About Us
Dr. Kim is a board-certified, fellowship-trained spine surgeon in Atlanta who has presented nationally and internationally on spinal deformity surgery, cervical spine surgery, cervical disc replacements, and lumbar spine surgery. Because he trained with both orthopaedic and neurosurgical spine surgeons, he has an interdisciplinary approach to spine care.
Modern spine care should be comprehensive and multidisciplinary, and Dr. Kim believes that all non-surgical avenues should be explored and trialed before surgery. Lastly, if and when surgery is necessary, Dr. Kim’s goal is to customize the spine surgery for the patient utilizing modern and minimally invasive techniques.
Meet Dr. Kim
Dr. Jun S. Kim is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon at Atlanta Brain and Spine Care, practicing at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. As the only orthopedic spine surgeon within a leading neurosurgery group, he offers patients a uniquely comprehensive approach that bridges orthopedic and neurosurgical spine care. Dr. Kim specializes in adult and pediatric scoliosis and deformity, cervical spine surgery, and minimally invasive techniques. He completed his orthopedic residency at Mount Sinai and a dedicated spine deformity fellowship at Columbia University.
A prolific researcher with more than 125 peer-reviewed publications and an internationally recognized leader in applying artificial intelligence to spine surgery, Dr. Kim believes every patient deserves a personalized plan — with surgery considered only when it is truly the right answer.
Surgery should be the last tool we reach for — not the first. My job is to find the least invasive path to getting you back to the life you love.
Your Care Team
Modern spine care is a team effort. At Atlanta Brain and Spine Care, Dr. Kim works alongside a dedicated support team and a group of nationally recognized neurosurgical and orthopedic spine specialists to deliver comprehensive, coordinated care.
Dr. Kim’s direct care team includes his physician assistant, nurse, surgical scheduler, and administrative staff — the people who guide you through every step, from your first call to your final follow-up.
As part of Atlanta Brain and Spine Care, Dr. Kim also collaborates closely with Dr. Mena Kerolus and the practice’s full team of neurosurgeons and spine specialists, giving patients access to both orthopedic and neurosurgical expertise under one roof. The practice’s multidisciplinary network includes physiatrists, pain management physicians, and rehabilitation specialists to support both surgical and non-surgical care.
Atlanta Brain and Spine Care
Back or neck pain can be debilitating, and affect many aspects of your daily life. Atlanta Brain and Spine Care experts have vast experience treating the full spectrum of conditions affecting the spine, ranging from your lower back (lumbar spine) to your neck (cervical spine). Many spine conditions can be treated non-surgically, but when surgery is the best option to treat your condition, we emphasize minimally invasive spine procedures whenever possible. We also regularly perform complex reconstructions to treat severe spinal deformities and scoliosis.
For non-surgical spine care, we offer an interventional spine physiatrist with expertise in pain management, sports medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine.
If you need spine surgery, you can choose Atlanta Brain and Spine Care with confidence.
- Board-Certified — American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS)
- Orthopedic Residency — Mount Sinai (Icahn School of Medicine)
- Spine Deformity Fellowship — Columbia University Medical Center
- Undergraduate — Cornell University (cum laude); MD — Temple University
- 125+ peer-reviewed publications — h-index 42 — 5,800+ citations
- Founder & Director, Orthopedic Machine Learning Research (Mount Sinai)
- Scoliosis Research Society Hibbs Award Nominee
- AvantGarde Health Top 5% Spine Research “All Star” (2024, 2025)
- Languages: English, Korean, Spanish
Blog
Stay up to date with the latest advancements in multidisciplinary spine care and spinal surgery on Dr. Kim’s blog. From new surgical techniques to insights on pain management and recovery, our blog posts help keep patients and referring providers informed.