Dr. Richard Kim's Awards and Honors


Academic Awards

Educator of the Year
Division of Plastic Surgery
Rutgers University / New Jersey Medical School
Awarded 2019, 2021

Golden Apple Teaching Award
Rutgers University / New Jersey Medical School
Awarded 2010

Teacher of the Year Award
Columbia University / Cornell University Plastic Surgery Residency Program
Awarded 2008

New York Society for Surgery of the Hand 2nd Place Award
NYSSH Fellows Research Conference
Awarded 2007

Resident Teaching Award
Brown University Medical School
Awarded 2003 and 2002

Top Doctor Honors

Castle Connolly Top Doctors - Hand Surgery
Castle Connolly Medical LTD
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014

Best Doctors - Hand Surgery
New York Magazine
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020,2 019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014

Top Doctors - Hand Surgery
NJ Monthly Magazine
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013

Select Surgeon - Hand Surgery
NJ Monthly Magazine, Bone and Joint Surgeons
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019

Top Doctors - Plastic Surgery
(201) Magazine
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014

Super Doctors - Plastic Surgery
MSP Communications
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014

Guide to America's Top Surgeons - Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Consumers' Research Council of America
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012

Marquis Who's Who
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
Marquis Who's Who in America - 2019, 2018, 2017, 20114,
Top Doctors Honors Edition - 2018