PhD
Institute for Sexual Medicine
Dr. Kim is a Senior Investigator at the Institute for Sexual Medicine in San Diego. A member of the AUA, ISSM, ISSWSH, and SMSNA, Dr. Kim has been engaged in research on the physiology of sexual dysfunction since the mid-1980s. He has published and lectured extensively, and has participated in the training of numerous students and fellows in sexual medicine. He was among the early investigators to describe the role of nitric oxide in penile erection and has consistently contributed to the field of sexual medicine with research in both male and female sexual function, being recognized with numerous research prizes from various sexual medicine societies. Dr. Kim was a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Sexual Medicine for the first decade of the journal through 2014 and then served as an associate editor for Sexual Medicine Reviews through 2024. Previously, he has held positions as Assistant Director of the Laboratory for Sexual Medicine Research at the Boston University School of Medicine, Chief Scientific Officer of Alagin Research, a biotechnology company devoted to developing therapeutics and diagnostics in sexual medicine, and Interim Vice President of R&D at Sprout Pharmaceuticals, assisting in gaining regulatory approval for the first treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women in both the US and Canada. Dr. Kim continues to serve as a consultant to other companies developing therapies for sexual dysfunction and neurological and rare diseases. Dr. Kim received his BA in biology, MA in biochemistry and PhD in physiology from Boston University and completed a research fellowship in cardiology at the University of California, San Diego.
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