In the field of head and neck surgery and oncology, Professor Kim tackles a wide range of cancers, from those affecting the salivary glands to ones involving the throat and voice box. He doesn't just deal with medicine's most dramatic cases, though. Thanks to his extensive work with a team of experts, he can resolve relatively simple and straightforward matters of the voice and swallowing; he can also perform life-altering reconstructions — as in, the "rebuilding" of a person's throat — sometimes also using a person's own tissues, a method that offers significant advantages over the use of synthetic materials in terms of both function and appearance.
Professor Dae Kim is currently a Consultant ENT, Head & Neck and Thyroid Surgeon at The Royal Marsden Hospital (Chelsea) London. He has over 25-years’ experience in treating a wide range of ear and hearing problems, as well as nasal and sinus problems.
The unique combination of extensive clinical experience within major centres of excellence, involvement in national and international committees and a strong academic career ensures that he is able to be up-to-date with the latest medical literature and ‘best-evidence’ to support medical reports of the highest quality.
Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
• Thyroid Surgery
• Thyroid Cancer
• Parathyroid surgery
• Hyperparathyroidism
Areas of expertise include:
Ear, Nose & Throat Problems
• General ENT problems
• Hearing loss
• Tinnitus
• Dizziness
• Nasal conditions and surgery
• Sinus problems
Head & Neck Surgery and Oncology
• Head & Neck Cancer (including salivary, larynx & pharynx cancers)
• Thyroid Cancer
• Voice disorders
• Swallowing disorders
• Breathing Disorders (of throat).
Professor Dae Kim has extensive medicolegal experience & training
Professor Kim is a ‘surgeon-scientist’, and after comprehensive research training at Harvard University and Birmingham University (for which he was awarded a PhD and the prestigious 'Syme Medal' by the Royal College of Surgeons), he continues to undertake an active research program in thyroid cancer/surgery. This includes studies into the role of immunotherapy in aggressive thyroid cancers, circulating DNA as a novel biomarker (known as ‘liquid biopsy’), qualitative research in surgical outcomes and patient experience. He supervises several MD/PhD research fellows as part of a wider research program at the Institute of Cancer Research, working closely with Dr Kate Newbold and Professor Kevin Harrington. He has been awarded more than £2.5 Million in research funds, and furthermore, he was recently successful in being awarded a major NIHR HTA grant for a multi-centre clinical trial in thyroid cancer (Chief Investigator - HoT Trial).
He has a clinical interest in 'scarless' robotic and minimally-invasive endoscopic thyroid surgery. After an advanced thyroid and parathyroid surgery fellowship at the Toronto General Hospital and the Mount Sinai Hospital, he further trained to perform 'keyhole' thyroid and parathyroid surgery under the pioneers of this technique (Professors David Terris (USA) and Paulo Miccoli (Italy)), and robotic ‘scarless’ thyroid surgery under Prof Chung (Korea). More recently, Professor Kim aims to develop and offer the latest 'Scarless’ Trans-oral Thyroid Surgery' at the Royal Marsden.
Prof Kim contributes to several international textbooks in head & neck and thyroid surgery. He is an invited faculty member in several international training courses and surgical societies including the World Thyroid Congress, International Robotic Surgery Symposium and the Asia-Pacific Society Thyroid Surgery. He is currently a Council member of the Royal Society of Medicine (Laryngology & Rhinology), National Institute of Cancer Research (Thyroid group) and advises the National Institute of Clinical Excellence.
