Don Kim is a board certified foot and ankle surgeon who has been the medical director of Kim Holistic Foot and Ankle Medical Centers, Inc. in Long Beach, California, since its inception in 1991. He operates and manages all 11 Kim Holistic Foot and Ankle Centers, making it one of the largest and renowned podiatric facilities in the nation. A naturopathic physician (ND), Dr. Kim founded the K Wellne
ss Center that specializes in holistic, natural treatments for such chronic conditions as diabetes, hypertension, neuropathy, fatigue, chronic stress, and more. He also serves as the president of Kim Foot Foundation, which has collected and donated over 200,000 pairs of used shoes for the needy since 1997. Through its Annual Shoe Drive, this non-profit organization donates footwear to local homeless shelters, as well as children and families in Mexico. From 2007-2015, Dr. Kim was a general partner for Paradigm Medical Management that boasted eight wound care clinics in California and Texas.
1998-1999 saw Dr. Kim serving as a general partner for Bellwood General Hospital in Bellflower, California. He led the facility's Director of Podiatric Surgical Training program from 1994-2004, managing a staff of 30 podiatric surgeons. He owned and operated three surgical centers from 1998 to 2004: Millennium Surgery Center (Los Alamitos, CA), Harvard Surgery Center (Los Angeles, CA), and Benefit Surgery Center (Upland, CA). He supervised 50 support personnel and 60 staff physicians who handled over 500 surgical cases a month. In 2005-2007, he ran the National MRI Centers, with five locations throughout Southern California. Dr. Kim has been a true innovator in the health, nutrition & fitness field for more than two decades. His passion is to educate, empower and inspire everyone to succeed in health, business, leadership, team building, career, finance, life path and relationships. To that end, he has presented hundreds of life-changing seminars since 2002. He is also the author of 9 Secrets of Health, 1-Minute Wellness Messages, 9 Easy Ways to Eliminate Your Nagging Foot Pain, Get Ready to Walk, Heel Pain Epidemic, and the #1 best-selling Walking Cure book.
