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[MUSIC PLAYING] My name is Gene Kim. I'm one of the advanced heart failure cardiologists, and I am also the fellowship program director for the advanced heart failure program. And I practice advanced heart failure with our group, so I take care of patients who need heart transplant, LVAD, advanced heart failure therapy.
I'm really interested in patients who suffer from congestive heart failure. And it could be the entire spectrum. I have patients that have been with me for decades at this point. And you really get to know the patients, their families. And sometimes you do really well with just a visit here and there. Sometimes they get sicker, and they need more help. They need more assistance. They need more procedures, and you have to walk them through a lot of stuff, discussions about life and therapies.
When patients get really sick and they need transplants, sometimes you get to know them very quickly. And so that drives a lot of the passion I have for medicine, because patients can be really sick. And so that's what we do. We take care of very sick patients, and we provide the best level of care that we can.
I think that that is the most rewarding part, is just getting patients through whatever is necessary, whether it's psychological or medical. That's the benefit of seeing patients for such a long time and getting to know them.
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I'm really interested in patients who suffer from congestive heart failure. And it could be the entire spectrum. I have patients that have been with me for decades at this point. And you really get to know the patients, their families. And sometimes you do really well with just a visit here and there. Sometimes they get sicker, and they need more help. They need more assistance. They need more procedures, and you have to walk them through a lot of stuff, discussions about life and therapies.
When patients get really sick and they need transplants, sometimes you get to know them very quickly. And so that drives a lot of the passion I have for medicine, because patients can be really sick. And so that's what we do. We take care of very sick patients, and we provide the best level of care that we can.
I think that that is the most rewarding part, is just getting patients through whatever is necessary, whether it's psychological or medical. That's the benefit of seeing patients for such a long time and getting to know them.
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Gene H. Kim, MD, provides skilled medical care to adults with cardiovascular disease. He focuses on heart transplantation and patients with advanced heart failure.
Dr. Kim is investigating microRNA regulation of cardiovascular development and function. He is also currently researching the use of high-frequency ultrasonic imaging in laboratory models to detect a wide range of cardiac disorders, including aortic and vascular disorders, hypertension, hypertrophy, cardiomyopathy, and right ventricular dysfunction.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Practicing Since
- 2008
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency
- University of Chicago Medicine
Fellowship
- University of Chicago Medicine
Memberships & Medical Societies
- American Heart Association
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.