Irene Kim, MD

Assistant Professor

Locations

Neurosciences - Children's Wisconsin
9000 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Neenah Clinic - Children's Wisconsin
130 Second St.
Neenah, WI 54956

Contact Information

(414) 266-6435

Education

Fellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2016-2017
Residency, Neurological Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, 2010-2016
Internship, Neurological Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, 2009-2010
MD, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 2009

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Biography

Dr. Kim has subspecialty training in pediatric neurosurgery. Her practice includes general pediatric neurosurgery, but she has particular interests in brain tumors, spine tumors, epilepsy, spina bifida, and vascular diseases. She believes in working together as a team to provide the best care for her patients and their families.

Board Certification

Neurological Surgery

Surgical Services

Epilepsy Surgery (including Vagal Nerve Stimulator)

Conditions Treated

Brain Tumors
Spine Tumors
Epilepsy
Spina Bifida
Vascular Diseases
Hydrocephalus
Craniosynostosis and Craniofacial Disorders
Cervical Spine Disorders

Clinical Programs

Locations

Children’s Wisconsin-Milwaukee Campus
Children’s Wisconsin-Neenah/Fox Valley

Honors and Awards

2001–2005 – Herman B. Wells Scholarship
2004 – Howard Hughes Medical Institute Capstone Independent Research Opportunity Grant
2005 – Excellence in Research Award, Indiana University Department of Psychology
2017 – Presentation Award, 3rd Place. Third World Congress on Spina Bifida Research & Care

Incidence of Neck Pain in Patients With Concussion in a Pediatric Emergency Department.

(King JA, Rodriquez B, Kim I, Nimmer M, Nelson LD, Szabo A, Dong H, Thomas D.) Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Apr 01;38(4):e1185-e1191 PMID: 34570080 PMCID: PMC8934308 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124566099 09/28/2021
Early implementation of stereoelectroencephalography in children: a multiinstitutional case series.

(Lepard JR, Kim I, Arynchyna A, Lew SM, Bollo RJ, O'Neill BR, Perry MS, Donahue D, Smyth MD, Blount J.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Sep 03;28(6):669-676 PMID: 34479204 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85126917462 09/04/2021
Determination of language dominance in pediatric patients with epilepsy for clinical decision-making: Correspondence of intracarotid amobarbitol procedure and fMRI modalities.

(Koop JI, Credille K, Wang Y, Loman M, Marashly A, Kim I, Lew SM, Maheshwari M.) Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Aug;121(Pt A):108041 PMID: 34082317 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85107028295 06/04/2021
GCS-Pupil Score Has a Stronger Association with Mortality and Poor Functional Outcome than GCS Alone in Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

(Balakrishnan B, VanDongen-Trimmer H, Kim I, Hanson SJ, Zhang L, Simpson PM, Farias-Moeller R.) Pediatr Neurosurg. 2021;56(5):432-439 PMID: 34284393 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85111560291 07/21/2021
Multiple hippocampal transections for refractory pediatric mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: seizure and neuropsychological outcomes.

(Marashly A, Koop J, Loman M, Kim I, Maheshwari M, Lew SM.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Jun 26;26(4):379-388 PMID: 32590352 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092215565 06/27/2020
Treated hydrocephalus in individuals with myelomeningocele in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry.

(Kim I, Hopson B, Aban I, Rizk EB, Dias MS, Bowman R, Ackerman LL, Partington MD, Castillo H, Castillo J, Peterson PR, Blount JP, Rocque BG.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Dec 01;22(6):646-651 PMID: 30141753 PMCID: PMC8927992 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85058777949 08/25/2018
Decompression for Chiari malformation type II in individuals with myelomeningocele in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry.

(Kim I, Hopson B, Aban I, Rizk EB, Dias MS, Bowman R, Ackerman LL, Partington MD, Castillo H, Castillo J, Peterson PR, Blount JP, Rocque BG.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Dec 01;22(6):652-658 PMID: 30141752 PMCID: PMC8934589 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85058796818 08/25/2018
Complications after myelomeningocele repair: CSF leak and retethering

(Kim I, Oakes WJ.) Complications in Neurosurgery. 1 January 2018:178-183 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85093480295 01/01/2018
Cortical screw trajectory for instrumentation and fusion in the setting of osteopathic compression fracture allows for percutaneous kyphoplasty for adjacent level compression fractures.

(Pacione D, Kim I, Wilson TA, Frempong-Boadu A.) J Clin Neurosci. 2015 May;22(5):899-904 PMID: 25724313 03/01/2015
The biology of radiosurgery and its clinical applications for brain tumors.

(Kondziolka D, Shin SM, Brunswick A, Kim I, Silverman JS.) Neuro Oncol. 2015 Jan;17(1):29-44 PMID: 25267803 PMCID: PMC4483054 10/01/2014
Focal resection of leptomeningeal angioma in a rare case of Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus.

(Shekhtman Y, Kim I, Riviello JJ Jr, Milla SS, Weiner HL.) Pediatr Neurosurg. 2013;49(2):99-104 PMID: 24434861 01/18/2014
Effect of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor blockade on plasticity of frontal cortex after cholinergic deafferentation in rat.

(Garrett JE, Kim I, Wilson RE, Wellman CL.) Neuroscience. 2006 Jun 19;140(1):57-66 PMID: 16529871 03/15/2006