Stanford surgeon involved in medical malpractice suit

Stanford surgeon involved in medical malpractice suit

Sunhee Kim — a clinical assistant professor of surgery who joined Stanford School of Medicine in 2025 — is under investigation by Massachusetts’ Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM) for medical malpractice related to the death of Daniel Janco, a thoracic patient under her care as a resident at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston in 2022. Kim allegedly attempted to insert a chest tube in the wrong side of Janco’s body using a scalpel. W…