Hong K. Kim

Hong K. Kim serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine with a secondary appointment in Pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. His clinical work centers on medical toxicology at the University of Maryland Medical Center, specializing in opioid use disorder management and antidotal therapies for poisoned patients.

His educational credentials include dual bachelor's degrees in Biological Science and Social Science from the University of California, Irvine (1997), followed by an MPH from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (2002) and MD from UC San Francisco School of Medicine (2007). He completed Emergency Medicine residency (2007-2011) and Medical Toxicology fellowship (2011-2013) at NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center.

Dr. Kim's research critically addresses the opioid crisis through innovative naloxone protocols, antidotal therapy optimization, and ECMO applications in toxicology. His work bridges emergency medicine with public health interventions for substance abuse disorders and disaster-related chemical exposures, significantly contributing to clinical toxicology guidelines.

His publication record reveals concentrated focus on opioid overdose reversal mechanisms (2015-2016), simulation-based toxicology training, and disaster medicine applications like gasoline exposure epidemiology post-Hurricane Sandy. This trajectory demonstrates evolving expertise from acute toxicology interventions toward systemic public health solutions for the opioid epidemic.

He actively directs the Medical Toxicology Consult Service for inpatient consultations at University of Maryland Medical Center, translating research into clinical practice for poisoned patients while advancing toxicology education through simulation methodologies.