William E Kim, MD

Dr. Kim is a great guy and a decent doctor. Unfortunately his staff is either incompetent, lazy, or both!
If you need a refill, your pharmacy will probably fax his office 4 or 5 times before you finally have to call with 20 – 30 minute hold times and make his staff look for the Rx request. There has also been a recent push to have you come in for an office visit if you need a refill on medication that you’ve been taking for over a decade — despite having recent visits for other issues. Due to the formal questions by the staff, this seems like a policy enacted by Little Company of Mary as a way to generate more money.
If you get tests done, be prepared to have Dr. Kim’s staff call with either the wrong results, partial results, or someone else’s results. If you are getting tests, have them send you a copy since you’ll find they often contain information other than what was reported. I had an arterial thickness ultrasound performed and after I had to finally track down the results, they simply stated I have high cholesterol. The woman on the phone «Pat», could not comprehend that this test was for arterial thickness and no a simple blood test. I had to get them to fax me the results so I could see for myself the state of my arteries.
It currently seems that Dr. Kim has grown found of suggesting expensive tests that most insurance companies don’t cover and the results won’t change your course of treatment (such as a Hunters Labs Cholesterol test). Perhaps this is a push from LCM again or it’s just Dr. Kim’s way of generating extra cash before retirement.
The fall back staff for Dr. Kim are also somewhat green. One time I had to see the doctor on call during he weekend for an eye infection. I used to get an ophthalmic antibiotic like Tobramycin and it would resolve the problem quickly. The quack on duty gave me a 30 day supply Ciprofloxacin pills rather than the ophthalmic solution, something that is normally for a urinary tract infection and a course that should have been half as long as prescribed.
If you have a sinus infection or need flu vaccine, you’ll be in good hands. If you have a long term illness or a condition that needs managing, then Dr. Kim’s office probably isn’t the place for you. This practice has been turned into nothing more than an urgent care clinic with no long term care, a push for expensive tests, grabs for money, and extremely useless office staff. I WOULD NOT recommend establishing a relationship with anyone in this group.

I have going to Dr. Kim for over 10 years, he’s great!

I went to Dr. Kim 8 years ago after seeing the «top» doctors in LA for some bizarre symptoms. He was my husbands internist and he encouraged me since he has such respect for him.
I sat down with him and he listened to me for 15 minutes and without any exam and just listening to me he had a hunch on my diagnoses… after a couple of tests he arranged to be done ASAP his diagnoses proved to be correct and I had the surgery needed to correct my condition. many doctors I have spoken to say most people would have died not being diagnosed sooner. I now call Dr. Kim at the start and he has always taken care of me or directed me to the right specialist and stayed in constant contact with them and me until things are resolved.
he’s a gem and although he will deny it, I am alive because of him!