Paul Jaegu Kim MD
Heart Failure & Transplantation, Cardiothoracic Imaging
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9434 Medical Center DriveSulpizio Cardiovascular CenterLa Jolla, CA 92037
Phone+1 760-697-3110
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Summary
- Associate Professor at UC San Diego. Specializes in Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac MRI/CT. Research interests include cardiac allograft vasculopathy and improving longevity of heart transplant patients through advancing molecular imaging and our understanding of transplant immunology.
Education & Training
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2016 - 2017
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2013 - 2016
Stanford Health CarePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2011 - 2013- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 2008 - 2011
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 2008
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2009 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Society of Nuclear CardiologyBoard Certification- Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed TomographyBoard Certification
- Certification Board of Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceBoard Certification
- National Board of EchocardiographyBoard Certification
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Edwin Alderman Award for Excellence in Clinical Research Stanford University, 2016
- Melvin Judkins Young Investigator Award American Heart Association, 2011
Clinical Trials
- Allograft Dysfunction in Heart Transplant Start of enrollment: 2019 Oct 01
- Surveillance HeartCare® Outcomes Registry Start of enrollment: 2018 Dec 28
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Surveillance donor-specific antibody and pathologic antibody-mediated rejection testing in heart transplant patients in the contemporary era.Vincenzo Cusi, Ashley Cardenas, Yuko Tada, Florin Vaida, Nicholas Wettersten
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025-02-04 - 3 citationsMotion robust coronary MR angiography using zigzag centric ky-kz trajectory and high-resolution deep learning reconstruction.Hideki Ota, Yoshiaki Morita, Diana Vucevic, Satoshi Higuchi, Hidenobu Takagi
Magma. 2024-12-01 - 3 citationsMyocardial Blood Flow Quantification Using Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Improves Detection of Coronary Artery Disease.Shuo Wang, Paul Kim, Haonan Wang, Ming-Yen Ng, Andrew E Arai
JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2024-12-01
Press Mentions
Change of Heart — and VoiceApril 24th, 2017
Grant Support
- Career Development AwardAmerican Heart Association2018–2021
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- Member
- International Society of Heart and Lung TransplantationMember
- Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceMember
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