Credentials

2016-active California State Physician and Surgeon License

2016-2018 New York State Medical License

2010-2017 North Carolina State Medical License

State Licensure

American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Medical Laser Safety Program

Certification

Physicians Adventist Surgery Center

Huntington Hospital

Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center

Providence San Fernando Valley Surgery Center

Providence Summit Surgery Center

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital

Affiliations

2017-2018
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellow
Quatela Center of Plastic Surgery
Mentor: Vito C. Quatela, M.D.

2010-2017
Resident Physician
Post-doctorate Research Fellow
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Chapel Hill, NC

2006-2010
Doctor of Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ and Camden, NJ

2004-2006
Postbaccalaureate Program
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

1999-2003
Bachelor of Science- Biological Sciences
Minors in Business Administration and Chemistry
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

Education

2025, 2026 Southern California Super Doctor
Super Doctors Southern California Magazine
Los Angeles Times

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Southern California Super Doctors Rising Stars
Super Doctors Southern California Magazine
Los Angeles Times

The William W. Shockley, MD Silver Owl Award “Excellence in Teaching”
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Chapel Hill, NC

The Drake “Cool Under Pressure” Foreign Body Award
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Chapel Hill, NC

National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program Award (2011-2013)
National Cancer Institute for Clinical Research
Bethesda, MD

Distinction in Research Program (2006-2010)
University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ and Camden, NJ

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Distinguished Abstract Award (2008)
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Washington, DC

Mellon College of Sciences Research Honors (2003)
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

Honors and Awards

2012-Present American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

2010-Present American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

2009-Present American College of Surgeons, Fellow

2018-2020 American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fellowship Committee

2018-2020 American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Young Physicians Committee

2018-2020 American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Women in Facial Plastic Surgery Committee

2016-2017 University of North Carolina Otolaryngology Resident Admissions Committee

2011-Present National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program, Ambassador

2008-2010 Camden Curriculum Subcommittee, Leader

2008-2010 Whitman Society of Learners, Leader

Membership

Leadership Appointments

2012
Clinical/Translational Developmental Research
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chapel Hill, NC

2011-2013
National Institute of Health Kirschstein-NRSA T-32 Training Grant Recipient
National Cancer Institute for Clinical Research
Bethesda, MD

2011-2013
National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program Award
National Cancer Institute for Clinical Research
Bethesda, MD

May 7-8, 2012
American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery Resident Leadership Grant
BOG Spring Meeting and OTO Advocacy Summit
Washington, DC

2001-2002
Howard Hughes Medical Institute of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Educational Program
Chevy Chase, MD

Grants

Course Director

April 26, 2016
Facial Rejuvenation Technical Skills Course
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina Crossing
Chapel Hill, NC

December 15, 2015
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Soft Tissue Skills
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The North Carolina Eye Bank Multidisciplinary Surgical Skills Laboratory
Chapel Hill, NC

Teaching Activities

March 2018
HUGS (Help Us Give Smiles) Foundation
National ENT Hospital Bệnh viện Tai Mũi Họng Trung Ương
Volunteer physician on a medical mission to Hanoi, Vietnam where I participated in multiple microtia repair surgeries on children and adults born with congenital deformities.

2012
Soldiers Sinus Relief
Facilitated in the distribution of $2 million worth of NeilMed products to United States military troops serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other locations in the Middle East in a joint service project with the American Rhinologic Society and the University of North Carolina Department of Otolaryngology.

2008-2010
Urban Health Initiative, Adult and Women’s Health Outreach Project
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ
Volunteer at medical student run-clinics for the uninsured population. Responsibilities include providing primary medical care and/or women’s healthcare for patients. Practice patient-centered and evidence-based medicine, educate patients, and advocate for patients.

2008-2010
American Red Cross CPR/AED and First Aid Instructor
Camden, NJ
CPR and First Aid volunteer instructor who certified schoolteachers in the Camden community.

Summer 2007
University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi, Ghana
Medical volunteer on a project aimed at improving the rural health care, reduction of infectious disease spread, and health education at a teaching hospital and local clinic in a third-world country. Organized a trip for medical students, supply medical equipment, fund-raising, and rotations through different wards in both hospitals.

2005-2006
Project H.O.M.E.
Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs
Philadelphia, PA
Adult education and workforce development tutor (G.E.D. preparation) for formerly homeless persons recovering from alcoholism and narcotics abuse.

Volunteer Experience

Publications

1. Austin GK, Struble SL, Quatela VC. Evaluating the effectiveness and safety of radiofrequency for face and neck rejuvenation: A systematic review. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 2021 Dec 19.

