Past Trainees and Where Are They Now?

Dr. Kim mentors graduate and medical students, undergraduate student interns, postdoctoral research and clinical fellows, visiting scientists and professors, and junior faculty researchers. Many of his former trainees are now established investigators, clinicians, and faculty at leading institutions worldwide and include:

Sezin Dagdeviren, PhD
Postdoc Fellow, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, MA

Jung Yeon Kwon, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science & Technology, Seafood Research & Education Center, Oregon State University, OR

Hye Lim Noh, PhD
Director of In Vivo Pharmacology, Charles River Laboratories, MA

Jung Yul Lim, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE

Eun Gyoung Hong, MD/PhD
Chair and Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Director of Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital Endocrine Diabetes Thyroid Center, Hallym University College of Medicine, President-Elect of Korean Endocrine Society, Seoul, South Korea

Suchaorn Saengnipanthkul, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Takamasa Higashimori, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, MI and Neurointerventional Surgeon (Neurology and Vascular Neurology) in clinical practice with Rochester Regional Health, NY

Jonathan Fillmore, MD
Physician (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes) in clinical practice with Yale-Alliance Medical Group/Waterbury Health, CT

Jong Hun Kim, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Knowledge-based Services Engineering, Sungshin University, Seoul, South Korea

Hee Joon Kang, MD/PhD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Breast-Endocrine Surgery, Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Sujin Suk, PhD
Principal Scientist, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea

Dae Young Jung, PhD
Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, NJ 

Bukyung Kim, MD/PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Kosin University College of Medicine, South Korea

Bo-Yeon Kim, MD/PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Jae Hyun Kim, MD/PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Kosin University College of Medicine, South Korea

Randall Friedline, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

So-Young Park, MD/PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea

Hyo-Jeong Kim, MD/PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Eulji General Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Eunjung Lee, PhD
Principal Scientist, Korean Food Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea

Tae Kyoon Kim, MD/PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Inje University College of Medicine, Pusan, South Korea

Susan Gray, PhD
Principal Scientist, CRISPR Therapeutics 

Olga Gupta, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Yun Hee Noh, MD/PhD
Chair and Professor of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Konkuk University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Payal Patel, PhD
Clinical Research Associate, Color

Vivian Benoit, PhD
Principal Scientist, Roche

Stephanie Choi, BS
Year 4 medical student, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA

Berk Ata Ozkan, MD
Resident Physician, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical School, Turkey

Hye Kyung Ha, PhD
Principal Scientist, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea 

Yongjin Lee, PhD
Research Associate, Sunchon National University College of Pharmacy, Jeonnam, South Korea