Department of Medicine Faculty Profile

Karen Kim
Section of Gastroenterology
Associate Professor of Medicine

Referring Physician Access Line: 1-877-DOM-2730

Training:

Degree	Year	Institution	Area
BA	1983	Carleton College	Biology
MS	1986	Northwestern University	Neurobiology and Physiology
MD	1990	Loyola University
Residency	1993	Northwestern University	Internal Medicine
Fellowship	1996	University of Illinois	Gastroenterology

Academic Interests:

Dr. Kim’s interests include colon cancer chemoprevention, colon cancer screening for average risk and high risk populations, especially hereditary colon cancer syndromes, with an emphasis on the underserved and minority populations. Dr. Kim is actively involved in health disparities research as it relates to GI malignancies. In addition, Dr. Kim’s clinical interests have included the education and awareness of hepatitis B in Asian Americans through screening, advocacy, treatment and immunization for liver cancer prevention.

Clinical Interests:

Hereditary colon cancer syndromes, colon cancer genetics, familial colon cancer, colorectal cancer screening, hepatitis B,women’s health

Representative Publications:

Kim, K.E. Protein-losing gastroenteropathy. Gastrointestinal Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management, Seventh Edition. M.H. Sleisenger and J. S. Fordtran, eds. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA., 2001
Kim, KE, (editor), Acute gastrointestinal bleeding. Clinical Gastroenterology, 1st edition, Humana Press Inc., 2002
Chung, P and K.E. Kim. Epidemiology of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding, In Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding, 1st Edition, Kim (ed), Human Press Inc, 2002.
Kim, K.E. Risk assessment and screening for colorectal cancer. In Cancer Chemotherapy and Biological Response Modifiers Annual 21, Elsevier Science LTD, 2003
K.E. Kim. Gastric cancer in Korean Americans: Risks and reductions. Korean and Korean American Studies Bulletin, vol. 13, no. 1/2, 2003.