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    Joseph Kim, MD

    Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology)
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    Additional Titles

    Director, Prostate Cancer Research

    Lecture Coordinator in Hematology/Oncology, Yale Affiliated Hospital Program

    About

    Titles

    Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology)

    Director, Prostate Cancer Research; Lecture Coordinator in Hematology/Oncology, Yale Affiliated Hospital Program

    Biography

    Dr. Joseph Kim is a board-certified medical oncologist and a Director of the Prostate Cancer Research Program for Prostate and Urological Cancers DART of Yale Cancer Center. He is a recipient of the Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and a recipient of other awards from Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Dr. Kim has led several peer-reviewed, NCI-sponsored, investigator-initiated clinical trials in prostate cancer, bladder cancer, and other solid tumors as a study chair.

    Dr. Joseph Kim serves as an author/editor of the genitourinary (GU) cancers chapter of ASCO-SEP, an educational textbook for medical oncologists, and a co-editor of the GU cancers section of a peer-reviewed journal, Current Oncology Report, and ad hoc reviewer of multiple oncology journals. He has been invited as a speaker for numerous international and national academic conferences including GU Cancers Symposium, ASCO Annual Meeting, CTEP/ NCI meeting, ASCO Direct highlights, International Genitourinary Cancer Conference, and many others.

    His passion lies in delivering compassionate, patient-centered, and evidence-based care for patients with genitourinary cancer including prostate cancer, bladder, and other urinary tract cancer, testicular cancer, and penile cancer. He is also passionate about developing and executing hypothesis-driven clinical trials of novel therapies in GU cancers and other solid tumors.

    Last Updated on June 08, 2025.

    Appointments

    • Medical Oncology and Hematology

      Associate Professor on Term
      Primary

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    Education & Training

    Fellow
    National Institutes of Health (2013)
    Resident
    Emory University School of Medicine (2010)
    MD
    Wake Forest University School of Medicine (2007)
    BA
    Covenant College, Biology, Pre-Medicine (2001)

    Research

    Overview

    Clinical Trials - Early Phase; Cancer therapies; Androgen Receptor, DNA Repair Pathways; mTOR pathways; Cancer immunotherapy

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Joseph Kim's published research.

    Publications

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    2022

    2021

    2020

    Clinical Trials

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    Activities

    • activity

      ASCO-SEP

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      Current Oncology Reports

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      Frontiers Oncology

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      American Society of Clinical Oncology

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      Society of Immunotherapy of Cancer

    Honors

    • honor

      Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award (CCITLA)

    • honor

      Young Investigator Award

    • honor

      Merit Award

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