PETER KIM

KIM--Peter, MD PhD, was an Associate Professor of Neurology at the Columbia University Medical Center. He died suddenly and unexpectedly on December 5th. Dr. Kim was born in South Korea and came to the United States as a child. He attended the University of Rochester where he attained a BS and subsequently a PhD before attending medical school at the State University of New York, Health Science Center in Syracuse. He came to Columbia University-New York Presbyterian in 1994, completed a residency in Neurology and, after his training, joined the faculty. Dr. Kim was an expert clinician; a favorite of his colleagues, referring physicians, residents, and his patients. He was an outstanding teacher, and all who worked with him considered him a true friend and a caring physician. He is survived by his parents, Young Han and Jung Soon Kim; a sister and her husband, Eunice and Mark Chang; a sister, Rebecca Kimura; and his six nieces, Rachel, Maddie, Isabelle, Sophie, Colette, and Annalise. There will be a service in his memory at the Pauline A. Hartford Memorial Chapel in the PH building of Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Friday, December 22nd at 3:00pm. Memorial donations to establish an annual lecture in his honor may be sent to Matt Reals, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.

J. Kirk Roberts, MD Associate Professor of Neurology Chief, Division of Multi- Speciality Neurology Richard Mayeux, MD Sergievsky Professor of Neurology Chairman, Department of Neurology Columbia University Medical Center New York Presbyterian Hospital