Won Kim, MD

Brain and Tumor Neurosurgery| Neurosurgery
Accepting new patients
Primary Location
Westwood Neurosurgery
300 Stein Plaza Suite 420
Los Angeles, California 90095
Phone
Fax
310-825-7245

About

Dr. Kim completed his neurosurgical residency training at UCLA with a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. His clinical interests include the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors deep within the brain using a wide variety of surgical modalities to best suit each individual patient and tumor type. Using technologies including the laser ablation of tumors (Visualase), white matter preserving corridor surgery (BrainPath), and stereotactic radiosurgery, he is able to treat many tumors traditionally deemed “inoperable.”

In addition to the treatment of tumors within the brain, Dr. Kim specializes in advanced endoscopic techniques to surgically remove tumors of the pituitary and skull base. Working hand-in-hand with a multidisciplinary surgical team of otolaryngologists and oculoplastic surgeons, he is able to treat tumors in a minimally invasive manner that avoids large craniofacial incisions and maximizes functional outcomes.

 

Areas of Clinical Expertise:

Brain Tumors:

  • Primary brain tumors (astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, glioblastomas, etc.)
  • Metastatic tumors
  • Meningiomas

Pituitary Tumors:

  • Endoscopic endonasal resection of pituitary tumors

Hemifacial Spasm and Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia:

  • Microvascular decompression

Radiosurgery:

  • Brain metastases
  • Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
  • Pituitary tumors
  • Meningiomas
  • Schwannomas
  • Trigeminal neuralgia

Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy:

  • Metastatic Brain Tumors / Radiation Necrosis
  • Primary Brain Tumors

Hydrocephalus:

  • Normal pressure hydrocephalus
  • Endoscopic third ventriculostomy

Languages

English

Education

Medical Board Certification

Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery, 2020

Fellowship

Functional Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 2016

Residency

Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 2016

Internship

Neurological Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 2010

Degree

MD, UCLA School of Medicine, 2009

Recognitions

Hospital Affiliations

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

Areas of Focus

Trigeminal neuralgia
Stereotactic radiosurgery
Pituitary adenoma
Meningioma
Metastatic brain cancer
Glioblastoma multiforme

Videos

Profile
Meet Won Kim, MD
Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Surgery for Skull Base Tumors
Treatment of Brain Metastases

Research

Interests

Metastatic brain tumors and leptomeningeal disease

Publications

  • National Institute of Health R25 Research Grant, 2012
  • Co-investigator, Interdepartmental Brain Metastasis Seed Grant, UCLA, 2018.

Recognitions

  • Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021, 2023
  • Super Doctors® Southern California Rising Stars 2019