Min Peter Kim, MD

David M. Underwood Distinguished Professor of Surgery in Digestive Disorders, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Academic Institute
Full Clinical Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Biography

Dr. Kim received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. During his time at Johns Hopkins, he was awarded a Howard Hughes Research Fellowship and performed research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He completed his general surgery training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and his cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He is a board certified general and thoracic surgeon.

Description of Research

Dr. Kim’s research program focuses on understanding lung cancer metastasis using novel ex vivo three-dimensional lung models.

Areas Of Expertise

Metastasis Lung cancer Matrix biology
Education & Training

Clinical Fellowship, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
MD, Johns Hopkins University
Publications

Chest Tubes Are Painful
Kim, MP 2023, , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 115, no. 4, pp. 843-844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.05.006

Lobectomy Provides Optimal Survival in Select Octogenarians
Chan, EY, Nguyen, DT & Kim, MP 2023, , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 115, no. 3, pp. 799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.06.006

Complex Robotic Lung Resection
Amirkhosravi, F & Kim, MP 2023, , Thoracic Surgery Clinics, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thorsurg.2022.08.006

Video-based curriculum improves resident participation during robot-assisted surgery
Kim, MP, Calvo, HD, Chihara, R & Chan, EY 2022, , Journal of Thoracic Disease, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 4641-4649. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-22-603

Association between isolated abnormal coagulation profile on transfusion following major surgery: A NSQIP analysis of individuals without bleeding disorders
Lim, K, Satkunasivam, R, Nipper, C, Xu, J, Hsu, E, Slawin, JR, Roy, T, Allenson, KC, Kim, MP, Barber, SM, Ellis, T, Akinsola, O, Klaassen, Z, Esnaola, N, Ravi, B, Jerath, A & Wallis, CJD 2022, , Transfusion, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. 2223-2234. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.17146

Self-assisting robot-assisted pulmonary lobectomy has favorable outcome compared to VATS lobectomy
Shah, AS, Nguyen, DT, Chihara, R, Chan, EY, Graviss, EA & Kim, MP 2022, , Journal of Thoracic Disease, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 3187-3196. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-22-176

Lobectomy Provides the Best Survival for Stage I Lung Cancer Patients Despite Advanced Age
Chan, EY, Amirkhosravi, F, Nguyen, DT, Chihara, RK, Graviss, EA & Kim, MP 2022, , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 114, no. 5, pp. 1824-1832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.03.031

Anatomic Pulmonary Resection is Associated With Improved Survival in Typical Carcinoid Lung Tumor Patients
Del Calvo, H, Nguyen, DT, Chan, EY, Chihara, R, Graviss, EA & Kim, MP 2022, , Journal of Surgical Research, vol. 275, pp. 352-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2022.02.048

Integrative metabolomics and transcriptomics analysis reveals novel therapeutic vulnerabilities in lung cancer
Thaiparambil, J, Dong, J, Grimm, SL, Perera, D, Ambati, CSR, Putluri, V, Robertson, MJ, Patel, TD, Mistretta, B, Gunaratne, PH, Kim, MP, Yustein, JT, Putluri, N, Coarfa, C & El-Zein, R 2023, , Cancer Medicine, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 584-596. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.4933

Robot-assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy of T4 Lung Cancer
Shah, A, Nance, JW, Chihara, R, Chan, EY & Kim, MP 2022, , Annals of Thoracic Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.021

Impact of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association James W. Brooks Scholarship
Kim, MP, Mavroudis, C, Jacobs, JP & Yang, SC 2022, , Annals of Thoracic Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.069

Comparison of perioperative outcomes of robotic-assisted versus video-assisted thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy in non-small cell lung cancer
Huang, J, Tian, Y, Zhou, QJ, Ning, JW, Gu, ZN, Lu, PJ, Li, JT, Lin, H, Chen, TX, Yang, YH, Kim, MP, Merritt, RE, Ghisalberti, M, Jiang, L & Luo, QQ 2021, , Translational Lung Cancer Research, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 4549-4557. https://doi.org/10.21037/tlcr-21-960

Surgery provides improved overall survival in surgically fit octogenarians with esophageal cancer after chemoradiation therapy
Del Calvo, H, Nguyen, DT, Chan, EY, Chihara, R, Graviss, EA & Kim, MP 2021, , Journal of Thoracic Disease, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 5875-5886. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-21-928

Preoperative computer tomography-guided indocyanine green injection is associated with successful localization of small pulmonary nodules
Li, X, Xu, K, Cen, R, Deng, J, Hao, Z, Liu, J, Takizawa, H, Ng, CSH, Marulli, G, Kim, MP, Cui, F & He, J 2021, , Translational Lung Cancer Research, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 2229-2236. https://doi.org/10.21037/tlcr-21-425

Surgical Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation for Ventricular Arrhythmias: A Systematic Review
Chihara, RK, Chan, EY, Meisenbach, LM & Kim, MP 2021, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 24-35. https://doi.org/10.14797/QIQG9041

Factors associated with home opioid use after thoracic surgery
Hodges, JD, Nguyen, DT, Doan, J, Meisenbach, LM, Chihara, R, Chan, EY, Graviss, EA & Kim, MP 2021, , JTCVS Open, vol. 5, pp. 173-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2020.11.010

Transcriptional activators YAP/TAZ and AXL orchestrate dedifferentiation, cell fate, and metastasis in human osteosarcoma
Lamhamedi-Cherradi, SE, Mohiuddin, S, Mishra, DK, Krishnan, S, Velasco, AR, Vetter, AM, Pence, K, McCall, D, Truong, DD, Cuglievan, B, Menegaz, BA, Utama, B, Daw, NC, Molina, ER, Zielinski, RJ, Livingston, JA, Gorlick, R, Mikos, AG, Kim, MP & Ludwig, JA 2021, , Cancer Gene Therapy, vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 1325-1338. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41417-020-00281-6

Intraoperative diagnosis and treatment of Achalasia using EndoFLIP during Heller Myotomy and Dor fundoplication
Law, YY, Nguyen, DT, Meisenbach, LM, Chihara, RK, Chan, EY, Graviss, EA & Kim, MP 2022, , Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 2365-2372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-021-08517-8

A novel EndoFLIP marker during hiatal hernia repair is associated with short-term postoperative dysphagia
Shah, A, Nguyen, DT, Meisenbach, LM, Chihara, R, Chan, EY, Graviss, EA & Kim, MP 2022, , Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 4764-4770. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-021-08817-z

Robotic surgery facilitates complex minimally invasive operations
Chihara, RK, Kim, MP & Chan, EY 2020, , Journal of Thoracic Disease, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 4606-4607. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-2020-42