Dr. Chan Kim is a physician-scientist in medical oncology. After graduating from Yonsei University College of Medicine with an M.D. degree in 2005, he worked as a resident of internal medicine at Yonsei University Severance Hospital for 4 years, and entered Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering at KAIST in 2010. At KAIST, he conducted his Ph.D. dissertation investigating the molecular mechanisms governing tumor angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. After completing his Ph.D. program, he conducted a clinical fellowship in medical oncology at Yonsei University (2014-2015) and became an assistant professor in medical oncology at CHA University School of Medicine in 2015. He is currently a physician-scientist who try to develop novel immunotherapeutic strategies that can lead to an immunological “boiling point” in which a cold, non-inflamed tumor is sufficiently inflamed to enable the host immune system to eradicate tumor cells.
Chan Kim, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine
New Building 502, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea 03722
E-mail: chan@yhus.ac or larrel80@gmail.com
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2026- Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine
2025-2026 Professor,CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam
2020-2025 Associate Professor, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam
2015-2020 Assistant Professor, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam
2014-2015 Clinical Fellowship, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul
2013-2014 Post-doc, Laboratory of Vascular Biology and Stem Cell, KAIST, Daejeon
2010-2013 PhD, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Mentor: Professor Gou Young Koh)
2007-2009 MS, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
1999-2005 MD, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Awards
1. Excellent Research Award, Korean Gastric Cancer Association 2009
2. Academic Research Award, Korean Cancer Association 2010
3. The 24th Wunsch Medical Research Award, Korean Medical Research Association 2014 분쉬의학상 젊은의학자상
4. Ministry of Health and Welfare Award on Biomedical Research, Korea, 2019
(보건의료기술진흥 유공자 정부포상 보건복지부 장관 표창)
5. Excellent Basic Research Award, National Research Foundation of Korea, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea, 2019
(기초연구진흥 과학기술정보통신부 장관 표창)