Hannah Yunghwa Kim, MD

Today my son had an unsuccessful, unnecessary blood draw. He just turned a year old. Two nurses strapped him to a board and poked him over and over again while he screamed and cried. The whole ordeal was for nothing in the end, because they never managed to find a vein.
This blood draw is to check for lead and anemia. Anemia can be checked using a finger or heel prick. I just read the CDC’s website and I see that lead poisoning is only recommended for children who live in a home built before 1960 that either has chipped paint or has recently been remodeled; OR, kids on Medicaid. Neither applies to my kid.
I polled my friends with kids who live in the area, and none of their pediatricians required a veinous blood draw. All of them got finger pricks.
When I called and asked whether they could do that instead, I got a sarcastic, «There’s no vein in the finger, Ma’am.»

She is really great and i’m so happy that we found her. She addresses to all my concerns and also gives me articles that will help with my concerns. She tries hard to accommodate us in urgent cases. You can tell that she is a genuinely caring doctor. We started seeing her when my daughter was about 6 months and she is now 3.5 years old. My daughter loves her and so do I!

We drive from the IE to specifically to see Dr. Kim. She’s great not only with our kids but with us as well. She does a great job of keeping us abreast of our children’s treatments, diagnosis etc. Kids are never really happy to go to the doctors office but somehow Dr. Kim makes it a better experience. Even though there is constant turnover in the staff they always seem to hire real friendly and courteous staff. On those rare occasions when we need a same day appointment Dr. Kim is accommodating us.