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Jean Kim, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She serves as co-director of the Jerome L. Greene Sjögren's Disease Center and is lead consultant for both the Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center and the Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation Clinical and Research Center at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Kim earned her medical and doctoral degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and completed her residency and fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her clinical expertise focuses on the most severe forms of chronic rhinosinusitis, including patients with sinus disease, nasal polyposis, and severe asthma.
Dr. Kim's research spans clinical, translational, and basic science investigations in autoimmune sinusitis, salivary gland disease, and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis. Her laboratory studies the underlying mechanisms of airway epithelial dysfunction in sinus disease, with a niche interest in the pathogenesis of hyperplastic nasal polyposis. She has considerable experience in conducting clinical trials in sinus and autoimmune diseases, and her work is nationally and internationally recognized in the field of epithelial cell biology and allergic immune responses.
Her recent publications reveal a growing focus on the relationship between climate change and rhinologic conditions, in addition to continued work on chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis. Dr. Kim's research demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach that bridges basic science, clinical practice, and environmental factors affecting upper airway health.
Dr. Kim has received significant recognition for her work, including:
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Clinician Scientist Career Development Awards
- Fellow of American College of Surgeons
- Fellow of American Rhinologic Society
- Fellow of American Academy of Asthma Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Fellow of the Triologic Society
She has secured sponsored grants from the National Institutes of Health, various foundations, and pharmaceutical companies to support her clinical, basic, and translational research. Dr. Kim serves on the editorial board of the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology and has served as a study section reviewer for the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom, the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute foundation, and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.
Dr. Kim directs a translational research laboratory that employs human cell and tissue culture models to study chronic rhinosinusitis. The laboratory utilizes advanced techniques including cell and tissue culture, real time PCR, immunoblot, ELISA, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, gene array analysis, and genetic knockdowns to investigate immune and autoimmune mediated mechanisms of polyp growth and disease perpetuation.
