• Song-Jung Kim, Song-Jung Kim, PhD, FAHA, MS, MDiv 
  • MMC Dean 

EDUCATION

  • PhD, Biomedical Sciences (Cardiovascular Physiology), University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, 1995
  • MDiv, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 2006
  • MS, Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 1989
  • BS, Animal Science, Kon-Kuk University, Seoul, Korea, 1983

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

  • Harvard Medical School, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Boston, MA

UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENT

  • Professor, Dean, Myungsung Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Professor, Vice-Dean of Academic Affairs; Myungsung Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Appointed Samaritan’s Pulse, World Medical Mission as a Special Assignment)
  • Professor, Chief de Department des Sciences Precliniques, University d’Etat d’Haiti, Facultie de Medicine et de Pharmacie, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  • Director, Advocate Illinois Medical Center, Cardiology Physiology Research Lab; Section of Cardiology, Department of Physiology and Biophysics/ University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Associate Professor, Hackensack Hospital, Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
  • Assistant Professor, Geisinger Clinic, Weis Research Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Penn State University – College of Medicine, Hershey, PA

 AWARDS AND HONORS

  • National Student Research Award, American College of Sports Medicine, 1994
  • Graduate Faculty Award, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 1995
  • Individual National Research Service Award (Postdoctoral Fellowship), NIH, 1996
  • Young Investigator Award, American Heart Association, 1999
  • Nominated Marquis Who’s Who
  • NIH/NHI, Individual National Research Service Award (F32, HL009760), 1996, PI: “Endothelial regulation in stunned coronary arteries” 1996- 2000
  • AHA “The functional role of enhanced NO production during the “Second Window” protection 1998 – 2000
  • NIH/NHLBI   (RO1-HL33065), “Myocardial ischemia and coronary artery” 1997 – 2001
  • NIH/NHLBI (RO1-HL59139), “b-adrenergic signaling in hypertrophy and cardiomyopathy” 1999 – 2003
  • Young Investigator Award, “A Ca2+ mechanism for myocardial stunning in a large mammalian model” 2000 – 2003
  • NIH/NHLBI (R01 HL62442), “Regulation of LV function in hypertrophy” 2000 – 2004
  • NIH/NHLBI (R01 HL62442), Principal Investigator: “Regulation of LV function in hypertrophy” 2001 – 2005
  • NIH/NHLBI (1PO1-HL69020), “Mechanisms of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion” 2001– 2006
  • Joan and Norman Chapman Foundation: “Adaptive Mechanisms during Coronary Insufficiency” 2006 – 2009