2. Brandon BM, Austin GK, Fleischman G, Basu S, Kimbell JS, Shockley WW, Clark JM. Spreader versus butterfly grafts: Quantifying nasal airflow using computation fluid dynamics. JAMA Facial Plast Surg. 2018 May 1;20(3):215-221.

3. Al-Bustani S, Austin GK, Ambrose EC, Miller J, Hackman TG, Halvorson EG. Miniplates versus reconstruction bars for oncologic free fibula flap mandible reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg. 2016 Sep;77(3):314-7.

4. Austin GK, Shockley WW. Contemporary nasal reconstruction. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. 2016 Jul 13.

5. Zdanski CJ, Austin GK, Walsh JM, Drake AF, Rose AS, Hackman TG, Zanation AM. Transoral Robotic Surgery for Upper Airway Pathology in the Pediatric Population. Laryngoscope. 2016 Jun 19.

6. Kimple AJ, Austin GK, Shah RN, Welch CM, Funkhouser WK, Zanation AM, Shockley WW. Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of the head and neck: a case series and determination of recurrence. Laryngoscope. 2014 Dec;124(12):2714-9.

7. Fleischman GM, Miller JD, Kim GG, Zanation AM, Ebert CS. Treatment of chronic frontal sinusitis with difficult anatomy: a hybrid balloon technique in four cases. Allergy Rhinology. 2014 Jan;5(3):120-4.

8. Austin GK, McKinney KA, Ebert CS, Zanation AM. Image-guided robotic skull base surgery. Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base. 2014 Aug;75(4):231-5.

9. Kim GG, Halvorson EG, Hang AX, Pederson WC, De Santis G, Hackman TG. Prelamination of Radial Forearm Free Flap with Buccal Mucosa. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2013 Feb 2;148(2): 10.

10. Kim GG, Hang AX, Mitchell CA, Zanation AM. (2013). Pedicled Extranasal Flaps in Skull Base Reconstruction. Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology- Comprehensive Techniques in CSF Leak and Skull Base Reconstruction. (Bleier BS (ed), vol 74, page 71-80) Switzerland: S. Karger AG- Medical and Scientific Publishers.

11. Hang AX, Kim GG, Zdanski C. Cochlear implantation in unique pediatric patients. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery. 2012 Dec;20(6):507-17.

12. Kim GG, Zanation AM. Transoral robotic surgery to resect skull base tumors via transpalatal and lateral pharyngeal approaches. Laryngoscope. 2012 Jul;122(7):1575-8.

13. Schaefer C, Butterfield LH, Lee S, Kim GG, Visus C, Albers A, Kirkwood JM, Whiteside TL. Function but not phenotype of melanoma peptide-specific CD8+ T cells correlate with survival in a multi-epitope peptide vaccine Trial (ECOG 1696). International Journal of Cancer. 2012 Aug 15;131(4):874-84.

14. Weinstein GS, Quon H, O’Malley BW Jr., Kim GG, Cohen MA. Selective neck dissection and de-intensified postoperative radiation and chemotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer: a subset analysis of the University of Pennsylvania TORS trail. The Laryngoscope. 2010 Sep;120(9):1749-55.

15. Kim GG, El Rouby S, Thompson J, Gupta A, Williams J, Jobes DR. Point of care micro-coagulation tests for monitoring unfractionated heparin in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease having cardiac catheterization or cardiac surgery. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 2010 May;29(4):429-36.

16. Kim GG, Donnenberg VS, Donnenberg AD, Gooding W, Whiteside TL. A novel multiparametric flow cytometry-based cytotoxicity assay simultaneously immunophenotypes effector cells: Comparisons to a 4 h 51Cr-release assay. Journal of Immunological Methods. 2007 Aug 31;325(1-2):51-66.

17. Albers AE, Ferris RL, Kim GG, DeLeo AB, Whiteside TL. Immune responses to p53 in patients with cancer: enrichment in tetramer+ p53 peptide-specific T cells and regulatory CD4+CD25+ cells at tumor sites. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2005 Nov;54(11):1072-81.

18. Schaefer C, Kim GG, Albers A, Hoermann K, Myers EN, Whiteside TL. Characteristics of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck cancer. Br J Cancer. 2005 Mar 14;92(5):913-20.

Invited Oral Presentations

1. Farquar D, Austin GK, Tanner AM, Pappa A, Hackman TG. Predictors of adverse outcomes in free flap surgery. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Chicago, IL, September 12, 2017. Submission ID# 298837.

2. Brandon BM, Basu S, Austin GK, Kimbell JS, Shockley WW, Clark JM. Characterization of postoperative changes in nasal airflow following butterfly versus spreader grafts using a cadaveric computational fluid dynamics model. Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, New Orleans, LA. January 19-21, 2017.

