Alexander Y. Kim
Experienced in Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency

Dr. Alexander Y. Kim

Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 520, Suite 520, 
Saint Petersburg, FL 
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Experienced in Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 520, Suite 520, 
Saint Petersburg, FL 
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Overview

Dr. Kim is a physician in the Genetics Program at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and an assistant professor of genetic medicine in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He joined the medical staff in 2021 as the first board-certified medical biochemical geneticist at the hospital. He has a clinical and research interest in inborn errors of metabolism. Dr. Kim was honored as Best Consulting Physician at Johns Hopkins All Children's in the 2024 Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards. Dr. Kim earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville. He completed his pediatrics residency at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital as a part of the inaugural class of 2017. He then completed his medical genetics residency and fellowship, chief residency, and medical biochemical genetics fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Dr. Kim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency. His top areas of expertise are Isovaleric Acidemia, Wolman Disease, Cholesteryl Ester Storage Disease, and Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency.

Residency
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Pediatrics, 2017
Specialties
Pediatrics
Licenses
Clinical Genetics in FL
Board Certifications
American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics
American Board Of Pediatrics
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Genetic Medicine - Medical Biochemical Genetics, MD, 2021
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Medical Genetics, 2020
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 520, Suite 520, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
Call: 727-767-8491

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.


4 Total Publications

Photobiomodulation of Gingival Cells Challenged with Viable Oral Microbes.
Photobiomodulation of Gingival Cells Challenged with Viable Oral Microbes.
Journal: Journal of dental research
Published: May 03, 2024
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Areas of Expertise

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        • Cholesteryl Ester Storage Disease
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        • Isovaleric Acidemia
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        • Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency
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        • Reticulohistiocytoma
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