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Agnes S. Kim, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of MedicineDirector, Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging and Echocardiography Lab Director, Cardio-Oncology Program
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Dr. Kim provides care to patients with a wide range of cardiovascular illnesses, including coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, and cardiomyopathy. She has expertise in advanced non-invasive cardiac imaging, including echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, cardiac MRI, and vascular ultrasounds. She has a particular interest in the cardiac care of cancer patients.
Dr. Kim received her bachelor’s degree at Yale College. She received her medical degree from Vanderbilt University. She completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital. After residency, she completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at Yale-New Haven Hospital, during which she also obtained a Ph.D. in investigative medicine.
Education
Post-Graduate Training
Awards
| Degree | Institution | Major |
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| BA | Yale University | Political Science |
| MD | Vanderbilt University | Medicine |
| PhD | Yale University | Investigative Medicine |
Post-Graduate Training
| Training | Institution | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Internship | Yale-New Haven Hospital | Internal Medicine |
| Residency | Yale-New Haven Hospital | Internal Medicine |
| Fellowship | Yale-New Haven Hospital | Cardiology |
| Fellowship | Yale-New Haven Hospital | Advanced Cardiac Imaging |
Awards
| Name of Award/Honor | Awarding Organization |
|---|---|
| University of Connecticut School of Medicine Distinguished Service Award | CLIC Program |
| Excellence in Teaching Award | UCONN Cardiology Fellowship Program |
| Travel Grant Award | American Society of Echocardiography |
| Diabetes Research and Training Summer Fellowship | |
| Microbes and Defense Honnor Society | |
| Phi Beta Kappa | |
| Magna Cum Laude | |
| Honors in Political Science | |
| Beta Rho Chapter of Phi Sigma Alpha | Political Science National Honor Society |
| National Cancer Institute Research Fellowship | NIH |
| Science, Technology and Research Scholar |
| Name & Description | Category | Role | Type | Scope | Start Year | End Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine | Professional/Scientific Journal | Review Editor | International | 2023 | ||
| Frontiers in Oncology | Professional/Scientific Journal | Review Editor | External | International | 2023 | |
| UCONN Health IRB | Member | UConn Health | University | 2022 | ||
| Scientific Review Panel of medical student research | Education Committee | Reviewer | University | 2017 | 2019 | |
| American Society of Echocardiography | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | 2011 | |
| American College of Cardiology | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | 2009 | |
| American Heart Association | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | 2007 | |
| Journal of the American College of Cardiology | Professional/Scientific Journal | Journal Reviewer | External | International | ||
| Journal of General Internal Medicine | Professional/Scientific Journal | Journal Reviewer | External | International | ||
| International Cardio-Oncology Society | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | International | |||
| Connecticut Chapter of the ACC | Education Committee | State |
Journal Articles
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Outcomes and Predictors of In-hospital Mortality in Nonagenarians with NSTEMI: A Comparison of PCI and Medical Management.
The American journal of cardiology 2025 Dec;26036-43
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Infective Endocarditis as a Complication of a Ventriculoatrial Shunt.
JACC. Case reports 2025 Feb;30(3):103097
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Detection of Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Using Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography.
The American journal of cardiology 2024 Oct;22928-35
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Cardiac and noncardiac biomarkers in patients undergoing anthracycline chemotherapy - a prospective analysis.
Cardio-oncology (London, England) 2023 Apr;9(1):23
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UConn Health Cardio-Oncology Experience: An Observational Study
Connecticut Medicine, The Journal of the Connecticut State Medical Society 2022; 86 (2): 91-98. 2022 Jul;
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Outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients with cancer.
BMC pulmonary medicine 2022 Jan;22(1):11
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Etiology and management of hypertension in patients with cancer.
Cardio-oncology (London, England) 2021 Apr;7(1):14
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Subaortic Membranes in Patients With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Liver Vascular Malformations.
Journal of the American Heart Association 2020 Oct;9(20):e016197
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Patients
Cardio-Oncology 5,7 (2019) 2019 Jul;
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Anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy: The search continues.
Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 2015 Dec;24265-267
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P wave area for quantitative electrocardiographic assessment of left atrial remodeling.
PloS one 2014 Jan;9(6):e99178
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A small molecule AMPK activator protects the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2011 Jul;51(1):24-32
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c-Jun inhibits thapsigargin-induced ER stress through up-regulation of DSCR1/Adapt78.
Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) 2008 Oct;233(10):1289-300
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T cell-intrinsic requirement for NF-kappa B induction in postdifferentiation IFN-gamma production and clonal expansion in a Th1 response.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2003 Aug;171(4):1816-24
Book Chapters
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Onco-Hypertension: Anticancer Therapy-Associated Hypertension. (Invited chapter)
Hypertension: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease, 4th 2024 Feb;
Abstracts
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A769662 Protects the Heart Against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Via the AMPK-eNOS Pathway
Circulation 120S838
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AMP- Activating Protein Kinase Mediates the Cardioprotective Effects of Urocortin via Augmenting Glucose Transport during Myocardial Ischemia
Diabetes 57A403-A404
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AMPK Mediates the Cardioprotective Effects of Urocortin During Myocardial Ischemia
Circulation 118S486
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Ca2+/Calmodulin- Dependent Kinase Kinase B Contributes to AMPK Activation in the Heart Duriing Hypoxia
Cirulation 116II_34
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Ca2+/Camodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase B Activates AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in the Heart
Diabetes 55(1):A12
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Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Inhibits C-jun N Terminal Kinase and Prevents Cardiac Injury During Acute Ischemia Reperfusion
Circulation 118S546
Case Reports
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From Shoulder to Heart: Acute Shoulder Pain Leads to a Diagnosis of Fabry Disease
JACC: Case Reports 2026 Feb;
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Permissive Cardiotoxicity in HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer With Moderate Left Ventricular Dysfunction
JACC: Case Reports 2026 Feb;
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Cerebral Metastasis From Recurrent Atrial Myxoma: A Case Report
Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e949724 2026 Jan;
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Infective Endocarditis as a Complication of a Ventriculoatrial Shunt
JACC: Case Reports 2025 Feb;
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Identification and treatment of midaortic syndrome in an adult patient with orthostatic tachycardia and hypertension: A case report.
Heliyon 2024 Jun;10(11):e32186
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Crochet Leads the Way.
JACC. Case reports 2023 May;13101814
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Case report: Non-thrombotic iliac vein lesion: an unusual cause of unilateral leg swelling in a patient with endometrial carcinoma.
Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine 2023 Jan;101115870
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Ventricular Tachycardia Storm in a Patient Treated With Ibrutinib for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
JACC: CardioOncology 2020 Sep;2(3):523-526
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5-Fluorouracil Rechallenge After Cardiotoxicity.
The American journal of case reports 2020 Aug;21e924446
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Cushing syndrome cardiomyopathy: an unusual manifestation of small-cell lung cancer.
ESC heart failure 2020 Jun;
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Multimodality Imaging of a Right Atrial Cardiac Mass.
Cureus 2019 May;11(5):e4705
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Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma to the heart: an unusual cause of ST elevation
European Heart Journal - Case Reports 2019 Mar;
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Reversible Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Secondary to Pazopanib.
Cureus 2018 Oct;10(10):e3517
Dissertations
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The Regulation and Function of AMPK in the Ischemic Heart
Editorials
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Cardiac, Renal, and Metabolic Overlap: A Public Health Crisis?
Kidney News Online Volume 16: Issue 3 2024 Mar;
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Farooq W and Kim AS. Cardiac, Renal, and Metabolic Overlap: A Public Health Crisis? Kidney News Online Volume 16: Issue 3, 2024 Mar. (Invited Editorial)
2024 Mar;
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Cancer Survivors Shouldn’t Have to Beat Heart Disease Too.
New Haven Register 2018 May;
Letters
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Thakurathi P, Oligino E, and Kim AS. Comment on Ivabradine for the Prevention of Cardiac Dysfunction During Anthracycline-Based Cancer Therapy. JAHA June 9, 2025. https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/comment.20250609.700078/abs/ (Letter to Editor)
2025 Jun;
Reviews
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Stress Cardiomyopathy Syndromes in Cardio-Oncology
Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine (2025) 27:59 2025 Sep;
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Onco-Hypertension in Patients with Kidney Disease.
American journal of nephrology 2024 Mar;
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Cardiovascular disease and lung cancer.
Frontiers in oncology 2024 Jan;141258991
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Management of hypertension in patients with cancer: challenges and considerations.
Clinical kidney journal 2023 Dec;16(12):2336-2348
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Etiology and Management of Dyslipidemia in Patients With Cancer
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine April 2022 Vol. 9 2022 Apr;
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Mediastinal irradiation and valvular heart disease.
Cardio-oncology (London, England) 2022 Apr;8(1):7
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Atrial fibrillation in older adults with cancer.
J Geriatr Cardiol 2022; 19(1): 1-8. 2022 Feb;
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AMP-activated protein kinase: a core signalling pathway in the heart.
Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) 2009 May;196(1):37-53
| Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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| Godin SL, Kingma T, Pillai A, Kholoki O, and Kim AS*. “Cardiovascular immune-related adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A systematic review and meta-summary of case reports.” Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Cardiology 33rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Session, April 2025. | 2025 | |||
| “Interesting Cases of Tricuspid Regurgitation and Right Heart Guidelines Update” Connecticut Society of Echocardiography Conference, May 2025. | Lecture | 2025 | ||
| Thakurathi P, Kim AS, Nanna M, Dahal K, Thapa S, Chi KY, Goldsweig A, Aryal S, McKay R, Lee JY, Thompson P. Effects of PCSK9 inhibitors on morphology of coronary atheroma in patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Clinical Lipidology. Volume 19, Issue 3, Supplement, e107-e108, May-June, 2025. | 2025 | |||
| Thakurathi P, Kim AS, Aryal SS, Dahal K, Chi KY, Thapa S, Mckay RG, Lee JY, Nanna M. Impact of SGLT2 inhibitors on Contrast-Induced Kidney Injury in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A meta-analysis. JSCAI. Volume 4, Issue 5, Supplement, 103381, May 2025. | 2025 | |||
| Thakurathi P, Kim AS, Aryal SS, Dahal K, Chi KY, Thapa S, Mckay RG, Lee JY, Nanna M. Impact of SGLT2 inhibitors on Contrast-Induced Kidney Injury in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A meta-analysis. JSCAI. Volume 4, Issue 5, Supplement, 103381, May 2025. | 2025 | |||
| Farooq W, Kim AS*. Attached to the Band: A Rare Case of Moderator Band Infective Endocarditis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Apr, 85 (12_Supplement) 3660. | 2025 | |||
| Rubio-Ramos C, Kolupoti A, and Kim AS*. Recurrent Delayed Hypertensive Crises with Lenvatinib: A Rare and Prolonged Adverse Event in Cancer Therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Apr, 83 (13_Supplement) 4586 | Poster | ACC | 2024 | |
| Pandey S, Satija V, and Kim AS*. AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF LYME CARDITIS. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Apr, 83 (13_Supplement) 3058 | Poster | ACC | 2024 | |
| Kompella R, Zeman J, Vakil A, Kim MJ, and Kim AS*. Impairment in myocardial deformation: an early marker of diabetic cardiomyopathy? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Apr, 83 (13_Supplement) 1467 | Poster | ACC | 2024 | |
| Infective Endocarditis as a Complication of a Ventriculoatrial Shunt by Siddhant P, Tidwell J, de Carvalho L, Zeman J, Kingma T, Kim AS | Poster | American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting | 2024 | |
| July Effect in Outcomes of Patients Admitted with Pulmonary Embolism: A 5-Year United States Study by Mehta A, Bansai M, Upreti P, Satija V, Kim AS, Vallabahjosyula S. | Poster | SCAI Scientific Sessions. | 2024 | |
| Influence of socio-economic status on the outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism by Mehta A, Bansai M, Upreti P, Kolupoti A, Kim AS, Vallabahjosyula S. | Poster | SCAI Scientific Sessions | 2024 | |
| Prevalence of Statin Use and Dyslipidemia Screening for Secondary Cardiovascular Prevention in Patients with Cancer | Poster | 2023 Advancing the Care of the Oncology Patient | 2023 | Washington DC |
| Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient with Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Lung by Ina Lico, DO, Grace Nichols, Rohan Naik MBBS, Agnes Kim MD. Ph.D | Poster | 2023 Advancing the Care of the Oncology Patient | 2023 | Washington DC |
| Prevalence of Statin Use and Dyslipidemia Screening for Secondary Cardiovascular Prevention in Patients with Cancer | Other | CT Chapter ACC | 2023 | Monroe CT |
| Naik R, Casiero D, Marshall K, VanWie C, Kim A, Liang BT, Chen K. REDUCED RIGHT VENTRICULAR STRAIN IN COVID-19 POSITIVE COLLEGE STUDENT ATHLETES. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Mar 8;79(9):2148. doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(22)03139-4. Epub 2022 Apr 1. PMCID: PMC8972602. | Poster | 2022 | Washington DC | |
| A Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection by Rafae Shaikh, Asiya Tafader, Rohan Naik, and Agnes Kim J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Mar, 79 (9_Supplement) 3389 | Poster | 2022 | Washington DC | |
| Onco-Hypertension: Distinct Approaches to Diagnosing, Monitoring, and Managing Hypertension in Patients with Cancer Presented by : Agnes S. Kim, M.D., Ph.D. Date/Time: August 24, 2022 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM | Lecture | Memorial Sloan Kettering-Cornell Onco-Nephrology Conference | 2022 | Memorial Sloan Kettering-Cornell |
