Dr. Brian Won-sik Kim MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
1475 Nw 12th Ave Division Of Endocrin Miami FL, 33136About
Dr. Brian Kim practices Endocrinology in Miami, FL. Dr. Kim specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases related to hormone imbalance, and the bodys glands in the endocrine system. Endocrinologists are trained and certified to treat a variety of conditions, including menopause, diabetes, infertility, and thyroid disorders, among many others. Dr. Kim examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians And Surgeons, New York Ny 1997
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- In vivo dimerization of types 1, 2, and 3 iodothyronine selenodeiodinases.
- Endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of the human type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2) is mediated via an association between mammalian UBC7 and the carboxyl region of D2.
- Chronic cardiac-specific thyrotoxicosis increases myocardial beta-adrenergic responsiveness.
- The Hedgehog-inducible ubiquitin ligase subunit WSB-1 modulates thyroid hormone activation and PTHrP secretion in the developing growth plate.
- Transforming growth factor-beta promotes inactivation of extracellular thyroid hormones via transcriptional stimulation of type 3 iodothyronine deiodinase.
- Bile acids induce energy expenditure by promoting intracellular thyroid hormone activation.
- Deiodinases: implications of the local control of thyroid hormone action.
- An inside job.
- Type 2 deiodinase expression is induced by peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonists in skeletal myocytes.
- For some, L-thyroxine replacement might not be enough: a genetic rationale.
- Thyroid hormone-related regulation of gene expression in human fatty liver.
- Statins and downstream inhibitors of the isoprenylation pathway increase type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase activity.
- American Thyroid Association Guide to investigating thyroid hormone economy and action in rodent and cell models.
- Coccidiomycosis thyroiditis in an immunocompromised host post-transplant: case report and literature review.
- Guidelines for the treatment of hypothyroidism: prepared by the american thyroid association task force on thyroid hormone replacement.
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