3. Austin GK (Moderator), Shockley WW, Clark JM, Downs BW. “Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Case Discussion Panel.” Newton D. Fischer Society Meeting. Chapel Hill, NC, June 4, 2016.

4. Harford J, Austin GK, Tracy J, Hackman TG. Transoral surgery outcomes in the Southeastern United States. American Head and Neck Society 9th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer. Seattle, WA, July 19, 2016.

5. Fleischman GM, Austin GK, Pappa AK, Zevallos J, Patel SN, Hackman TG. Comparison of operative times and hospital length of stay for fibular and scapular tip osseous free flaps. American Head and Neck Society 9th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer. Seattle, WA, July 19, 2016.

6. Pappa AK, Austin GK, Coniglio AJ, Tracy J, Patel SN. Reconstruction of oral cavity composite defects using the scapula tip free flap and concomitant myogenous-only component for intraoral re-mucosalization: The UNC experience. American Head and Neck Society 9th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer. Seattle, WA, July 18, 2016.

7. Austin GK, Rose AS, Zdanski CJ, Drake AF, Hackman TG, Zanation AM. Advances in transoral robotic surgery. Newton D. Fischer Society Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC, June 7, 2014.

8. Kim GG, McKinney KA, Ebert CS, Zanation AM. Computed tomography image-guided robotic surgery: a preclinical feasibility study. 23rd Annual North American Skull Base Society Meeting, Miami, FL, February 15, 2012, Abstract #45002.

9. Halvorson, EG, Kim GG, Hackman TG. Prelamination of the Radial Forearm Flap with Morcelized Buccal Mucosa. American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, Naples, FL, January 15, 2013, Presentation ID: 15996.

10. Halvorson, EG, Kim GG, Hackman TG. Head and Neck Reconstruction with the Supraclavicular Artery Flap: Patient Selection, Technique, and Role of Flap Delay. American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, Naples, FL, January 15, 2013, Presentation ID: 15995.

11. Kim GG, Halvorson EG, Hackman TG. Prelamination of Radial Forearm Free Flap with Buccal Mucosa. 2012 Annual Meeting & OTO Expo, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Washington, D.C., September 9, 2012. Abstract #2190.

12. Kim GG, Halvorson EG, Hackman TG. Head and Neck Reconstruction with the Supraclavicular Artery Flap: Patient Selection, Technique, and Role of Flap Delay. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fall Meeting 2012, Washington, D.C., September 5-8, 2012.

13. Kim GG, Zanation AM. Robotic Approaches to the Skull Base. 2012 North Carolina/South Carolina Otolaryngology Assembly, Asheville, NC, August 4, 2012.

14. Kim GG, Zanation AM. Accessing the parapharyngeal space and infratemporal fossal skull base using robotic surgery: anatomic descriptions and preliminary clinical series. 22nd Annual North American Skull Base Society Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, February 17, 2012, Abstract #38524.

15. Weinstein GS, Quon H, Kim GG, Cohen MA, O’Malley BW Jr. Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) and Selective Neck Dissection for Node Positive Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx. World Robotic Transoral Symposium at the World Robotic Symposium, Orlando, FL, April 11, 2010.

16. Kim GG, El Rouby S, Thompson J, Gupta A, Williams J, Jobes DR. Comparison of point of care micro-coagulation test values between children and adults and heparin effect for management of heart disease. 3rd Annual MD/PhD Summer Research Symposium, Piscataway, NJ, August 2, 2007.

17. El Rouby S, Kim G, Thompson J, Williams J, Jobes D. Evaluation of the point of care micro-coagulation tests in pediatrics. International Society Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Geneva, Switzerland, July 2007.

Invited Poster Presentations

1. al-Bustani S, Austin GK, Ambrose EC, Miller J, Hackman TG, Halvorson EG. Miniplates versus reconstruction bars for oncologic free fibula flap mandible reconstruction. Southeastern Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons 57th Annual Scientific Meeting, Bahamas, June 8-12, 2014.

2. Wu C, Austin GK, Cohn E, Miller J, Erfanian K, Hackman T, Halvorson E. Does the type or duration of microsurgical experience affect outcomes in head and neck reconstruction? Southeastern Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons 57th Annual Scientific Meeting, Bahamas, June 8-12, 2014.

3. Agboola KM, Austin GK, McKinnon KP, Zanation AM, Serody JS. Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Mediated Induction of TH2 Polarization in Head and Neck Cancer. 46th Annual UNC Medical Student Research Day, Chapel Hill, NC. January 16, 2014.

4. Kim GG, Zanation AM, Taylor N, Scanga LR, Shores CG, McKinnon KP, Serody JS. Significance of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. May 31-June 4, 2013. Abst #6070.