| Session Title: Novel Anticancer Therapies and Hypertension: The Role of the Nephrologist Lecture: Distinct Approaches to Diagnosing, Monitoring, and Managing Hypertension in Patients with Cancer Presented by: Agnes S. Kim, M.D., Ph.D. Date/Time: November 3, 2022 from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM | Lecture | American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2022 | 2022 | American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week conference |
| Constrictive pericarditis in the setting of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue: a rare and ominous condition. Gian Lima, Srinivas Nadadur, and Agnes Kim J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Mar, 79 (9_Supplement) 2668 | Poster | ACC 71st Annual Scientific Session | 2022 | Washington DC |
| Trends of drug use-associated infective endocarditis in the US by G Lima, O Mukarram, and A Kim; American College of Cardiology’s 69th Annual Scientific Session J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Mar, 75 (11_Supplement_1) 2177 | Poster | American College of Cardiology’s 69th Annual Scientific Session | 2020 | Chicago, IL |
| Ventricular Tachycardia Storm in a Patient Treated with Ibrutinib for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia by Anantha Sriharsha Madgula, Meghana Singh, Mansour Almnajam, Agnes S. Kim. American College of Cardiology Cardio-Oncology Conference | Poster | American College of Cardiology Cardio-Oncology Conference | 2020 | Washington, DC |
| Left Behind: The Cardio-Oncology Knowledge Gap among Primary Care Providers. American College of Cardiology Cardio-Oncology Conference | Poster | American College of Cardiology Cardio-Oncology Conference | 2020 | Washington, DC |
| Aortic Dissection in a Patient on Axitinib: Fatal Presentation of a Potential Complication by Anantha Sriharsha Madgula, Maria Camila Trejo Paredes, Agnes S. Kim. American College of Cardiology Cardio-Oncology Conference | Poster | American College of Cardiology Cardio-Oncology Conference | 2020 | Washington, DC |
| 5-FU Rechallenge after Cardiotoxicity by Turab J. Mohammed, Aakash Desai, Mansour Almanajam, Agnes S. Kim. American College of Cardiology Cardio-Oncology Conference | Poster | American College of Cardiology Cardio-Oncology Conference | 2020 | Washington, DC |
| Cancer-associated Pulmonary Embolism Burden in Hospital Admissions in the United States by Khalid Shalaby, Adriana Kahn, Elizabeth Silver, Kathir Balakumaran, Agnes S. Kim. Society of General Internal Medicine's New England Regional Meeting | Other | Society of General Internal Medicine's New England Regional Meeting | 2019 | Boston, MA |
| Lymphoma-Associated Pulmonary Embolism Burden in Hospital Admissions in the United States by Khalid Shalaby, MBBCh, Adriana Kahn, MD, Elizabeth Silver, Kathir Balakumaran, MD and Agnes S. Kim, MD, PhD. American Society of Hematology 61st Annual Meeting and Exposition | Poster | American Society of Hematology 61st Annual Meeting and Exposition | 2019 | Orlando, FL |
| Rural versus Urban Areas: Mortality Differences in the United States Among Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Gian Lima, Kathir Balakumaran, and Agnes Kim. American Heart Association | Poster | American Heart Association | 2019 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Cardio-Oncology Service: Our Experience at the University of Connecticut. ACC’s Advancing the Care of the Oncology Patient Jan 25-27, 2019 | Poster | ACC’s Advancing the Care of the Oncology Patient Jan 25-27, 2019 | 2019 | Washington, DC |
| The Cardio-Oncology Education Gap. ACC’s Advancing the Care of the Oncology Patient Jan 25-27, 2019 | Poster | ACC’s Advancing the Care of the Oncology Patient Jan 25-27, 2019 | 2019 | Washington, DC |
| Assessment of Cardiac Abnormalities in Sickle Cell Disease by Echocardiography. CT Chapter of American College of Cardiology | Poster | CT Chapter of American College of Cardiology | 2019 | Monroe, CT |
| Cardio-Oncology Update | Season 4 of the VISN 1 VA ECHO Cancer Care Conference | 2019 | West Haven, CT | |
| Assessment of Cardiac Abnormalities in Sickle Cell Disease Patients Using Echocardiography by Osama Mukarram, MD, Gian Lima, MD, Samuel Crooks, BA, Min Jung Kim, PhD, Agnes S Kim, MD PhD. American Society of Hematology 2019 | Other | 2019 | Orlando, FL | |
| Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma to the Heart: Unusual Cause of ST-Segment Elevation on ECG. CT Chapter of the American College of Cardiology | Poster | CT Chapter of the American College of Cardiology | 2018 | Monroe, CT |
| Cardio-Oncology: Improving the Cardiovascular Health of the Oncology Patient | Talk | 31st Annual Charter Oak Conference. Connecticut Academy of PAs | 2018 | Groton, CT |
| Quit Breaking My Heart; 5-Fluorouracil Associated Cardiomyopathy; Zawadzka SM, Kim A, Hedge UP. | Poster | Society for General Internal Medicine | 2017 | Washington, DC |