Joon Shim

Joon Shim, M.D., M.P.H., FACS is a fellowship-trained, minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon. Dr. Shim specializes in general surgery, bariatric surgery, minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, reflux, hiatal hernia and endoscopy. She is the general surgery residency program director at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, New York. She completed her undergraduate degree in philosophy at Bryn Mawr College in 2000. She earned both her medical degree and her master’s degree in public health from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Massachusetts and a fellowship in advanced minimally invasive surgery and bariatric surgery at Brown University. She served as an active duty Army surgeon and completed two tours as a combat trauma surgeon for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. She was awarded the Army Meritorious Service Medal.