Medical Director/Medical Operations, Staff Physician/Infectious Disease
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, United States
Alice Kim, MD, brings a demonstrated history of excellence during her 23 years at Cleveland Clinic, where she has been a Staff Physician in the Infectious Disease Department throughout her tenure. Dr. Kim serves as a physician leader through her administrative appointment in Medical Operations as the Medical Director for the Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Program and Medical Director for Inpatient Care Coordination. As a member of Cleveland Clinic’s Enterprise Medical Operations team, she directs and implements process and practice improvement throughout the care continuum. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Dr. Kim works to advance enterprise initiatives through various groups including Hospital Operations Committee, Opioid Addiction/Infective Endocarditis Working Group, Community-based Parenteral Anti-Infective Therapy (CoPAT) Committee, and serves on the Alumni Board of Directors. As a member of the Board of Directors for Select Medical and Cleveland Clinic Joint Venture, Dr. Kim advances program development as well as operational excellence for seven partner hospitals.
Most recently, Dr. Kim has been a leader in response to the COVID pandemic. She served as a co-commander in Cleveland Clinic’s Enterprise Incident Management Team and also as the state of Ohio’s Zone One Clinical Leader for COVID efforts. Dr. Kim led the strategic response for the largest hospital systems to support skilled nursing facility testing, preparation and outbreak management as well as coordinate the response for hospital transfers, resource allocation and vaccination efforts with the Ohio Department of Health and Emergency Management Agency, local and regional hospitals, public health departments and community partners. Dr Kim served as co-Medical Director of the FEMA mass vaccination site in Cleveland, OH and received the Ohio Commendation Medal from the State of Ohio for her service.
In 2020, Dr. Alice Kim was recognized as a Cleveland Clinic COVID Hero, an individual recognition for her dedication to patient and caregiver safety during a time of crisis.
Dr. Kim completed her Executive Master of Business Administration from Case Western Reserve Weatherhead School of Business in May 2021. She received her medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University in 1997. She completed her internal medicine/pediatric residency and her Infectious Disease fellowship at Cleveland Clinic. She has been on staff at the Cleveland Clinic since 2003.
Dr. Kim is chair elect for the Infectious Disease Society of America’s Clinical Affairs Committee.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Friday, October 1, 2021
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM EDT