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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.

Last Updated on June 08, 2025.

Appointments

  • Medical Oncology and Hematology

    Associate Professor on Term
    Primary

Other Departments & Organizations

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

2024

2022

2021

2020

Clinical Trials

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Activities

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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

Honors

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    Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award (CCITLA)

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    Young Investigator Award

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    Merit Award

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