Frisco Texas Gastroenterologist, Dr Joseph Kim

Dr. Joseph Kim Gets You Back to Feeling Good

Frisco, Texas has exploded from a quiet town of 33,000 in 2000 to a thriving city of nearly 220,000 today, making it one of the fastest-growing cities in America. Home to the Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters at The Star, major league soccer with FC Dallas, and minor league baseball and hockey teams, Frisco has become a sports and entertainment destination. Between the shops at Stonebriar Centre, the restaurants along Preston Road, and the endless youth sports tournaments every weekend, Frisco families stay busy. But when your stomach won’t cooperate, when digestive problems are disrupting your packed schedule, Dr. Joseph Kim helps you figure out what’s wrong and fix it.

You’re Not Scheduling That Colonoscopy Because You’re Scared

Let’s cut through the excuses. You’re not too busy. You’re not waiting for a better time. You’re scared. Scared of the prep. Scared of what Dr. Kim might find. Scared of being vulnerable and sedated. Scared of the unknown.

That fear is keeping you from potentially saving your own life. You’re 48, or 55, or maybe 63. You know you need this. But fear wins every time you think about calling. Here’s what you need to hear: the fear is worse than the reality. The prep is one evening of inconvenience. The procedure takes thirty minutes while you’re completely unaware. And finding polyps? That’s good news, not bad, because Dr. Kim removes them before they become cancer.

Thousands of Frisco residents have done this. They were scared too. They did it anyway. And they’re fine. Your fear is understandable. It’s also killing people. Don’t let it kill you.

Call today. Schedule your colonoscopy. Face the fear. Save your life.

You’re Eating Tums Like Candy

Your Frisco home has Tums in every room. Your car has a bottle in the console. Your desk at work has a drawer full of them. You go through a bottle every week.

You’ve been doing this for three years. Maybe five. You don’t even remember when the heartburn started anymore. It’s just your life now. Except it’s destroying your esophagus.

Every time you feel that burn, acid is eroding tissue. Creating inflammation. Forming scar tissue. Potentially creating Barrett’s esophagus, which is one step away from esophageal cancer. But you keep eating Tums and telling yourself you’re fine.

You’re not fine. You need an upper endoscopy to see what’s actually happening. You need real treatment, not antacids that mask symptoms while damage continues. Dr. Kim can look at your esophagus and tell you exactly what’s going on. Then he can fix it with proper medication, not Tums.

Stop pretending antacids are a solution. Get evaluated.

Your Commute to Legacy West Is Ruined by Your Stomach

You leave your Frisco home for work, and twenty minutes into your commute, your stomach cramps. You’re sweating. You’re looking for the nearest exit. You’re praying you make it. This happens three times a week. Sometimes more.

You’ve started leaving earlier just to account for emergency bathroom stops. You know every gas station between Frisco and your office. You’ve had close calls that terrify you. This is no way to live. Chronic diarrhea isn’t normal. It’s not stress. It’s not something you just deal with.

It’s inflammatory bowel disease, or celiac disease, or microscopic colitis, or IBS, or food intolerances. It’s something with a name and a treatment. But you have to get diagnosed first.

Dr. Kim will figure out what’s causing this. Blood tests. Stool studies. Colonoscopy. Whatever it takes to identify the problem. Then he’ll treat it. And you can commute without panic. Stop accepting this nightmare. Get diagnosed.

You Haven’t Had a Normal Bowel Movement in Six Months

You strain every single time. You sit on the toilet for fifteen, twenty minutes. You go three days, four days, sometimes a week between bowel movements.

You’re bloated. You’re uncomfortable. You’re miserable. You’ve tried fiber. You’ve tried Miralax. You’ve tried prune juice, coffee, exercise, everything the internet suggests. Nothing works consistently. Because you’re treating symptoms without knowing the cause. Maybe your colon moves too slowly. Maybe your pelvic floor muscles don’t work right. Maybe your thyroid is the problem. Maybe medications you’re taking are causing it.

Dr. Kim will figure it out. Then treatment becomes specific and effective instead of you guessing with fiber supplements. You can have normal bowel movements again. But you need to find out why you’re constipated first.

Your Crohn’s Disease Is Winning

You were diagnosed five years ago. You’ve tried mesalamine. You’ve tried azathioprine. You’ve tried prednisone more times than you can count. Nothing keeps you in remission long-term.

You’re tired of flare-ups. Tired of abdominal pain. Tired of diarrhea. Tired of blood. Tired of feeling exhausted. Tired of missing your kids’ games at the Frisco Athletic Center because you’re too sick. You’re ready to give up.

Don’t give up yet. IBD treatment has changed dramatically. Biologic therapies target inflammation in ways older drugs can’t. Remicade. Humira. Stelara. Entyvio. Skyrizi. These medications achieve remission for patients who failed everything else.

Dr. Kim knows these treatments. He’ll find what works for your specific disease. You can feel good again. You can make it to those games. You can reclaim your life from Crohn’s disease. But you need better treatment. Call Dr. Kim.

Everyone Keeps Telling You It’s Just IBS

“It’s just IBS. It’s just stress. You need to relax.” You’re so tired of hearing this.

Your abdominal pain is real. The bloating that makes you look six months pregnant by evening is real. The unpredictable bowel habits that control your life are real. But everyone dismisses it because IBS doesn’t show up on tests. Dr. Kim won’t dismiss it. He knows IBS significantly impacts quality of life. He knows it’s not “just stress.”

