Hyong (Nick) Kim, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

Clinical Service Chief, Thornton

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

1. Pulmonary Hypertension
2. Pulmonary Vascular Disorders
3. Critical Care

INVESTIGATIVE INTERESTS:

1. Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
2. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Kim NH, Rubin LJ. Endothelin in health and disease: endothelin receptor antagonists in the management of pulmonary artery    hypertension. J. Cardiovasc. Pharmacol. Ther. 2002; 7:9-19
2. Kim NH, Channick RN, Rubin LJ. Successful withdrawal of chronic epoprostenol therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Chest 2003; 124:1612-1615.
3. Kim NH, Fesler P, Channick RN, Knowlton KU, Ben-Yehuda O, Lee SH, Naeije R, Rubin LJ. Pre-operative partitioning of pulmonary vascular resistance correlates with early outcome following thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Circulation 2004; 109:18-22.
4. Kim NH. Diagnosis and evaluation of the patient with pulmonary hypertension. Cardiol. Clin. 2004; 22:367-73.
5. Chin KM, Kim NH, Rubin LJ. The right ventricle in pulmonary hypertension. Coron Artery Dis. 2005; 16:13-8.
6. Galie N, Kim NH. Pulmonary microvascular disease in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2006; 3:571-6
7. Kim NH. Assessment of operability in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2006; 3:584-8.
8. Auger WR, Kim NH, Kerr KM, Test VJ, Fedullo PF. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Clin Chest Med. 2007; 28:255-69.

Board Certification:

• Internal Medicine
• Pulmonary Disease
• Critical Care Medicine

To make an appointment:

For more information write to h33kim@ucsd.edu