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Anthony W. Kim

Professor Of Clinical Surgery, Division Chief, Thoracic Surgery

Jeffrey P. Smith Chair in Surgery

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Overview

Dr. Kim, an internationally recognized thoracic surgeon and surgical teacher, leads the thoracic surgery division and program, providing excellence in designing thoracic courses, case studies, and research projects. His area of expertise is thoracic oncology with a focus on minimally invasive thoracic surgery, including both thoracoscopic and robotic platforms.

He has served on committees in several international organizations, including the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, American College of Chest Physicians, Society of University Surgeons, and the Association for Academic Surgery.

Dr. Kim is a superb teacher, having been recognized with several honors and awards, including the Francis Gilman Blake Award for Outstanding Teaching of the Medical Sciences at Yale University School of Medicine. As with all our surgical faculty, Dr. Kim carries on the tradition of providing beyond exceptional surgical education, care, and scholarship to students, patients, and medical sciences.

Publications

  • Social contributions as risk factors for readmissions after lung transplantation: Clinical and financial implications. JHLT Open. 2025 Aug; 9:100300.. View in PubMed
  • Contemporary management of esophageal perforations: A resource-intensive problem. JTCVS Open. 2025 Oct; 27:197-208.. View in PubMed
  • Performance of the Charlson and Elixhauser Comorbidity Index Varies With the Type of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery. World J Surg. 2025 06; 49(6):1418-1431.. View in PubMed
  • Impact of Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion on Inpatient Cost: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of the US Nationwide Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Database. Clin Transplant. 2025 Feb; 39(2):e70096.. View in PubMed
  • Commentary: The ticking lung cancer clock. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Jul; 170(1):61-62.. View in PubMed
  • Surgeon Perspectives on Palliative Care: Are We the Barrier to Better Care? J Clin Ethics. 2025; 36(3):279-285. Donohue SJ, Shakhsheer BA, Phung P, Kim AW , Zell M, Wightman SC . View in PubMed
  • Revealing age and gender as determinants of survival after pulmonary segmentectomy should represent just the beginning of more discovery. J Thorac Dis. 2024 Dec 31; 16(12):8831-8835.. View in PubMed
  • Living on the edge: Role of adjuvant therapy after resection of primary lung cancer within 2 millimeters of a T-stage cutoff. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 05; 169(5):1338-1345.e15.. View in PubMed
  • Outcomes of single-lung retransplantation after double-lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 05; 169(5):1398-1406.e2.. View in PubMed
  • Thrombolysis and Surgical Decompression for Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. J Surg Res. 2024 11; 303:134-140.. View in PubMed

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