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Heakyung Kim, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor and Chair, Dept of PM&R, Kimberly Clark Distinguished Chair in Mobility Research, UTSW
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Heakyung Kim, MD serves as Professor and Chair of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Chair in Mobility Research at the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center in Dallas, Texas in the United States of America. Dr. Kim joined UTSW since May 01, 2022. She is board certified Pediatric Physiatrist and Brain Injury Medicine specialist.
She specializes in single event multilevel chemoneurolysis (SEMLC) with botulinum toxin and phenol/alcohol injections, botulinum toxin injections to salivary glands, and sexuality and pain management in children and adults with cerebral palsy. Her research interests focus on people with cerebral palsy, especially spasticity and drooling management with botulinum toxin, robotic therapy and exercise for spastic muscles in children with cerebral palsy and lifespan care for people with cerebral palsy including sexuality. She is nationally and internationally regarded as an expert in pediatric rehabilitation medicine, especially care for people with cerebral palsy including pain and spasticity management and botulinum toxin injections to salivary glands. She is also renowned sonographer for muscles and nerves. She is a World Health Organization (WHO) member of development group to prepare a package of rehabilitation intervention for people with cerebral palsy. She has been actively providing remote teaching on MSK ultrasound via YouTube during COVID pandemic. She has been selected as Chair of Global Academic Physiatry Subcommittee (GAPS) of Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) since 2023 to address the global needs of physiatry training, especially with respect to developing nations.

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