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Joseph Kim, MD

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology)
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Director, Prostate Cancer Research

Lecture Coordinator in Hematology/Oncology, Yale Affiliated Hospital Program

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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.

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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

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Frequent collaborators of Joseph Kim's published research.

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2020

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    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

Clinical Care

Overview

Joseph Kim, MD, is an associate professor at Yale School of Medicine and the director of Prostate Cancer Research at Yale Cancer Center. A Yale Medicine oncology specialist, he delivers compassionate, patient-centered, and evidence-based care for patients with genitourinary cancer including prostate cancer, bladder cancer, testicular cancer, and penile cancer. Dr. Kim offers advanced treatments, such as cancer immunotherapy and oral inhibitors based on genomic biomarkers for prostate cancer and bladder cancer.

His research interests encompass developing novel anti-cancer therapies for genitourinary cancers through early phase clinical trials. Dr. Kim's research also explores changes in tumor DNA during treatment for patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Dr. Kim's impactful research has been recognized through several awards, including the Young Investigator Award and the Merit Award from the Conque Cancer Foundation with the American Society of Clinical Oncology, as well as the Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award from the National Cancer Institute.

Clinical Specialties

Medical Oncology; Hematology & Oncology

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