Medical School:

• Medical College of Georgia, School of Medicine, Augusta, Georgia

Residency:

• University of West Virginia, General Surgery

Fellowship:

• Critical Care; Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Certification:

• Iowa state medical license (active)
• American College of Surgeon Board certification in general surgery
• American College of Surgeon Board certification in surgical critical care
• Certified ATLS course instructor
• Certified ATOM course instructor
• Certified FCCS course instructor
• Certified ACLS provider
• Certified PALS provider

Societies, Organizations and Honors:

• American Medical Association
• Association for Academic Surgery
• American College of Surgeons (fellow)
• Iowa Medical Society
• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Outstanding Resident Teaching Award

Research Interests :

• Epidemiology study in traumatic injury prevention
• Trauma system set up and care outcome.
• Morbid obesity and trauma outcome
• Surgical infection control
• Immunology and inflammatory response in obesity

Publications :

Peer-Reviewed Papers :

• Choi K, Peek-Asa C, Lovell M, Zwerling C, Torner JC, Kealey GP; Complications following therapeutic trauma laparotomy Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Vol 201(4), pp.546-553, Oct. 2005

Books and Chapters :

• Choi K: Chapter 20. Gastrostomy versus Jejunostomy in adult with altered mental status - Case and Conclusions - in: CEH Scott-Conner (Ed), The SAGES Manual: Case Studies in Minimal Access Surgery, in press, Springer Verlag.
• Choi K: Chapter 40. Bilateral Inguinal Hernias - Case and Conclusions - in: CEH Scott-Conner (Ed), The SAGES Manual: Case Studies in Minimal Access Surgery, in press, Springer Verlag.
• Choi K, Spence RK, Shander A, Scott-Conner CEH. Chapter 19. Hemostasis, thrombosis, anticoagulation, hematopoiesis, and blood transfusion. In: O’Leary JP, Tabuenca A, The Physiologic Basis of Surgery. 4th edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008, pages 533-575.