First Name: Joon Bum
Last Name: Kim
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Dr. Joon Bum Kim, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. He received his medical degree from Yonsei University College of Medicine (2001), completed his Cardiothoracic residency (2006) and Adult Cardiovascular Fellowship (2011) in Asan Medical Center, and joined as a formal faculty member at Asan Medical Center in 2011. He is an awardee of Evert A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) in 2014, and spent the fellowship year at Massachusetts General Hospital MGH, Cleveland Clinic and Hermann Memorial Hospital at Houston.

His major areas of clinical practices are valve-sparing root surgery, arch reconstruction, thoracoabdominal aorta repair, minimally invasive-valve surgery, minimally invasive open aortic repair, rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.

Dr. Kim has contributed on several book chapters, has published over 220 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Education and Degrees:
2001: Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (M.D.) 2008: Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (M.S.) 2013: Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (PhD)

License and Board status:
2001: Medical Licensure in Korea
2006: Board certification in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in Korea

Professional Training and Employment:
2001 to 2002 Internship in Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
2002 to 2006 Residency in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center 2009 to 2011 Fellow of Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center

2011 to 2016 Assistant Professor, Asan Medical Center 2016 to date Associate Professor, Asan Medical Center
Apr 2014 to AATS Evart Graham Memorial Traveling Fellow to Apr 2015
Apr 2014 to Research Fellow in Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, to Feb 2015 Harvard Medical School
Feb 2015 Graham Traveling Fellow, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Mar 2015 Graham Traveling Fellow, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Herman Memorial Hospital, University of Texas

Membership
Korean Society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery (since 2003) European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (since 2011) American Heart Association (since 2012)
Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (since 2015) American Association for Thoracic Surgery (since 2017)

Editorial Board
Journal of Korean Medical Science (since 2015)
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (since 2018) Journal of Thoracic Disease (since 2019)
Journal of Chest Surgery (since 2019; Associate Editor) Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals (since 2020) JACC Asia (since 2021; Section Editor of CV Surgery)

Major Awards Received
1. Award for top seat pass of board examination, Korean Medical Association, 2006
2. LG Future Medical Researcher Award, LG Lifescience, 2011
3. Dr. C. Lillehei Merit Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, the Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2012
4. Doosan Yon-Kang Medical Research Award, Doosan Foundation, 2013
5. Evart Graham Traveling Fellowship Award, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2014
6. Professor of the Year (Research), University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 2014
7. Asan Medical Award, Asan Foundation, 2016 (Young Medical Scientist)
8. 100 Next Generation Leaders in Korea, 2020 (Sisa Journal)