5. Kim GG, Zdanski CJ, Cohn EE, Vaughn B, Drake AF. The evolving utility of polysomnography in the management of tracheostomies for pediatric patients with craniofacial anomalies. 116th Annual Meeting at Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meetings, Orlando, FL. April 11-14, 2013. Abst #274.

6. Kim GG, Klatt-Cromwell CN, Shah RN, Buckmire RA. Assessment of dysphagia after surgical treatment of Zenker’s diverticulum using the Eating Assessment Tool. 116th Annual Meeting at Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meetings, Orlando, FL. April 11-14, 2013. Abst #366.

7. Klatt-Cromwell CN, Kim GG, Shah RN, Buckmire RA. Longitudinal assessment of voice outcome measures following Gore-Tex medialization thyroplasty. 116th Annual Meeting at Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meetings, Orlando, FL. April 11-14, 2013. Abst #239.

8. Kim GG, Zanation AM, Shores CG, McKinnon KP, Moore DT, Serody JS. Identification of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in squamous cell cancer of the head and neck. Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ. January 24-26, 2013. Abst #190.

9. Fleischman GM, Kim GG, Ebert C, Zanation AM. Hybrid balloon frontal sinus surgery in the endoscopic treatment of CRS with variant frontal sinus anatomy. Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ. January 24-26, 2013. Abst #185.

10. Kim GG, Shah RN, Kimple AJ, Zanation AM, Funkhouser WK, Shockley WW. Polymorphous Low Grade Adenocarcinoma of the Head and Neck: How Aggressive Is It? 115th Annual Meeting at Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meetings, San Diego, CA. April 18-22, 2012. Abst #577.

11. Kim GG, Zanation AM. Transoral Robotic Surgery to Resect Skull Base Tumors via Transpalatal and Lateral Pharyngeal Approaches. Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, Miami Beach, FL. January 26-28, 2012.

12. Kim GG, Stadler M, McKinney K, Zanation AM. Nasoseptal flap reconstruction of secondary palatal defects. 2011 Annual Meeting & OTO Expo, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, San Francisco, CA, September 11-14, 2011. Proc Abst. #SP 120.

13. Kim GG, Mirza N, Leahy K. Using narrow band imaging for laryngopharyngeal reflux. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, San Francisco, CA, September 11-14, 2011. Proc Abst. #SP 297.

14. Kim GG, Friedel MA, Jyung RW, Eloy JA, Liu JK. Extensive multifocal Rosai-Dorfman Disease involving the central nervous system and paranasal sinuses. Triologic Combined Sections Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, Jan 27-29, 2011. Proc. Abst. #S179.

15. El Rouby S, Kim G, Thompson J, Williams J, Jobes D. Monitoring heparin therapy during cardiopulmonary bypass and cardiac interventional catheterization in pediatrics. American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, July 27-31, 2008, Proc. Abst. #E-22.

16. Kim GG. Public awareness of healthcare-associated infections and evaluation for patient education in taking an active role. Annual Research Day Symposium, Adverse Events/Medical Errors in Health Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, December 8, 2004.

17. Schaefer C, Albers A, Kim GG, Myers EN, Hoermann K, Whiteside TL. CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of head and neck cancer patients. 6th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, Washington, DC, August 7-11, 2004, Proc. Abst. #p1-131.

18. Kim GG, Donnenberg VS, Donnenberg AD, Gooding W, Whiteside TL. Simultaneous measurements of cytolytic function, phenotype and activation status of T and natural killer (NK) cells in peripheral blood. 16th Annual UPCI Scientific Retreat, Pittsburgh, PA, June 17-18, 2004, Proc. Abst. #91.

19. Kim GG, Donnenberg VS, Donnenberg AD, Whiteside TL. A novel multiparametric assay to immunophenotype effector natural killer cells and simultaneously measure tumor cell death. 95th AACR Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 27-31, 2004, Proc. Abst. #1228.

20. Kim GG, Kennedy A, Whiteside TL. NK cytotoxicity using four-color flow cytometry. Meeting of the Minds Symposium, Sigma Xi, Pittsburgh, PA, May 7, 2003.

1. Kim GG, Zdanski C. (2013). Neck Syndromes. Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery – A Clinical Reference. Plural Publishing, San Diego, CA, 2014.

2. Kim GG, Hang AX, Mitchell CA, Zanation AM. (2013). “Pedicled Extranasal Flaps in Skull Base Reconstruction.” Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology- Comprehensive Techniques in CSF Leak and Skull Base Reconstruction. (Bleier BS (ed), vol 74, page 71-80) Switzerland: S. Karger AG- Medical and Scientific Publishers.

Book Chapters

1. Weinstein GS, O’Malley BW, Kim GG. Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS): Clinical Update 2009. Soundings, Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Harrisburg, PA, April 2009.