Kim,jee-hyun

Biography

Prof. Kim received her M.D. degree from Seoul National University in 1995 and later completed her training in internal medicine and hematology-medical oncology at Seoul National University Hospital. She received her Ph.D. degree from Seoul National University College of Medicine. In 2003, she joined Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, where she is now a medical oncologist and a clinical investigator mainly on breast and colon cancer. Her main research interests include geriatric oncology and early-phase clinical trials of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma. She became a visiting scientist at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and a visiting professor at Harvard Medical School, where she conducted research on novel breast kinases. She is the leader in the area of geriatric oncology in South Korea and is currently conducting a nationwide cohort study for the prediction of the survival and chemotherapy toxicity for older cancer patients.

Research Interest

breast, colorectal, and hepatocellular carcinoma