Il-Jin Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco

kimij@cc.ucsf.edu

Phone: (415) 502-6791

Additional Websites

• Physician Referral Directory

Education

College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea,    B.S., D.V.M.,    1999,    Veterinary Medicine
College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea,    M.S.,    2001,    Tumor Biology
College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea,    Ph.D.,    2003,    Tumor Biology
College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea,    Post-doc,    2003-2006,    Cancer Genetics
Cancer Research Institute, University of California San Francisco,       Post-doc,    2007-2008,    Cancer Genetics
 

Professional Experience

• 3/2008-6/2010
  Assistant Research Geneticist, Cancer Research Institute, University of California at San Francisco, USA
• 7/2010-present
  Assistant Professor (Full-time), Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, USA
• 2011-present
  Director, Applied Genomics, Thoracic Oncology Program, University of California at San Francisco, USA

Honors & Awards

• 1999
  Graduation with Honors (Cum Laude), Seoul National University, Korea


• 2002
  Best Research Award, Korea Cancer Research Foundation, Korea


• 2003
  AACR ITO-EN Scholar-In-Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research, USA


• 2003
  Best Research Award, Korea Cancer Research Foundation, Korea


• 2003-2004
  BK21 (Brain Korea 21) Postdoctoral Fellowship, Korea


• 2004
  Best Research Award, Korea Cancer Research Foundation, Korea


• 2004
  Outstanding Science and Technology Publication Award, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, Korea


• 2004
  National Cancer Center Travel Award to AACR annual meeting, Korea


• 2005
  AACR ITO-EN Scholar-In-Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research, USA


• 2005
  Best Research Award, National Cancer Center, Korea


• 2005
  GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Award from Korean Cancer Association, Korea


• 2006
  AACR ITO-EN Scholar-In-Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research, USA


• 2008
  Impact Paper of the Year Award, The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, USA


• 2012
  Uniting Against Lung Cancer Research Grant Award, Uniting Against Lung Cancer, USA

Selected Publications

• 1. Kim IJ, Kang HC, Park JH, Ku JL, Lee JS, Kwon HJ, Yoon KA, Heo SC, Yang HY, Cho BY, Kim SY, Oh SK, Youn YK, Park DJ, Lee MS, Lee KW, Park JG. RET oligonucleotide microarray for the detection of RET mutations in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndromes. Clin Cancer Res. 2002; 8: 457-63.
  
• 2. Kim IJ, Park JH, Kang HC, Kim KH, Kim JH, Ku JL, Kang SB, Park SY, Lee JS, Park JG. Identification of a novel BMPR1A germline mutation in a Korean juvenile polyposis patient without SMAD4 mutation. Clin Genet. 2003: 63: 1-5.
  
• 3. Kim IJ, Kang HC, Park JH, Shin Y, Ku JL, Lim SB, Park SY, Jung SY, Kim HK, Park JG. Development and applications of a beta-catenin oligonucleotide microarray: beta-catenin mutations are dominantly found in the proximal colon cancers with microsatellite instability. Clin Cancer Res. 2003;9:2920-5.
  
• 4. Kim IJ, Park JH, Kang HC, Shin Y, Lim SB, Ku JL, Yang HK, Lee KU, Park JG. A novel germline mutation in the MET extracellular domain in a Korean patient with the diffuse type of familial gastric cancer. J Med Genet. 2003;40:e97.
  
• 5. Kim IJ, Shin Y, Kang HC, Park JH, Ku JL, Park HW, Park HR, Lim SB, Jeong SY, Kim WH, Park JG. Robust microsatellite instability (MSI) analysis by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC). J Hum Genet. 2003;48:525-30
  
• 6. Kim IJ, Kang HC, Shin Y, Park HW, Jang SG, Han SY, Lim SK, Lee MR, Chang HJ, Ku JL, Yang HK, Park JG. A TP53-truncating germline mutation (E287X) in a family with characteristics of both hereditary diffuse gastric cancer and Li-Fraumeni syndrome. J Hum Genet. 2004;49:591-5.
  
• 7. Kang HC*, Kim IJ*, Park JH*, Shin Y, Ku JL, Jung MS, Yoo BC, Kim HK, Park JG, Identification of genes with differential expression in acquired drug-resistant gastric cancer cells using high-density oligonucleotide microarrays. Clin Cancer Res. 2004; 10: 272-84. (*equal contributors)
  
• 8. Kim IJ, Kang HC, Jang SG, Ahn SA, Yoon HJ, Park JG. Development and applications of a BRAF oligonucleotide microarray. J Mol Diagn. 2007;9:55-63
  
• 9. Kim IJ, Lim SB, Kang HC, Chang HJ, Ahn SA, Park HW, Jang SG, Park JH, Kim DY, Jung KH, Choi HS, Jeong SY, Sohn DK, Kim DW, Park JG. Prediction of response to preoperative chemoradiotherapy using microarray gene expression profiling in advanced rectal cancers. Dis Colon Rectum. 2007;50:1342-53.
  
• 10. Kim IJ, Kim K, Kang HC, Jang SG, Park JG. DHPLC analysis of APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) mutations using ‘ready-to-use’ APC plates: Simple detection of multiple base pair deletion mutations. Genet Test. 2008;12:295-8.