IreneKKimMDFACS

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Transplantation

Professor, Surgery Liver and Kidney Transplant Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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Office
8900 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone+1 310-423-2641

Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 2010 - 2012
Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2004 - 2010
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 2004
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS, Biology, 1995 - 1999
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyB.S., Biology, Minor in Chemistry, 1995 - 1999

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2010 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2007 - 2010
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Poster of Distinction 13th American Society of Transplant Surgeons Winter Symposium, 2013
Poster of Distinction American Transplant Congress, 2012
Chairman Award, Most Outstanding Performance of a Chief Surgical Resident Tufts Department of Surgery, 2010
Resident Teaching Award Tufts University School of Medicine, 2006-2007, 2009-2010
Science and Engineering Scholarship KSEA, 1999
Jeffrey A. Pressman Award in Political Science 1999
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, Xi Chapter 1999
Research Grant Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1998
Rhodes Scholarship Finalist, District V 1998
Burchard Scholar MIT, 1996
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Pediatric Age-Prioritized Waitlisting Policy Potentially Disadvantages Adolescents on Dialysis Not Listed for Transplant Until Adulthood.
Justin A Steggerda, Steven A Wisel, Dechu Puliyanda, Helen Pizzo, Jonathan Garrison
Pediatric Transplantation. 2025-02-01
Keep the engine running: Maintaining transplant registry utility in liver transplant.
Steven A Wisel, Justin A Steggerda, Aleah L Brubaker, Anji Wall, Irene K Kim
American Journal of Transplantation. 2025-02-01
Use of Machine Perfusion in the United States Increases Organ Utilization and Improves DCD Graft Survival in Liver Transplantation.
Steven A Wisel, Justin A Steggerda, Irene K Kim
Transplantation Direct. 2024-12-01

Journal Articles

Liver Transplantation for Urea Cycle Disorders in Pediatric Patients: A Single Center Experience
Kim IK, Niemi AK, Krueger C, Bonham CA, Concepcion W, Cowan TM, Enns GM, Esquivel CO, Pediatric Transplantation, 3/1/2013
Monoclonal anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody attenuates donor-specific antibody responses in a mouse model of allosensitization
G. Wu, N. Chai, Irene Kim, A.S. Klein, S.C. Jordan, Transplant Immunology, 3/1/2013
Synergistic effects of prolonged warm ischemia and donor age on the immune response following donation after cardiac death kidney transplantation
Denecke C, Yuan X, Ge X, Kim IK, Bedi D, Boenisch O, Weiland A, Jurisch A, Kotsch K, Pratschke J, Reutzel-Selke A, Tullius SG, Surgery, 2/1/2013
Modified CD4 (+) T-cell response in recipients of old cardiac allografts
Denecke C, Ge X, Jurisch A, Kleffel S, Kim IK, Padera RF, Weiland A, Fiorina P, Pratschke J, Tullius SG, Transplantation International, 3/1/2012
Donors with Incidental Kidney Stones: A Single Center Experience with Donor Selection
Kim IK, Lapasia J, Elihu A, et al, Clinical Transplantation, 1/1/2012
Morbid Obesity as a Determinant of Outcome in the Critically Ill
Irene Kim and Nasraway, Stanley, Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2006
Transposon Isolation and Mutagenesis in Rhodococcus
Kim IK, Sinskey, MIT Bio Journal, 1/1/1998
School Health and Nutrition: A Preliminary Guide to Projects and Needs in Africa
Kim IK, Bundy, Donald, World Bank Publications, 1/1/1997
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Abstracts/Posters

