Tae Won Kim

Tae has long combined an interest in clinical research and a passion for aiding those needing medical help. During a summer fellowship in Africa, he spent time visiting rural villages to debunk myths associated with the transmission of specific infectious diseases.

Born in South Korea and raised in New Jersey, Tae received his BS in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship in orthopaedic oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.

Tae has been involved in research throughout his career. As a senior orthopaedic resident, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Journal. He has numerous publications in the field of joint replacement and has studied the way research in orthopaedic surgery is performed.

Tae co-founded SimpleTherapy Inc. with Arpit Khemka, and now channels his research and clinical interest as the Chief Medical Officer. He is also currently the co-director of the orthopaedic oncology division at the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper University in Camden, New Jersey.