Soo Jung

Kim

MD

PhD

MBA

Appointments

Eastside Specialty Center

425.646.7777
ESC Schedule Online

3100 Northup Way
Bellevue, WA 98004

UW Medical Center – Roosevelt  Dermatology Center

206.598.4067
Roos Schedule Online

4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Floor 4
Seattle, WA 98105

Biography

Soo Jung Kim, MD, PhD, MBA (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Clinical Practice in the Department of Dermatology, practicing at both the Eastside Specialty Center and the Roosevelt Dermatology Clinic. She also serves as the Medical Director for the Dermatology Clinic at the Eastside Specialty Center.

Dr. Kim earned her Bachelor of Science from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea. In 2005, she completed both her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Northwestern University and her MS from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago. She then completed her Medical Doctorate in 2009 from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University. Dr. Kim completed her medical internship at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York in 2010, and then her dermatology residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2013. She also recently earned her Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Rice University in Houston in 2025. 

Education & Training

Executive MBA, Rice University, Houston, TX (2023-2025)

Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (2010-2013)

Internship, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY (2009-2010)

MD, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL (2005-2009)

MS, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL (2004-2005)

PhD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (1999-2005)

BS, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (1994-1998)

Honors

Women of Excellence, Baylor College of Medicine (2023)

Top Doctors, Castle Connolly (2022, 2024)

Teaching Award, Mount Sinai Hospital (2014)

Award for Excellence in Basic Science, Chicago Medical School (2009)

University Scholarship for Excellence, Sungkyunkwan University (1996-1997)

Publications

Dai A, Kim SJ. Systemic calcineurin inhibitors tacrolimus and voclosporin: a review of off-label dermatologic uses. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Feb.

Joshi T, Kim SJ. Association of Atopic Dermatitis with Substance Use Disorders: A Case-Control Study in the All of Us Research Program. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Nov;89(5):e237-e238.

Fernandez J, Lee B, Patel JM, Weiss E, Jiang J, Dao H, Kim SJ. Retrospective case series of isotretinoin outcomes for acne in 393 female patients at Baylor College of Medicine during 2012-2016. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Aug 21.

Kimmel G, Chima M, Kim HJ, Bares J, Yao CJ, Singer G, Kim SJ, Bagel J, Lebwohl M. Brodalumab in the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis in patients who have previously failed treatment with anti-interleukin-17A therapies. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 May 9.

Cho SW, Malick H, Kim SJ, Grattoni A. Advances in Skin-on-a-Chip Technologies for Dermatological Disease Modeling. J Invest Dermatol. 2024 Mar 15.