Joshua Kim, DO, is an internal and pediatric medicine specialist. He sees patients of all ages at our Family and Sports Medicine Centreville clinic.
There, Kim's goal is to get to know his patients and to have them know him. He feels that creates a great partnership that helps his patients meet their health goals.
Get To Know a UVA Health Family & Sports Medicine Physician
Learn more about Kim through these 7 quick questions.
1. What has most inspired and shaped your approach to patient care?
I think what has inspired my approach to patient care is maybe twofold. Learning from mentors in training, and sort of seeing how they interact with patients and picking bits and pieces of that, and learning to apply that to the way that I approach patient care has been very helpful and informative in my journey to become a physician.
Also, seeing how my family interacts with the medical system and knowing that it's a complex and confusing (at times) system, and knowing that I can do my part in helping patients navigate it, as I help my family.
2. What's your favorite part of your job?
Talking with people, getting to know them, listening to their stories, seeing what their goals are, and trying to communicate what we can do to get them from point A to point B.
3. What's your biggest fear when you're a patient?
Fear of the unknown. Not knowing what to do next, not knowing what the next steps are. So when I'm on the other side of the exam table, I like to try to explain as much as I can, as well as I can, so that whatever fear that we may mutually have can be best dealt with.
Looking for primary care for your whole family?
Family Medicine doctors treat both kids and adults at our family medicine clinics.
4. What do you do for stress relief?
I like to hang out with my family. I have a son, a wife and two mini schnauzers that take up a large chunk of my time. And, I like to go to trivia nights, hang out with friends, play board games, things like that.
5. Dogs or cats?
Dog person. Mini schnauzer person, to be specific.
6. Last movie you saw? Thumbs up or down?
Inside Out 2. It was okay.
7. Best advice you've ever heard?
I guess the best advice I heard was just to try to learn one thing a day, because sometimes medicine can be overwhelming if you're trying to learn everything about everything all at once. And if you don't learn anything, then you're kind of stagnant in your field. So just trying to do my part to stay on top of the medical literature and so I can provide the best care for my patients.
