St.
Crookston, MN 56716

Documentation

Curriculum Vitae