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Dr. Rachelle Kim

1610 West Edinger Avenue suite c, Santa Ana, CA 92704, USA

<h2 dir="ltr" style="text-align: start;">Dr. Rachelle Kim</h2><h5 dir="ltr" style="text-align: start;">Dentist Anesthesiologist</h5>Dr. Rachelle Kim attained her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at Pacific Union College, a private liberal arts college in Napa Valley, California, where she then continued on to Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in Southern California for her Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree and also completed her postdoctoral credentials in dental anesthesiology.As part of Loma Linda University’s three year dental anesthesiology postgraduate residency training program, Dr. Kim completed rotations in cardiology, acute and chronic pain management, internal medicine, pre-anesthesia consultation and education, hospital-based operating room anesthesia, and dental ambulatory surgery center based anesthesia. She has rotated through 11 months of medical anesthesia training programs where she treated patients with complex health histories undergoing various medical procedures at the Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, and Riverside University Health Systems Medical Center. She has also treated veterans at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital.Furthermore, Dr. Kim extensively trained at Koppel Special Care Dentistry Center where she learned to be proficient in providing all aspects of sedation and general anesthesia in the dental setting. The community that she served ranged from pediatric patients that were of pre-cooperative age and/or fearful of the dentist to patients of varying ages with special needs such as Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, ADD/ADHD, Intellectual disabilities, and much more. Along with Dr. Kim’s clinically intensive training, she has complemented her discipline in anesthesia with didactic lectures, simulation emergency training, medical grand round seminars, and anesthesia related case study research and journal club reviews.Dr. Kim is a Board Certified Diplomate of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology. This credential is the highest level of anesthesia training that can be achieved in dentistry.Dr. Kim is certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). She is licensed and holds a current General Anesthesia permit by the Dental Board of California. Dr. Kim is a member of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association, Los Angeles Dental Association, and the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists.In Dr. Kim’s spare time, she enjoys spending time with her loving husband, Jon, and her family and friends. She has a passion for traveling the world, food (cooking and eating), and going out in nature, especially at the beach.