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Yuli Y Kim, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
11th Floor, South Pavilion
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-5127
Education:
BA
Georgetown University, 1995.
MD
University of Virginia, 2001.
Post-Graduate Training
Intramural Research Training Award Fellowship, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 2001-2002.
Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2002-2005.
Fellowship, Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic, 2005-2008.
Senior Fellowship, Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension, Children's Hospital Boston, 2008-2010.
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2005.
National Board of Echocardiography, ASCeXAM Certified, Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography, 2008.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 2008.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, 2017.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease Maintenance of Certification , 2019.
National Board of Echocardiography, ReASCE, Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography, 2019.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Adult congenital heart disease

Description of Research Expertise

Congenital heart disease
Echocardiography, adult congenital heart disease

Selected Publications

Vaikunth SS, Farkar I, Baxelbaum K, Opotowsky A, Funk H, Dodeja AK, Kim YY, Gaydos SS, Hernandez C, Wu F, Pantalone J, Saef J, Kafalas M, : Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 inhibitors in ACHD: Cardiac, Hepatic and Renal Effects. 35th Aunnual Internation Symposium on ACHD. Cincinnati, Ohio June 2026.

Zaidi AN, Sachdeva R, Kovacs R, Franklin WJ, Gurvitz M, Ermis P, Awerbach JD, Weissman G, Bradley E, Cox D, Daniel, CJ, Gregg D IV, Khan A, Lin JP, Markham LW, Kim YY, Smith C, Salahuddin A, Frank LH, Krieger EV, Warnes CA : Adult Congenital Heart Disease Workforce Challenges in the United States: Current State and Future Needs. JACC: Advances 5(5), May 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.102776

Meldrum D, Smood B, Toubat O, Nitsche L, Farkas I, Bontrager C, Eron M, Devlin P, Kim YY, Gaynor W, Fuller S : Contemporary Outcomes of Primary Repair and Reoperation of Atrioventricular Septal Defects in Adults. 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Philadelphia, PA April 2026 Notes: Oral presentation.

Freddo A, Eron M, Mondal A, Tomlinson A, Denduluri S, Farkas I, Partington S, Ruckdeschel E, Tsao A, Mavroudis C, Nuri M, Fuller S, Ortega-Legaspi, J., Kim YY, Vaikunth S: Changes in Pharmacotherapy in Adults with Fontan Circulation and Associations with Outcomes. Int J Cardiol: CHD April 2026 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcchd.2026.100681

Gurvitz M, Krieger EV, Fuller S, Davis LL, Kittleson MM, Aboulhosn JA, Bradley EA, Buber J, Daniels CJ, Dimopoulos K, Egbe A, Geoffrion TR, John A, Khairy P, Kim YY, Kreutzer J, Lewis MJ, Menachem JN, Moore JP, Osteen KA, Parikh PB, Saidi A, Salciccioli KB, Schunder RL, Valente AM, Wald RM.: 2025 ACC/AHA/HRS/ISACHD/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol 87: 822-976, Feb 2026.

Kim YY, Ganger D, Tomlinson AZ, Farkas IZ, Rychik J, Imperial J, McRae MP, Everson GT, Hoteit MA.: Hepatic Cholate Clearance as Assessed by HepQuant-SHUNT is Predictive of Clinical Outcomes in Individuals with Fontan Circulation. Int J Cardiol: CHD January 2026 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcchd.2026.100654.

Kim YY, Cupp C, Simanonok M, McGrath L, Steiner J, Grewal J, Yuan S, Nicolarsen J : Barriers to Care in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Multi-Center AARCC Study. American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions. New Orleans, LA 2026.

Ginde S, Conrardy RD, Wu F, Valente AM, Kim YY, Agarwal A, Rodriguez FH III, Snow S, Grewal J, Krishnamurthy Y, Awerbach J, Hoskoppal A, Madison Earing, Michael Earing, Cedars AM, Ermis PR, Nicolarsen JR, Jameson SM, Saidi A, Zaidi AN, Andrews J, Sparapani R, Cohen S : Impact of Pregnancy on Long-Term Health Outcomes in Women with Fontan Circulation. American College of Cardiology Scientific Session. New Orleans, LA. 2026 Notes: Poster.

Schreier M, Marenco A, Dibiasio N, Naeem M, Carvajal V, Leonard J, Tomlinson A, Vaikunth S, Kim YY, Dodds K, Rand E, Goldberg D, Rychik J.: Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase and Adverse Outcomes in the Fontan Circulation. 29th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease. Scottsdale, AZ. 2026 Notes: Oral presentation.

Fogel M, Ferrari V, Rossano J.: Foundations of CMR – A Level I.5 Workshop. Foundations of CMR Workshop 2026 Notes: A Level 1.5 Course Workshop Moderator.

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