Past Trainees and Where Are They Now?

Dr. Kim mentors graduate and medical students, undergraduate student interns, postdoctoral research and clinical fellows, visiting scientists and professors, and junior faculty researchers. Many of his former trainees are now established investigators, clinicians, and faculty at leading institutions worldwide and include:

Hyo-Jeong Kim, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Eulji General Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Jonathan Fillmore, MD
Physician (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes) in clinical practice with Yale-Alliance Medical Group/Waterbury Health, CT

So-Young Park, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea

Eun Gyoung Hong, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Director of Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital Endocrine Diabetes Thyroid Center, Director of Korean Endocrine Society Committee of Board Examination

Takamasa Higashimori, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, MI and Neurointerventional Surgeon (Neurology and Vascular Neurology) in clinical practice with Rochester Regional Health, NY

Yongjin Lee, PhD
Research Associate, Sunchon National University College of Pharmacy, Jeonnam, South Korea

Jung Yeon Kwon, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science & Technology, Seafood Research & Education Center, Oregon State University, OR

Eunjung Lee, PhD
Principal Scientist, Korean Food Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea

Dae Young Jung, PhD
Principal Scientist, Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea

Hye Kyung Ha, PhD
Principal Scientist, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea

Sezin Dagdeviren, PhD
Postdoc Fellow, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, MA

Suchaorn Saengnipanthkul, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Hee Joon Kang, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Breast-Endocrine Surgery, Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Jong Hun Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Knowledge-based Services Engineering, Sungshin University, Seoul, South Korea

Sujin Suk, PhD
Principal Scientist, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea

Jung Yul Lim, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE

Hye Lim Noh, PhD
Study Director of In Vivo Pharmacology, Charles River Laboratories, MA