{"id":7926,"date":"2023-08-02T08:59:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T15:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/patients-visitors\/find-a-doctor\/kim-esther-1891938817\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:21:47","slug":"kim-esther-1891938817","status":"publish","type":"provider","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/patients-visitors\/find-a-doctor\/kim-esther-1891938817\/","title":{"rendered":"Esther Kim, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"block_81068a7ff2421364514b81c3454e47b2\" class=\"shs-block block-related-news has-white-background-color\">\n\t<div class=\"list-grid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"list-grid--title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\tRelated News &amp; Stories\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"list-grid--layout cols-3\">\n\t\t\t<article class=\"cta--news shs-element-click\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/medical-worker-points-at-glowing-spine-model-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"Doctor points to a model of the spine\" \/>\t<h3>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/techniques-offer-benefits-over-traditional-spinal-surgeries\/\">\n\t\t\tTechniques Offer Benefits Over Traditional Spinal Surgeries\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"cta--news shs-element-click\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/H2H-2022-Spring-Summer-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"Front cover of the 2022 Spring\/Summer issue of Heart to Heart magazine.\" \/>\t<h3>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/heart-to-heart-spring-summer-2022\/\">\n\t\t\tHeart to Heart Spring\/Summer 2022\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"cta--news shs-element-click\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Esther-Kim-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"Headshot of Esther Kim\" \/>\t<h3>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/samaritan-welcomes-neurosurgeon-esther-kim-md\/\">\n\t\t\tSamaritan Welcomes Neurosurgeon Esther Kim, MD\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Esther Kim, MD is trained in minimally invasive surgical techniques. She actively pursues the latest procedures, technologies and information. Additionally, she is focused on patient safety initiatives to improve the quality of neurosurgery care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":68873,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":""},"designation":[],"services":[],"specialty":[87],"clinical_interest":[],"cities":[112],"language_filter":[305],"class_list":["post-7926","provider","type-provider","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialty-neurosurgery","cities-corvallis","language_filter-english"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/provider\/7926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/provider"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/provider"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"designation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/designation?post=7926"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=7926"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=7926"},{"taxonomy":"clinical_interest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clinical_interest?post=7926"},{"taxonomy":"cities","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cities?post=7926"},{"taxonomy":"language_filter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language_filter?post=7926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}