Grace Kim, MD
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Co-Lead Diabetes Education Care Process Quality Improvement Team
Associate Professor, Pediatrics Diabetes and Endocrinology, Baylor College of Medicine
Phone:
936-267-7500
Languages: English
Departments:
Office location:
17580 Interstate 45 South
The Woodlands, TX 77384
Get to know Grace Kim, MD
Personal Statement
My clinical interests focus on providing quality education and compassionate patient-centered care to improve health outcomes for children and adolescents with diabetes and endocrine conditions.
As co-lead of the Education Diabetes Care Process Team – a multidisciplinary quality improvement team – I focus on continually creating, adapting, and implementing educational materials and processes to improve diabetes care, especially related to:
- technology and remote monitoring
- medical nutrition therapy
- lipid and cardiovascular screening and treatment
- transition education
- type 2 diabetes specific management
Clinical Interests
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes, thyroid disorders, growth disorders, puberty and adrenal disorders, pituitary disorders
Education
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor College of Medicine | Fellowship | Pediatric Endocrinology | 2019 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Residency | Pediatrics | 2016 |
| Albany Medical College | Medical School | Doctor of Medicine | 2013 |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Bachelors | Bachelor of Arts | 2006 |
Organizations
| Organization Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society | Member |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Member |
| American Diabetes Association | Member |
| Pediatric Endocrine Society | Member; Diabetes Education Group; Lipid Significant Interest Group |
Honors and awards
- 2023
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Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care
* Texas Children’s Hospital physicians’ licenses and credentials are reviewed prior to practicing at any of our facilities. Sections titled From the Doctor, Professional Organizations and Publications were provided by the physician’s office and were not verified by Texas Children’s Hospital.
Research interests
Improving technology use in type 1 diabetes, improving medical nutrition therapy in type 1 diabetes, improving type 2 diabetes management, improving diabetes co-morbidities screening and treatment including dyslipidemia
Kim GK, McKenna CR, Smith AB, Strybos KM, Huang X, Staggers K, Stayer S, Baijal R. Lack of association of hemoglobin A1C on postoperative complications in children with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Clinical Diabetes, 2023; cd230002. https://doi.org/10.2337/cd23-0002
Mili Vakharia, Mark Rittenhouse, Don Buckingham, Sarah Lyons, Rona Sonabend, Grace Kim. Increasing pump therapy in patients with new onset T1D without increasing rates of diabetic ketoacidosis. E-Poster. International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) 49th Annual Conference. Oct 2023
Kim, GK, Yee J, Bansal N. Algorithms for treating dyslipidemia in youth. Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 2023 Aug;25(8):495-507. doi: 10.1007/s11883-023-01122-1. Epub 2023 Jul 31. PMID: 37523052
Mili Vakharia, Sarah Lyons, Don Buckingham, Daniel DeSalvo, Rona Sonabend, Grace Kim. Increasing pump use in youth with new onset T1D. Poster presentation. American Diabetes Association (ADA) 83th Scientific Sessions. June 2023
Kim G, DeSalvo D, Guffey D, Minard CG, Cephus C, Moodie D, Lyons, S. Dyslipidemia in adolescents and young adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: a retrospective analysis. International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2020;2020:11. doi:10.1186/s13633-020-00081-7. PMID: 32536946
Guiffre, D, Kim, G, Gupta M. Meeting Report: 2019 Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Endocrine Society: Selected Highlights Baltimore, MD, April 26-29, 2019. Pediatric Endocrinology, Rev. 2019 Sep;17(1):50-62. PMID: 31599137