Dr. Brian Kim

Associate Professor

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Biography

Brian Won-Sik Kim, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, specializing in endocrinology with a focus on thyroid diseases. He is a trained endocrinologist from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, currently dedicated to clinical practice. Dr. Kim manages a variety of thyroid-related conditions, including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, autoimmune thyroid diseases, and structural thyroid diseases such as thyroid nodules and goiters, with a particular emphasis on thyroid cancer. He routinely performs thyroid ultrasounds and biopsies in his clinic and serves as the director of the clinical thyroid program at the University of Chicago. Dr. Kim is an active member of the American Thyroid Association and has participated in numerous committees. He is a co-author of national guidelines regarding radioactive iodine therapy and has published several influential papers in leading journals, addressing the evolving role of clinical guidelines and treatment strategies for thyroid diseases.

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Experience

Associate Professor

— Present

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Specializes in endocrinology with a focus on thyroid diseases and serves as the director of the clinical thyroid program.

Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:104
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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Department of Philosophy