Albert M. Kim, M.D., Ph.D. is
a Clinical Instructor of Medicine. He received his A.B. degree
in Biomedical Engineering from Harvard University and went on to attend
medical school at UCLA. As a member of the medical scientist
training program there, he also earned his doctorate in Physiology, training
under biophysicist Julio Vergara, Ph.D. His thesis work investigated
basic mechanisms of skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling as
revealed by voltage and calcium sensitive fluorescent dyes. He
completed his internal medicine residency at the Brigham and Women’s
Hospital in Boston, his cardiology fellowship at the Massachusetts General
Hospital in Boston, and his cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at UCSF.
Dr. Kim’s clinical interest and expertise is in implantation of
devices, cardiac resynchronization, and ablation of complex arrhythmias,
atrial fibrillation in particular. His current research interests include
understanding mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and atrial remodeling
with biophysical techniques such as optical mapping and three dimensional
computer modeling. He is also collaborating with UCSF investigators
Dr. Jeff Olgin and Dr. Randall Lee on projects investigating potential
new therapies for atrial fibrillation.
Dr. Kim is a provider
in UCSF’s
Arrhythmia Clinic, which provides comprehensive care of patients with
arrhythmia problems. He is active in the American Heart Association,
American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Rhythm Society.
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