Peter C. Kim
Peter C. Kim
Vice Chair - Research & Innovation Department of Surgery Professor of Surgery
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Journal Articles:
- Garrett Skinner 1,2, TinaChen2, Gabriel Jentis2, Yao Liu2,3, Christopher McCulloh2, Alan Harzman4, Emily Huang4, Matthew Kalady4 & Peter Kim 1,2. (2025) Real-time near infrared artificial intelligence using scalable non-expert crowdsourcing in colorectal surge. Nature publication Journal: Digital medicine: 2024: 7, 1–5 (2024). (May)
- Jiajie Li, Brian R. Quaranto, Chenhui Xu, Ishan Mishra, Ruiyang Qin, Dancheng Liu, Peter C. W. Kim*, Jinjun Xiong*. (2025) Recognize Any Surgical Object: Unleashing the power of weakly-supervised data. arXiv:2501.15326v1 [cs.CV] Jan 2025: - ICLR 2025 presented (top 3%) (Jan)
- Jiajie Li1 Brian R. Quaranto2 Chenhui Xu1 Ishan Mishra1,3 Ruiyang Qin1,4 Dancheng Liu1 Peter C. W. Kim2* Jinjun Xiong1*. (2024) RECOGNIZE ANY SURGICAL OBJECT: UNLEASHING THE POWER OF WEAKLY-SUPERVISED DATA. arXiv: (top 3% ranked publication as a part of ICRL 2025) (Dec)
- Jiajie Li*, Garrett Skinner*, Gene Yang, Brian Quaranto, Steven Schwaitzberg Peter Kim†, Jinjun Xiong†. (2024) LLaVA-Surg: Towards Multimodal Surgical Assistant via Structured Surgical Video Learning. arXiv:2408.07981v1 [cs.CV] 15 Aug 2024 (Aug)
- Garrett C. Skinner, M.D.1 • Yao Z. Liu, M.D.2 • Alan E. Harzman, M.D.3 Syed G. Husain, M.B.B.S.3 • Alessandra C. Gasior, D.O.3 • Lisa A. Cunningham, M.D.3 Amber L. Traugott, M.D.3 • Christopher J. McCulloh, M.D.4 • Matthew F. Kalady, M.D.3 Peter C. Kim, M.D., Ph.D.3 • Emily S. Huang, M.D.3. (2024) Clinical Utility of Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging and Real-Time Quantification of Bowel Perfusion in Minimally Invasive Left-Sided Colorectal Resections. Disease of Colon and Rectum (Apr), 67: 1-5.
- Improving Trauma Triage Accuracy with Large Language Models: A Comparison to Human Expert Decisions. (1900) Ascharya K Balaji*, Brendan T Fox*, Philip Seger, Akhil GSSV, Andrew Nordin, Tiffany Fabiano, Gene Yang, Sharifa Himidan, Steven D Schwaitzberg, and Peter CW Kim. J of Am Coll Surg (Jan)
- Brendan T. Fox*; Ascharya K. Balaji*; Sharifa Himidan; Philip Seger; Tiffany Fabiano; Andrew Nordin; Gene Yang; Akhil VSSG; Rishikesh Bhyri; 4 Steven Schwaitzberg; Peter C W Kim. (1900) Large Language Models Outperform Human Experts in Trauma Triage: Potential Underlying Mechanisms and Utility. JAMA Surgery (Jan)
- Garrett Skinner, Jiajie Li, Brian Quaranto, Shinil Shah, Gene Yang, Erik Wilson, Steven Schwaitzberg, Jinjun Xiong, Peter Kim. (1900) Performance Assessment of LLaVA-Surg, a New Multimodal Large Language Model for Expert-Level Visual Reasoning within General Surgical Procedures. Surg Endoscopy (Jan)
- . Brian R. Quaranto, Garrett Skinner, Jiajie Li, Kaity Tung, Andrew Chang, Emily Hannah, Ascharya Balaji, Joshua Marek, Gabriela Miletsky, Shinil K. Shah, Gene Yang, Jinjun Xiong, Carroll M. Harmon, Steven D. Schwaitzberg, Peter C.W. Kim. (1900) Indocyanine green (ICG) Near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) use and effects on procedure duration and attaining the critical view of safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endoscopy (Jan)
- Noyes, K, L Cavuoto, P Seger, P Kim, S Schwaitzberg. (1900) The Silent Partner: How AI Could Redefine Surgical Team Dynamics. J of Surgery (Jan)
Service Activities:
- Interim clinical division chief; Interim division chief - Pediatric surgery (2025–present)
- Biomedical Research Advisory Panel; Member (2025–present)
- MD PhD Admission; reviewer (2025–present)
- Nature Scientific Reports; editor (2025–present)
- Research & Innovation; Vice Chair (2025–present)