Real treatments exist. The low FODMAP diet identifies your triggers. Medications target your specific symptoms. Addressing the gut-brain connection reduces flare-ups. You deserve to be taken seriously. You deserve treatment that works.

Stop accepting dismissive answers from doctors who don’t understand IBS. Get help from someone who does.

You’re Bleeding and You’re Terrified

You see blood when you wipe. It’s been happening for two months. You’re terrified it’s cancer. You lie awake at night thinking about it. But you’re too scared to get it checked because you don’t want to know.

So you’re living in fear instead of getting answers. Here’s the reality: rectal bleeding is usually hemorrhoids. Not cancer. Hemorrhoids. But you won’t know until you get evaluated. Dr. Kim can examine you, identify the cause, and treat it. If it’s hemorrhoids, he offers rubber band ligation right in the office. Quick procedure. Immediate relief. And if it’s something else? Finding it early means better treatment and better outcomes.

Stop living in fear. Get evaluated. Get answers. Get relief.

Your Bloating Makes You Look Pregnant

By three p.m. every day, you look six months pregnant. Your clothes don’t fit. You’re uncomfortable. You’re self-conscious. You’ve tried eliminating foods. You’ve tried probiotics. Nothing helps consistently. Chronic bloating has causes. SIBO. Food intolerances. IBS. Celiac disease. Constipation.

Dr. Kim will identify what’s causing your bloating. Breath tests for SIBO. Blood tests for celiac. Colonoscopy to evaluate your colon. Once he knows the cause, treatment becomes targeted. You can feel comfortable again. You can wear clothes that fit. You can stop feeling self-conscious.

Get evaluated and find out what’s causing this.

You Need Answers, Not More Guessing

You’ve seen three doctors. You’ve had blood tests. You’ve tried different medications. You’ve changed your diet. You still don’t have answers. You still have symptoms. You’re frustrated and losing hope.

This is where Dr. Kim’s expertise matters. He approaches digestive problems systematically. Detailed history. Appropriate testing. Advanced procedures when needed.

Capsule endoscopy for small intestine problems. Endoscopic ultrasound for pancreatic issues. ERCP for bile duct problems. He doesn’t give up until he finds answers. You deserve to know what’s wrong. You deserve treatment that works.

Why Frisco Families Trust Dr. Kim

Frisco is a city of high achievers. You expect excellence in everything—schools, sports facilities, restaurants, medical care. Dr. Kim delivers that excellence. Board-certified. Thousands of procedures performed. Advanced training in complex procedures. Current with the latest treatments. But more importantly, he treats you like a person, not a case number. He listens. He explains things clearly. He answers your questions. He remembers you.

His personal experience as a patient creates genuine empathy. He’s been on the table. He knows what it’s like to feel vulnerable. That shapes how he treats every Frisco patient who walks through his door.

You Don’t Need to Drive to Dallas

Expert gastroenterology care is available right here serving Frisco and surrounding communities. No fighting Dallas traffic. No navigating unfamiliar medical centers.

Quality care close to home. More time with your Frisco family.

Stop Waiting. Call Today.

Whatever’s going on with your digestive system, Dr. Kim can help. Screening. Diagnosis. Treatment. Ongoing management.

Stop letting digestive problems control your life. Stop postponing screening. Stop living with symptoms.

Call today. Schedule your appointment. Get answers. Get relief.

Your Frisco family needs you healthy.

Frequently Asked Questions

You need the day of your procedure off because of sedation. Most Frisco residents return to work the next day feeling completely normal. That’s one day. Compare that to the time you’d miss if you developed colon cancer and needed surgery and chemotherapy. One day off work to potentially prevent cancer is a small investment in your health and your family’s future.

You’re one year away from the recommended screening age of 45. If you have any family history of colon cancer, especially a first-degree relative diagnosed before age 60, you should already be screened. Even without family history, now is the time to start thinking about it. Don’t wait until symptoms appear. Colon cancer causes no symptoms until it’s advanced. Schedule your colonoscopy when you turn 45, or sooner if you have risk factors.

Cologuard is a stool-based screening test that can detect some cancers and precancerous polyps, but it’s not as accurate as colonoscopy. It misses polyps that colonoscopy would find and remove. If Cologuard is positive, you need a colonoscopy anyway. And if it’s negative, you still might have polyps that were missed. Colonoscopy is the gold standard because Dr. Kim can see your entire colon directly and remove any polyps he finds during the same procedure. That’s prevention, not just detection.

Not all doctors are the same. Dr. Kim’s personal experience as a patient shapes how he treats people. He knows what it’s like to feel dismissed, rushed, or not heard. He takes time with you. He listens. He treats you with respect and compassion. Many Frisco patients come to him after negative experiences elsewhere and are relieved to finally find a doctor who takes their concerns seriously. Give him a chance.

Dr. Kim doesn’t give up easily. If standard testing doesn’t provide answers, he has advanced procedures available—capsule endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, ERCP. He’ll keep investigating until he identifies the problem. And if something is truly outside his area of expertise, he’ll refer you to the appropriate specialist. His goal is getting you answers and relief, whatever that takes.

Call the office to check current availability. Wait times vary depending on whether you need a consultation, a procedure, or both. For screening colonoscopy through the Direct Access program, you may be able to schedule directly without a separate consultation visit, which speeds up the process. The staff will work with you to find an appointment that fits your Frisco schedule.