Interleukin-6 Receptor Antibody Suppresses Alloantibody Recall Responses in Plasma Cells. Poster presentation.
Ning-ning Chai, Irene K. Kim, Gordon Wu, Stanley Jordan, Andrew Klein, World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA, 7/28/2014
Interleukin-Receptor Antibody Modulates IL-21 Producing T-helper and CXCR5 + Tfh Cells during Recall Alloantibody Responses. Poster presentation.
Irene K. Kim, Gordon Wu, Ning-ning Chai, Andrew Klein, Stanley Jordan, World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA, 7/28/2014
IL-6 Receptor Blockade Increases T regulatory cell Subsets (Treg) in a Mouse Model of HLA-A2 Sensitization. Poster presentation.
Irene K. Kim, Gordon Wu, Ning-ning Chai, Andrew Klein, Stanley Jordan, World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA, 7/28/2014
CTLA4Ig Differentially Suppresses de novo and Recall Alloantibody Responses in a Mouse Model of HLA.A2 Allosensitization. Poster presentation.
Gordon Wu, Irene K. Kim, Ning-ning Chai, Mieko Toyoda, Artur Karasyov, Andrew Klein, Stanley Jordan, World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA, 7/28/2014
IL-6 Blockage by Anti-Interleukin-6 Receptor Antibody Suppresses Plasma Cells during Development of Alloantibody Responses.
Irene K. Kim, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 4/10/2014
Renal transplant outcomes in recipients older than 70 years of age. Poster Presentation.
Joseph Kahwaji, Anand Annamalai, Stanley Jordan, and Irene K. Kim, ASTS Winter Symposium, Miami, FL, 1/23/2014
Evidence that Anti-Interleukin 6 Receptor (Anti-IL-6R) treatment modulates CD4+ T cell Differentiation during development of allosensitization. Poster presentation.
Irene K. Kim, Basic Science Meeting (BSM 2013), TTS Basic Science Symposium, Paris, France, 11/7/2013
Novel immunosuppressive strategies in kidney transplantation. Oral presentation.
Irene Kim, Korean American Medical Association (KAMA), Las Vegas, NV, 7/4/2013
Anti-IL6R suppresses primary IGM Response and CD5+ B-1a subset during the development of humoral responses to HLA.A2+ skin allografts. Poster presentation.
Gordon Wu, Irene Kim, Ning-ning Chai, Andrew Klein, and Stanley Jordan, ImmunologyLA, 5/23/2013
Inhibition of IL-6/IL-6R interactions by anti-IL-6R monoclonal antibody suppresses donor specific antibody responses in a mouse model of HLA sensitization. Poster pre...
Stanley Jordan, Gordon Wu, Ning-ning Chai, Irene Kim, and Andrew Klein, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 5/18/2013
Anti-IL-6 receptor (anti-IL6R) treatment is effective in reducing recall antibody responses in sensitized HLA-A2 skin graft recipients. Poster presentation.
Stanley Jordan, Gordon Wu, Ning-ning Chai, Irene Kim, and Andrew Klein, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 5/18/2013
Serum Amyloid A (SAA) is a sensitive surrogate marker for IL-6R inhibition by therapeutic anti-IL6R antibody: A study in a mouse model of allosensitization. Poster pr...
Ning-ning Chai, Gordon Wu, Irene Kim, Andrew Klein, and Stanley Jordan, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 5/18/2013
Evidence that anti-Interleukin-6 Receptor treatment modulates splenic T-cell subsets during development of allosensitization. Poster presentation.
Irene Kim, Gordon Wu, Ning-ning Chai, Stanley Jordan, and Andrew Klein, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 5/18/2013
Impaired Effector/Memory CD8+ T Cell Response Delays Acute Allograft Rejection in Older Recipients.
Abdallah Elkhal, Damanpreet S. Bedi, Christian Denecke, Anke Jurisch, Irene Kim, Timm Heinbokel, Hongmei Li, Xiaodong Yuan, Xupeng Ge, Stefan G. Tullius, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 5/18/2013
Treatment with anti-IL-6R monoclonal antibody induces momentous alterations in serum IL-6/IL-6R dynamics that likely contribute to suppression of anti-HLA-A2 antibody....
Gordon Wu, Ning-ning Chai, Irene Kim, Alex Chen, Andrew Klein, and Stanley Jordan, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 5/18/2013
Anti-IL6R suppresses primary IGM Response and CD5+ B-1a subset stimulated by HLA.A2+ skin allografts. Poster presentation.
Gordon Wu, Ning-ning Chai, Irene Kim, Andrew Klein, and Stanley Jordan, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 5/18/2013
Pediatric Liver Transplantation as Definitive Therapy for Urea Cycle Disorders. Poster Presentation.
Irene K. Kim, MD1, Anna-Kaisa Niemi, MD, PhD2, Greg Enns MD, PhD2, Carlos Esquivel MD, PhD1, 13th American Society of Transplant Surgeons Winter Symposium, Miami, FL, 1/31/2013
Pediatric Liver Transplantation as Definitive Therapy for Urea Cycle Disorders: A Single Center Experience. Oral presentation.
Kim IK, MD1, Niemi AK, MD, PhD2, Enns G MD, PhD2, Esquivel CO MD, PhD1, 24th Congress for the Transplant Society, Berlin, Germany, 7/15/2012
Pediatric Liver Transplantation as Definitive Therapy for Urea Cycle Disorders. Poster Presentation.
Kim IK, MD1, Niemi AK, MD, PhD2, Enns G MD, PhD2, Esquivel CO MD, PhD1, American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, 6/2/2012
Donors with Kidney Stones: Should We Pass?
Kim IK, Lapasia J, Elihu A, Tan J, Scandling J, Busque S, Melcher M, American Journal of Transplant; ASTS 11th Winter Symposium., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1/1/2011
Pediatric Liver Transplantation or Liver/Kidney Transplantation in Methylmalonic Acidemia. Oral presentation.
Niemi AK, Kim I, Esquivel C, Enns G, ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, 1/1/2011
High Proportion of Kidney Exchange Match Offers Fail for Logical Reasons
Kim IK, Milner JE, et al, American Journal of Transplantation; ASTS 12th Winter Symposium, 1/1/2011
Compomised Memory/Native T-cell Response and Intact Regulatory T-cell Function in Older Transplant Recipients Delay Acute Allograft Rejection.
Ge X, Denecke C, Bedi DS, Jurisch A, Iorio J, Kim IK, Demirci G, Li XC, Tullius SG, ATC, San Diego, CA, 5/30/2010
Impaired Effector/Memory T-Cell Response Leads to Delayed Acute Allograft Rejection in Older Recipients. Oral Presentation.
Bedi DS, Denecke C, Ge X, Jurisch A, Kim IK, Demirci G, Li XC, Tullius SG, American Transplant Congress, 1/1/2010
Donor Age is Associated with an Augmented Graft Immunogenicity Leading to an Intensified Early NK and Memory T-Cell Response.
Denecke C, Ge X, Kim IK, Bedi DB, Jurisch A, Pratschke J, Tullius SG, ATC, Boston, MA, 5/30/2009
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