About Elisabeth K. Shim

Dr. Shim was named as a Los Angeles Magazine SuperDoctor® for six consecutive years 2008-2013 and a Pasadena Magazine Top Doctor in 2009, 2012, and 2013. Dr. Elisabeth Shim is a board-certified dermatologist who practices in the Los Angeles area in Santa Monica and Pasadena. She grew up in suburban Chicago and attended Northwestern University and Oxford University as an undergraduate. Dr. Shim graduated from Northwestern University’s prestigious Honors Program in Medical Education, a special program which guarantees select talented high school students admission to medical school. She graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors from Northwestern University Medical School in 1994. Following medical school, Dr. Shim traveled around the country to obtain excellent training. Her internship was completed at the University of Washington-Seattle, where she received a solid base in internal medicine. She then completed her dermatology residency at the world-renowned program at New York University, where she served as chief resident. Dr. Shim completed a fellowship in Mohs surgery and cosmetic dermatologic surgery at the Skin and Cosmetic Center at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla under Dr. Hubert T. Greenway. There, she spent extra time refining skills in skin cancer and reconstructive surgery, pathology, lasers (with Dr. E. Victor Ross and Dr. Greenway), liposuction, Botox and sclerotherapy.