Peter Baik,

General Surgery & Cardiothoracic Surgery – American Osteopathic Board of Surgery

“I came here because of the patient-centered approach to care, provided under one roof and approached as a team,” says Dr. Peter Baik, FACOS, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon at City of Hope Phoenix.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Dr. Baik immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was 12 years old. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Zoology at the University of Texas at Austin. He completed his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri in 2005.

Dr. Baik has completed several years of specialty training. After interning for a year at the Brown Family Residency Program in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, he was a resident in general surgery at St. Barnabas Hospital in Bronx, New York, and then at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, California, where he served as Chief Resident in General Surgery from 2010 to 2011.

In 2011 he became a resident in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. From 2013 to 2014 he completed a fellowship in minimally invasive esophageal and thoracic surgery at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. He joined City of Hopein July 2014.

Dr. Baik is board certified in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery. He holds a medical license from Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin, Wyoming. He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He currently serves as the chair of the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Discipline of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons. From 2017-2019, he was a member of the Quality Oncology Practice Initiatives Task Force of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He has presented research on various issues of thoracic surgery at several professional meetings.

At City of Hope, Dr. Baik specializes in minimally invasive thoracic procedures, including robotic surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery.

When he is not at City of Hope, Dr. Baik enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters.