Dr. Kim Tasked to Develop an Integrative Medicine Program through Cancer Patient Support Services at Miami Cancer Institute

Tyrone, GA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/01/2016 -- After many years of treating patients with evidenced based integrative medicine, Dr. Yoon Hang John Kim will be taking his talents to South Florida to join the Miami Cancer Institute. Dr. Kim is tasked with developing an evidence-based integrative medicine practice at the Institute, reflective of the integration of conventional medicine and integrative medicine. His practice will utilize evidence-based health and medicine modalities including but not limited to: acupuncture, massage therapy, meditation, and yoga.

The Miami Cancer Institute is part of Baptist Health South Florida, which is comprised of seven of Florida's best hospitals: Baptist Hospital of Miami, Baptist Children's Hospital, Doctor's Hospital, Homestead Hospital, Mariners Hospital, South Miami Hospital, and West Kendall Baptist Hospital.

With 15,000 employees and 2,200 physicians in virtually all specialties, Baptist Health is known for its extensive medical experience, making it South Florida's world-class healthcare organizations. As one of America's largest, most visionary healthcare organizations, it contains 45+ outpatient facilities and physician offices, 6 pioneering Centers of Excellence, and exceptional Sports Medicine Services for major sports programs including the Miami Heat, Miami Dolphins, Florida International University, and more.

"I am extremely excited and humbled to join such an esteemed group at the Miami Cancer Institute, and I am looking forward to helping their program grow and utilize integrative medicine in exciting ways," expressed Dr. Kim. He continued, saying "This $430 million center is incredible, and I cannot wait for this next chapter to begin."

The state-of-the-art Miami Cancer Institute features cutting-edge research, clinical trials and technology, including the only proton therapy treatment in South Florida. The research building is an astounding 140,000 square feet, housing an extensive clinical trial team on a dedicated floor, a genomic medicine laboratory, additional clinical space for bone marrow transplant patients, and a unique outpatient palliative care clinic, among other services.

About Dr. Kim
Georgia Integrative Medicine Founder Yoon Hang John Kim, MD has been practicing integrative medicine and acupuncture since 1999. As a residential fellow at the University of Arizona, he trained with Dr. Andrew Weil, a world-renowned leader in the field of integrative medicine. As an integrative health consultant to hospitals, academic institutions, and clinicians, Dr. Kim has established numerous integrative medicine practices. He is the founder of the Integrative Health Studies Certificate Program at the University of West Georgia, where he has also taught. He is the author of more than 20 articles on integrative medicine. During his studies at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Kim was named a Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellow. In addition to preventive medicine training from University of California, San Diego, Dr. Kim completed the UCLA Medical Acupuncture Training Program for Physicians and holds a Master's in public health (MPH) from San Diego State University.

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Atlanta-based Physician Shares the History, Background, Effectiveness, and Future of LDN in New Book Set for December Release

Tyrone, GA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/19/2016 -- This December will see the release of an insightful new book entitled "Understanding Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) Therapy: Reversing Autoimmune Illnesses and Other Chronic Diseases". Written by Georgia-based physician Yoon Hang "John" Kim MD, the book – as the title would suggest – focuses on Low Dose Naltrexone in terms of its history, its effectiveness for treating various illnesses, and the science behind it.

Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) therapy is popular and is growing in an ever-widening range of applications. Many "anti-aging" practices prescribe LDN to almost all their patients. Growing public awareness has helped spread the word more each and every day.

Dr. Kim's book is a result of his own efforts to develop a deeper understanding of LDN therapy. The book is written in a bit of a hybrid format – one that can be easily understood, while also providing references from the research literature.

"I was first introduced to LDN by a patient who recommended my researching the effect of LDN on autoimmune condition," shared Dr. Kim. "The results of my initial review of literature on LDN therapy indicated more potential benefit than potential harm. Subsequently, I made the decision to prescribe LDN. As a result of starting LDN therapy, the patient achieved remission from her autoimmune disease. In addition, LDN therapy may have provided protection from miscarriage, which she had suffered prior to LDN, and also may have helped the patient to get pregnant while taking LDN. When her autoimmune illness returned after delivery, we were able to use LDN therapy to successfully treat her autoimmune condition."

Today, pharmaceutical companies are beginning to show interest in combining LDN with conventional medications. The pharmaceutical companies' interest in LDN will hopefully result in more LDN research studies.

Dr. Kim is passionate about affordability and effectiveness of LDN therapy and his book is both a tribute to the past and present successes of LDN, as well as a way of looking towards a future in which it can help many more get the care they need.

About Dr. Kim
Yoon Hang John Kim, M.D. graduated in the last class of Dr. Andrew Weil's two-year residential integrative medicine fellowship. After graduating from the fellowship, Dr. Kim worked as an integrative medicine consultant to San Francisco Bay Area institutions. After relocating to Georgia, he founded Georgia Integrative Medicine near Atlanta, Georgia. His efforts to create a community of healers is documented in his book, Tao of Healing: A Story of Georgia Integrative Medicine (available at Amazon.com). His contributions include authoring twenty articles on acupuncture and integrative medicine. He founded the Integrative Health Certificate Program at the University of West Georgia where he taught as an adjunct professor. Dr. Kim graduated from Beloit College where he benefited immensely from a liberal arts education while pursuing a degree in chemistry. During his studies at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Kim received the Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellowship. After graduating from medical school, he completed internship in the Family Medicine Residency Program. He graduated from the Preventive Medicine Residency Program at the University of California, San Diego. In addition, Dr. Kim holds a master's degree in public health (MPH) from San Diego State University. While completing his integrative medicine fellowship at University of Arizona, Dr. Kim was awarded with an Osher Fellowship. Dr. Kim completed the UCLA Medical Acupuncture Training Program for Physicians and has expertise in treating chronic and debilitating pain. Dr. Kim currently serves as an integrative medicine physician at Georgia Integrative Medicine where he helps patients with complex medical conditions such as autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, and cancer. He has also developed a highly effective pain program utilizing neuroanatomical acupuncture.

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Dr. Yoon Hang Kim of Georgia Integrative Medicine Finds a Powerful Ally in Low-Dose Naltrexone for Patients with Cancer, Autoimmune Disease, CNS Disorder

Tyrone, GA -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/14/2016 -- The many difficulties that come with a diagnosis of cancer, autoimmune diseases, or central nervous disorders is something that no one signs up for. Finding effective, affordable treatments can prove to be an extremely challenging task. One particular option that has shown tremendous promise is Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN). The treatment checks both boxes, being cost-efficient and very effective. It is currently being used by Dr. Yoon Hang Kim of Georgia Integrative Medicine, and has been around for some time. More recently, a larger body of research has emerged to support it and encourage its broader use within the medical community.

Naltrexone was originally approved by the FDA in 1984 to block the effect of heroin or opium in addicts and LDN treatment has since gone on to shown efficacy in over 1,000 cases. Naltrexone works by blocking the body's opioid receptors as well as by blocking the reception of beta-endorphin and metenkephalin, which are created by the brain and adrenal glands. The body's endorphin and enkephalins have receptors on many of the body's tissues including almost every cell of the immune system. After administration, Low-Dose Naltrexone empowers the body's own immune system which is comparable to putting one's own personal natural defense system into high gear.

It was in 1985, however, that Naltrexone's real potential was discovered when Bernard Bihari, MD found that a low dose of naltrexone taken at night had a positive response in the body's immune system. His research showed that LDN would increase a patient's response to infection by HIV. Dr. Bihari continued using LDN as an alternative treatment and, in the mid-1990s, he discovered that cancer patients could also benefit, dramatically in certain cases, from LDN. Dr. Bihari also found that patients with autoimmune diseases (like lupus) would exhibit prompt control of disease activity when using LDN therapy.

Today, LDN is a treatment that is inexpensive, easy to use/administer to patients and also provides a therapy for cancer patients and those with autoimmune diseases with virtually no side effects (with the primary exception of some patients having difficulty sleeping during the first week of treatment). LDN could make a tremendous impact on those that cannot afford another type of treatment, especially in the developing world.

"We are excited to see an ever-growing constituency in support of LDN as we know that it has the potential to help so many who are suffering," shared Dr. Kim of Georgia Integrative Medicine. "The reason why I pursued medicine in the first place was to find the most effective and economical solutions for those who face disease and deal with pain on a daily basis. With my background, training, and the kind of practice I have cultivated over the years, we are able to draw from both conventional medicine as well as preventive, medical acupuncture, and integrative medicine and apply the treatment that works best for the individual patient versus forcing them to be treated under just one umbrella as the latter often unknowingly circumvents healing."

To learn more about Low-Dose Naltrexone Treatment as well as the other services offered by Dr. Kim, visit georgiaintegrativemedicine.com or call 678-814-1333 today.

About Dr. Kim
Georgia Integrative Medicine Founder Yoon Hang John Kim, MD has been practicing integrative medicine and acupuncture since 1999. As a residential fellow at the University of Arizona, he trained with Dr. Andrew Weil, a world-renowned leader in the field of integrative medicine. As an integrative health consultant to hospitals, academic institutions, and clinicians, Dr. Kim has established numerous integrative medicine practices. He is founder of the Integrative Health Studies Certificate Program at the University of West Georgia, where he has also taught. He is the author of more than 20 articles on integrative medicine. During his studies at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Kim was named a Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellow. After graduating, he undertook a residency in the Preventive Medicine Residency Program at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Kim completed the UCLA Medical Acupuncture Training Program for Physicians and holds a master's degree in public health (MPH) from San Diego State University.

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