Editorial Board Member - JHBD
Eugene S. Kim
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Surgery
University of Southern California
United States
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Eugene Kim is Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine in Los Angeles, California. He has clinical expertise in pediatric surgical oncology, the management of chest wall deformities and anorectal malformations. He also has expertise in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as it relates to newborn pulmonary and cardiac failure.
Dr. Kim is the principal investigator of a basic science laboratory focused on novel preclinical therapeutics for the aggressive childhood malignancy, neuroblastoma. His research interests are focused on the development and discovery of new anti-angiogenic pathways and therapies for neuroblastoma. Specifically, Dr. Kim has expertise in VEGF biology in neuroblastoma as it relates to tumor angiogenesis. In addition, Kim’s lab is investigating a novel cancer stem cell population in neuroblastoma and its role in tumor recurrence.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr. Eugene Kim’s research interest includes:
- Neuroblastoma
- Pediatric cancer
- Angiogenesis
- Cancer stem cells
- Vascular biology
- Vascular endothelial growth factor
- MDM2
- CD114
Other Editorial Board Members - JHBD
Nejat Dalay
Istanbul University Oncology Institute
Turkey
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Faculty of Medicine
Hainan Medical University
Thailand
MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH
India
Francesco Passamonti
University Hospital Ospedale di Circolo
Fondazione Macchi, Varese
Italy
CLAUDIO FOZZA
Department of Biomedical sciences
University of Sassari
Italy
Dan Douer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York
United States
Salah Aref
Mansoura Faculty of Medicine
Mansoura University
Egypt
Rammurti T. Kamble
Baylor College of Medicine
United States
David J. MacEwan
Department of Molecular & Clinical Pharmacology
Institute of Translational Medicine
University of Liverpool
United Kingdom
Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi
Deaprtment of Immunology
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Iran