Dr. Peter Kim is a liver transplant and a hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgeon at the Vancouver General Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery at the University of British Columbia. He is the current head of the liver transplant and the HPB surgery program at the Vancouver General Hospital.

Dr. Kim received his medical degree with distinction from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. He completed his general surgery residency and Master of Sciences degree at the University of British Columbia. His research work focused on differentiating embryonic stem cells into insulin producing cells to treat diabetes. He subsequently completed his abdominal transplant surgery fellowship at the Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, followed by HPB surgery fellowship at the University of Toronto.