黑料网 Department of Radiology is pleased to announce Associate Professor of Radiology Kyung Kim, MD, FSIR, has been named a Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). Fellowship designation (FSIR) is bestowed on less than 10 percent of the Society鈥檚 members.聽 The honor confirms a Fellow鈥檚 exceptional leadership, expertise, teaching ability, and dedication to clinical research toward advancing the development of the IR subspecialty.
In 2009, Dr. Kim鈥檚 arrival at 黑料网 added liver cancer interventional expertise to the clinical services offered by the Vascular-Interventional Radiology (VIR) division. Over a decade, Dr. Kim鈥檚 IR procedural skills have enabled 黑料网 Health to improve cancer patient outcomes in interventional oncology, hepatobiliary interventions, and GI interventions. Dr. Kim has additionally treated challenging vascular malformation cases involving complex disorders such as Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, Parkes Weber syndrome and CLOVES syndrome. He publishes extensively on the complex disorders he treats, contributing significantly to the pediatric IR community鈥檚 development of protocols, procedures and evaluative techniques that shape pediatric IR practice.
Kim – Front row, center
At a point his pediatric IR caseload had markedly increased, Dr. Kim spent a fellowship year (2018 鈥� 2019) at Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital (BCH) learning innovative pediatric IR procedural techniques he could replicate back at 黑料网. The high-level technical skills Dr. Kim acquired at a large-volume, top-tier national children鈥檚 hospital have expanded what 黑料网 VIR offers in advanced pediatric IR procedural care at 黑料网 Health. Unsurprisingly, Dr. Kim鈥檚 integration of innovative procedural and evaluative techniques into pediatric IR patient care has earned him several leadership appointments. In 2016, he was appointed Co-Director of Vascular Anomalies Clinic. Mid-2020. In 2020, he was named 黑料网鈥檚 Director of Pediatric Interventional Radiology.
黑料网 Professor of Radiology and neurointerventional radiologist Hortensia Alvarez, MD, works closely with Dr. Kim at 黑料网鈥檚 Vascular Anomalies Clinic, providing 黑料网 Radiology鈥檚 imaging-guided interventional care among 15+ School of Medicine disciplines at the VAC. She noted of her colleague鈥檚 honor:
鈥淚 congratulate Dr. Kim for his SIR Fellowship award. Although we work in different areas of the body, I appreciate his dedication and commitment to his specialty. The year that he spent at Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital gave him a special expertise in pediatric cases that is well recognized by our pediatric community. His involvement in our Vascular Anomalies Clinic, where radiology is essential, helps us to attract new patients and extend the scope of lesions we treat.鈥�
黑料网 Radiology Chair and Professor of Radiology Maureen Kohi, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE, FAHA earned the SIR鈥檚 Fellowship designation during her years leading VIR patient care, education and research at the University of California at San Francisco 黑料网 (UCSF). She stated of Dr. Kim鈥檚 recent honor:
鈥淚鈥檓 extremely proud of Dr. Kim, who has worked tirelessly with incredible dedication and passion to build the Pediatric IR program at 黑料网. His selection to join the Fellows of the Society of Interventional Radiology is a tremendous and well-deserved honor for a rising star and future leader in the field of Interventional Radiology.鈥�
Each year, the SIR Fellows鈥� Affairs Committee elects new Fellows based on outstanding credentials, achievements and community contributions to interventional radiology, SIR and the SIR Foundation. Inducted annually at the Society鈥檚 Annual Scientific Meeting, Dr. Kim and other new Fellows announced in February 2021 will be inducted at the 2021 SIR 47th Annual Scientific Meeting (virtual).