Edward S. Kim, MD, MBA, FACP, FASCO, is physician-in-chief at City of Hope Orange County and vice physician-in-chief at City of Hope National Medical Center. Dr. Kim joins City of Hope in fulfilling its promise of enhancing local access to cancer breakthroughs by leading its esteemed team of clinicians in Orange County, CA. Dr. Kim's goals for City of Hope are to promote strategic and team-oriented translational research and patient advocacy for greater accessibility and equitability in cancer care.
A U.S. News & World Report "Top Doctor" and clinician world-renowned for his immense oncology experience, Dr. Kim is poised to drive innovation in cancer care and delivery, developing paradigms for translating research into clinical practice and introducing new therapies for the Orange County clinical network and planned Irvine campus. Backed by a distinguished history of pioneering cancer research, Dr. Kim is among the country's foremost experts in molecular prognostication for lung cancer and head and neck cancers. He's served as a principal/co-principal investigator on numerous studies and protocols, and he has authored/co-authored more than 200 published articles, book chapters, and reviews in top-tier journals.
Before joining City of Hope, Dr. Kim was chair of Solid Tumor Oncology and Investigational Therapeutics, the Donald S. Kim Distinguished Chair for Cancer Research, medical director of the Clinical Trials Office at Levine Cancer Institute, and a professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. He has held many leadership roles, such as tenured associate professor in the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Kim recently completed his MBA at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.