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Francis Kim, MD, Is Transforming Care for Autoimmune Diseases
- Francis S. Kim, MD, has been recognized as a 2024 Marquis Who’s Who Top Doctor for his outstanding work in the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases.
- Patients with autoimmune diseases suffer from overactive immune responses that lead to damage of healthy cells in the body.
- Dr. Kim is dedicated to evidence-based medical care and scientific research aimed at better understanding the underlying mechanisms of disease.
- His work is aimed at developing innovative therapies to address the unmet needs of such patients.
- His scientific background, clinical expertise, and patient-focused care have set high standards in the healthcare field.
- Dr. Kim was inspired to develop innovative therapies for autoimmune diseases when he realized that only a subset of patients are able to achieve clinical remission.
- He did his undergraduate and master’s thesis in areas related to stem cell research in such diseases.
- Dr. Kim actively leads research and clinical trials aiming to bring about novel therapies like CAR T cell therapy for such patients.
- For just under two years, he has served as Global Medical Director of Clinical Development at Kyverna Therapeutics.
- In the next five years, Dr. Kim hopes to successfully develop safe and effective therapies for autoimmune diseases to help improve patients’ quality of life.
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