Grants per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Dr. Kim is a professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery with a clinical focus on aesthetic and breast cancer. He grew up in Toronto, Canada and went to Harvard to study English and American Literature. After a brief stint as a failed writer, he went to Stanford Medical School. There he was a 3 year Howard Hughes Research Fellow working with Dr. Victor Dzau on gene therapeutics. Dr. Kim graduated from Stanford in 1997 with his MD and a concurrent Master of Arts in English Literature. He was in the inaugural integrated general and plastic surgery residency at the Baylor-Texas Medical Center, and from there went to UCLA to complete a joint orthopedic-plastic surgery hand and microsurgery fellowship under Dr. Neil Ford Jones. Dr. Kim has been on faculty at Northwestern since 2004.
Dr. Kim's research focuses on breast cancer reconstruction and aesthetic surgery outcomes. He has published over 180 peer reviewed articles and holds 11 patents on novel medical devices. He is the developer of the Breast Reconstruction Risk Assessment (BRA) Score. Dr. Kim lectures widely on novel techniques and technologies in plastic surgery, and sits on the Editorial Board as Associate Editor of the main specialty journal, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Certifications and Licenses
| Plastic Surgery |
Training Experience
| 2003 | Residency, Baylor Affiliated Hospitals |
| 2004 | Fellowship, Univ. of CA-Los Angeles Med. Ctr. |
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
MD, Medicine, Stanford University
… → 1997
Research interests keywords
- Breast Cancer
- Cosmetic Procedures and Surgery
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics where John Yah Sung Kim is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
-
Breast Implant-Associated Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Finding a Cell of Origin
Fracol, M. E. (PD/PI), Galiano, R. D. (Co-Investigator), Jordan, S. W. (Co-Investigator) & Kim, J. Y. S. (Co-Investigator)
7/1/24 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
-
Prot#CLIN-17-008: Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of the Motiva Implants(R) Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants SmoothSilk(R)/SilkSurface(R) in Subjects Who Are Undergoing Primary Breast Augmentation, Primary Breast Reconstruction, and Revision Surg
Kim, J. Y. S. (PD/PI)
1/27/22 → 1/27/24
Project: Research project
-
Breast Implants and Breast Cancer Immunosurveillance
Kim, J. Y. S. (PD/PI) & Fracol, M. E. (Co-Investigator)
7/1/20 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project
-
Breast implants and immune modulation: Does implant placement promote a lasting systemic immune response capable of recognizing breast tumor associated antigens?
Kim, J. Y. S. (PD/PI)
1/28/19 → 7/31/22
Project: Research project
-
Breast Implants and Immune Modulation
Kim, J. Y. S. (PD/PI) & Hong, S. J. (Co-Investigator)
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
1/1/19 → 12/31/19
Project: Research project
-
Rupture of Breast Implants Does Not Cause Systemic or Local Immune Changes
Jagasia, P., Timmerman, R., Dolivo, D., Allison, S., Hong, S. J., Galiano, R., Kim, J. Y. S. & Fracol, M., May 1 2025, In: Aesthetic surgery journal. 45, 5, p. 463-469 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Anatomic Subtype Differences in Extramammary Paget Disease: A Meta-Analysis
Kibbi, N., Owen, J. L., Worley, B., Wang, J. X., Harikumar, V., Aasi, S. Z., Chandra, S., Choi, J. N., Fujisawa, Y., Iavazzo, C., Kim, J. Y. S., Lawrence, N., Leitao, M. M., MacLean, A. B., Ross, J. S., Rossi, A. M., Servaes, S., Solomon, M. J. & Alam, M., Apr 17 2024, In: JAMA dermatology. 160, 4, p. 417-424 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Scopus citations -
Health utilities associated with nonmelanoma skin cancer
Alam, M., Kim, J. Y. S., Swary, J. H., White, L. E., Ciurea, A., Dave, L., Brieva, J. & Yoo, S., May 2024, In: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 90, 5, p. 1042-1044 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Foreword
Kim, J., Jan 1 2023, Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction: Current Trends and Techniques. Springer International Publishing, p. v-viResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
-
Breast Reconstruction: Modern and Promising Surgical Techniques
Fracol, M. & Kim, J. Y. S., Feb 1 2022, In: Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 149, 2, p. 530 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Datasets
-
Mendeley Supplementary Table 1: Results of Round 2 Delphi Survey
Alam, M. (Creator), Armstrong, A. (Contributor), Basset-Seguin, N. (Contributor), Behshad, R. (Contributor), Billingsley, E. M. (Contributor), Bordeaux, J. S. (Contributor), Brewer, J. (Contributor), Brown, M. (Contributor), Brown, M. (Contributor), Cartee, T. V. (Contributor), Chen, B. R. (Contributor), Chiren, S. G. (Contributor), Collins, S. A. B. (Contributor), Concetta Fargnoli, M. (Contributor), Cotseones, J. K. (Contributor), DeHoratius, D. M. (Contributor), Denes, P. (Contributor), Dirr, M. A. (Contributor), Drucker, A. (Contributor), Dummer, R. (Contributor), Dzubow, L. M. (Contributor), Etzkorn, J. (Contributor), Furlan, K. C. (Contributor), Godinez-Puig, V. (Contributor), Goldman, G. D. (Contributor), Haedersdal, M. (Contributor), Hale, E. (Contributor), Hanlon, A. (Contributor), Harms, K. L. (Contributor), Harwood, C. (Contributor), Huang, C. C. (Contributor), Hurst, E. A. (Contributor), Ibrahim, S. A. (Contributor), In, G. K. (Contributor), Iyengar, S. (Contributor), Jobim De Azevedo, S. (Contributor), Kelleners-Smeets, N. (Contributor), Kheterpal, M. (Contributor), Kim, J. Y. S. (Contributor), Kirkham, J. (Contributor), Kurta, A. O. (Contributor), Lawrence, N. (Contributor), Lazaroff, J. M. (Contributor), Leshin, B. (Contributor), Lissner, G. S. (Contributor), Maher, I. (Contributor), Marghoob, A. A. (Contributor), Matin, R. (Contributor), Mattox, A. R. (Contributor), Mcdonald, M. (Contributor), Miller, A. (Contributor), Miller, S. J. (Contributor), Mittal, B. B. (Contributor), Mostow, E. N. (Contributor), Nehal, K. S. (Contributor), Poon, E. (Contributor), Ratner, D. (Contributor), Reynolds, K. A. (Contributor), Rogers, H. (Contributor), Sarin, K. (Contributor), Schlessinger, D. (Contributor), Schmitt, J. (Contributor), Sobanko, J. F. (Contributor), Soon, S. L. (Contributor), Stasko, T. (Contributor), Storrs, P. A. (Contributor), Tagliaferri, L. (Contributor), Thomas, J. R. (Contributor), Trakatelli, M. (Contributor), Vidimos, A. T. (Contributor), Wong, S. L. (Contributor), Yanes, A. F. (Contributor), Yu, S. S. (Contributor), Zalaudek, I. (Contributor), Zeitouni, N. (Contributor), Zhou, X. A. (Contributor), Zitelli, J. A. (Contributor), Zloty, D. (Contributor), eggermont, A. (Contributor) & lee, E. H. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 2022
DOI: 10.17632/bnn75z6gvr.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/bnn75z6gvr
Dataset