Saechin Kim, MD, PhD

Saechin Kim, MD, PhD

Not currently accepting new patients

4.551724 average rating from 116 patient reviews

Specialties

Affiliation

Mass General Brigham

Provider Locations

  • Waltham, MA
  • Boston, MA
  • Danvers, MA

Dr. Saechin Kim specializes in pediatric hip preservation surgery, pediatric sports medicine, as well as pediatric and adult spinal reconstruction.

Dr. Kim earned his BS at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986, and he earned his MD, PhD at Harvard Medical School in 1994. He completed his residency at Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program in 2000, following which he completed an Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In 2001, Dr. Kim completed the M. Muller North American Orthopaedic Fellowship with Prof. Reinhold Ganz in Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland and with Dr. Paul Glazer, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Education & Training

  • Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Spine Surgery, 2001
  • Fellowship: Inselspital, Joint Reconstruction, 2000
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Orthopedic Surgery, 2000
  • Internship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Orthopedic Surgery, 2000
  • Residency: Harvard / MGB Combined Training Program*, 1995
  • Medical Education: Harvard Medical School, 1994

Board Certifications

  • Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Languages Spoken

  • English

Age Group Treated

  • Pediatrics
  • Teenagers
  • Adults

Patient Feedback

4.551724 average rating from 116 reviews

  • The care has been good, the doctor listens and answers all questions carefully and did not rush.

    2026-05-29

  • excellent physician

    2026-05-20

  • Great care

    2026-05-04

  • He was knowledgeable, articulate and friendly.

    2026-04-25

  • I have been with Dr. Kim.

    2026-04-09

  • I've been seeing this doctor for many years always a wonderful visit

    2026-04-02

  • I have been seeing Dr Kim for several years and he has consistently been thoughtful, a good listener and always answers my questions to the best of his ability. I'm very glad he's my doctor and surgeon.

    2026-04-01

  • Dr Kim resolved my issue when no other provider could. He has always given me the best care! There is none better than greater Dr !!

    2026-04-03

  • Dr. Kim is an excellent doctor.

    2026-03-22

  • Yes, this provider is excellent. I would refer him to anyone that would need that service that he provides. Staff always wonderful. I highly recommend. That's it.

    2026-02-06

  • Dr Kim has been my wife's back doctor and I asked him to check out my back ... he was extremely accommodating in setting up a first appointment with me and other procedures needed

    2026-02-01

  • They were a good doctor and helped me with baby since the first time and the second time I went they took good care of us I like them. Thank you very much.

    2026-01-29

  • Everything went well at this appointment visit

    2025-12-29

  • Dr. Kim is the best surgeon I've ever seen. He fixed my spine. Thank you.

    2025-12-16

  • There is nothing else I would like to say about my experience.

    2025-12-09

  • Dr. Kim is one of the best doctors I've ever seen. He previously operated on my daughter and did spinal surgery to trim a herniated disc and it's been many, many years and she has no pain. When I had back problems, I couldn't imagine going to see anyone else other than him.

    2025-12-04

  • Dr. Kim is always caring and patiently answering my questions and explaining to me what's going on in my body. I would not want any other provider for my problem. I'm very grateful to be under his care.

    2025-12-03

  • He seems to be realistic about how much and how many challenges older adults can manage at once. As a result, he doesn't urge me to seek extremely complex back surgery from which I would be unlikely to recover at this stage of life.

    2025-11-30

  • Please consider him to be an absolute blessing for MGW as do I. This man is vested, skilled, and personable. He knows his patients in a way that is seldom equaled in the medical field but never excelled.

    2025-11-24

  • Dr Kim and his assistant were fantastic at the Danvers location. I appreciated him taking the time to make my son feel safe and for explaining things in a way that he could understand. Not many orthopedics are willing to take on OI patients and I'm grateful Dr Kim has both the confidence and skills to manage his ortho care and monitor his scoliosis.

    2025-11-23

  • I was Comfortable talking with my Doctor about my Concerns...

    2025-11-18

  • Dr Kim is an excellent orthopedic surgeon. I'm grateful he was willing to see me. [redacted] Grateful that I was able to see Dr Kim himself and that he didn't dismiss my symptoms and ordered an MRI to look closer at what might be causing my neurological symptoms.

    2025-11-12

  • Very informative and attentive

    2025-11-01

  • Cannot say enough good things about Dr Kim

    2025-10-21

  • Happy with visit

    2025-10-21

  • Satisfactory/excellent service.

    2025-10-19

  • Very knowledgeable, and is very thorough with explaining what is going on.

    2025-10-20

  • Dr. Kim and his team are exemplary. MGHB should be very proud they work for the hospital

    2025-10-19

  • I think Dr. S. Kim is the best!!

    2025-10-15

  • Dr. Kim has always given me excellent care.

    2025-10-02

  • [redacted] dr Kim was not that helpful at all

    2025-09-24

  • Good afternoon, my name is [redacted]'s father, and I didn't like the care I received at my last appointment with a pediatric orthopedist. First of all, he was a different doctor than the one who had been treating my daughter's case in the last year. He wasn't the same doctor who had tried to learn about my daughter's medical history, her background, and everything related to her: the accident, the fractures, her physical condition, her medication. Because of this, I didn't receive appropriate or adequate care. When I asked for pain medication for my daughter, he told me he didn't provide that medicine. He recommended a chair cushion for her pain.

    2025-09-18

  • Dr. Kim always provides you with the care & time that is needed.

    2025-09-14

  • Dr kim and all providers i saw during appt were great. [redacted]

    2025-09-14

  • Dr. Kim is tops. I consider him to be the project manager of all my ortho needs because of his expertise and many years of knowledge about how things work.

    2025-09-14

  • Courteous and great communication. Explained ex rays, diagnosis, prescriptions and recommendations for Physical therapy.

    2025-09-07

  • Yes, hi. I had a session with Dr. Kim. I found him to be very competent and kind. It's very important that I receive professional and kind advice. He's very professional. very, very kind, but most of all, very professional and seemed to be to know just what he was talking about to me. Thank you.

    2025-09-04

  • I arrived at my appointment very early, but the Dr was very accommodating and fit me in earlier.

    2025-09-05

  • I have had Dr. Kim for many,many years. It is comforting to be under his care.

    2025-09-05

  • Dr. Kim is highly intelligent, but I felt dismissed [redacted]

    2025-09-04

  • My experience with Dr Kim was amazing. He told me what he would do in my lower back to make me able to function again. He also found a genetic deformity which is contributing to my pain. I have seen multiple doctors, have had many X-rays and 4 MRI's. None of these doctors detected this. I will be having surgery soon and I feel - for the first time - that I am in good hands.

    2025-09-04

Accepted Insurance

  • Tufts Medicare Preferred
  • Wellpoint
  • Commonwealth Care Alliance
  • Multiplan
  • WellSense NH
  • Medicare
  • MassHealth
  • Beech Street
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
  • Medicaid VT
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Medicaid NY
  • Senior Whole Health
  • Cigna
  • Mass General Brigham Health Plan
  • Fallon Health
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
  • Maine Community Health Options
  • TriCare
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Coventry
  • United Health Care
  • WellSense
  • Aetna
  • Humana
  • Medicaid RI
  • Medicaid ME
  • Medicaid NH