Dr. Jordan Lakota Kim

Jordan is a native of Morristown and attended Morristown West High School. He is the son of Willie Kim and Mary Garrison. Jordan is a graduate of the University of Tennessee. He majored in microbiology with a pre-medical curriculum.

He was a member of Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He earned a nationally registered Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification after completing intensive training in California. Jordan completed a service abroad experience in Ghana, Africa as an EMT volunteer. He received a summer undergraduate research internship to work for the director of the University of Tennessee microbiology department’s laboratory.

Jordan graduated from East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at Erlanger Health System, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, in Chattanooga. He was named 2018-2019 Chief Resident and received the Resident Teaching Award, at UT Chattanooga Family Medicine Residency. He was inducted as a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine.

He worked with CHI Memorial Integrative Medicine Associates, in Chattanooga, where he practiced Family Medicine for several years. He accepted a position with Northwest Health in Northwest Arkansas where he continues to practice primary care. Jordan and his wife Lorrin reside in Bentonville, Arkansas.