
Overview
Jean Kim is a surgeon-scientist whose clinical and translational research area of interest is in the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis. She cares for patients with the most severe forms of chronic rhinosinusitis, including patients with sinus disease, nasal polyposis and severe asthma. She also has expertise in the management and study of patients with autoimmune disease and complex sinus disease. Dr. Kim is co-director of the Jerome L. Greene Sjögren’s Disease Center, and is lead consultant for the Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center and the Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation Clinical and Research Center at Johns Hopkins. She has considerable experience in conducting clinical trials in sinus and autoimmune diseases. With an active basic and translational research laboratory that studies the underlying mechanisms of airway epithelial dysfunction in sinus disease, Dr. Kim’s work is nationally and internationally recognized in the field of epithelial cell biology and allergic immune responses. She has held sponsored grants from the National Institutes of Health, various foundations and pharmaceutical companies to conduct her clinical, basic and translational research. Additionally, Dr Kim is interested in researching the pathogenesis of climate factors contributing to nonallergic rhinitis. Dr. Kim earned her medical and doctoral degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, and she completed her residency and fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a member of the editorial board of the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, the nationally #1 ranked rhinology journal. Dr. Kim 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, and she has received Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Clinician Scientist Career Development Awards.
Dr. Kim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Sinusitis, Nasal Polyps, and Sialadenitis.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 32 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
10803 Falls Road, Pavilion III STE 2300, Pavilion III STE 2300, Lutherville, MD 21093
4924 Campbell Boulevard, Suite 210, Nottingham, MD 21236
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP)
- Nasal PolypsDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Nasal Polyps.
- SinusitisDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Sinusitis.
- Advanced
- Allergic RhinitisDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Allergic Rhinitis.
- EmpyemaDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Empyema.
- Low Nasal BridgeDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Low Nasal Bridge.
- Nasal Septal HematomaDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Nasal Septal Hematoma.
- PerichondritisDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Perichondritis.
- SialadenitisDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Sialadenitis.
- Experienced
- AnosmiaDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Anosmia.
- AsthmaDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Asthma.
- Cerebrospinal Fluid LeakDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak.
- Chronic CoughDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Cough.
- Dry MouthDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Dry Mouth.
- Grass AllergyDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Grass Allergy.

