Hyen-taik Kimm
Hyen-taik Kimm (7 March 1904 – 4 September 1990) was a Korean-Chinese physician that specialized in oncology.[note 1] In China, he is remembered as the "Father of Chinese Oncology" for his many pioneering contributions to the field in the country as a researcher, educator, and practitioner. He was the first oncologist in China, created the first Chinese oncology journal, the Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology,[note 2] and the first Chinese oncologist organization, the Anti-Cancer Society of China.[note 3]
Hyen-taik Kimm | |||||||
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Kimm in the 1930s | |||||||
| Born | 7 March 1904 | ||||||
| Died | 4 September 1990 (aged 86) | ||||||
| Resting place | Tianjin, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Peking Union Medical College | ||||||
| Spouse | Wu Peiqiu (吴佩球) | ||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Oncology | ||||||
| Institutions | Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 金显宅 | ||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||
| Hangul | 김현택 | ||||||
| Hanja | 金显宅 | ||||||
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In 1937, Kimm and C. Szeto made the first description of Kimura's disease.
Early life and education edit
Kimm was born on 7 March 1904 in Seoul, Korean Empire to an ethnic Korean family. In 1919, Kimm participated in the nationwide March 1st Movement protests against the Japanese colonial occupation of Korea. In order to evade arrest, he was sent by his father to Shanghai, China, where Kimm's older brother operated a clinic.[1]
His older brother funded his education at an American Baptist school in Shanghai. Later,[when?] Kimm enrolled in pre-medical studies at the University of Shanghai. In 1926, he was admitted to Peking Union Medical College, which was founded by the Rockefeller Foundation in Beijing in 1921. Kimm obtained his Chinese citizenship in 1930 and obtained his American Doctor of Medicine degree in 1931.[2][3][1]
Career edit
Kimm became a physician of Peking Union Medical College Hospital after graduation. In 1933, American doctors there created the first cancer ward in China. Kimm became a lead oncologist of the ward next year, making him the first Chinese person to study and practice oncology.
In 1937, he was sent to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York to study pathology under James Ewing. Around this time, he and C. Szeto published the first description of Kimura's disease.[4][5] For this paper and others he published in English, Kim maintained his Korean identity by writing his name in English as "Hyen-taik Kimm" or "H.T. Kimm".[6][1]
One year later, he went to Chicago to study clinical oncology, focusing on radiation oncology and surgical oncology. In 1939, he returned to Beijing and was promoted to the director of the cancer ward and appointed as associate professor.[3][2][1]
In 1941, after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese occupied the American-operated Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing. Kimm and his Chinese colleagues were forced to move to Tianjin. In 1945, after the end of World War II, he went to study in Chicago for more than one year.[3][2]
In 1951, the government of China took over the Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital established by John Kenneth MacKenzie in Tianjin. One year later, Kimm established the first cancer ward there,[1] and later turned the hospital into one that specialized in cancer treatments.[7][8]
From 1954, at the request of the China Ministry of Health, he began to offer oncology training programs annually to nationally selected physicians. Many of his students later turned into leading oncologists throughout the country.[2][9]
He joined the Chinese Communist Party at the age of 81 and led the establishment of the China Anti-Cancer Association (CACA) around this time.[1]
Death and legacy edit
Kimm died of sepsis on 4 September 1990, in Tianjin.
He was called the "Father of Chinese Oncology" for his contributions to the study of oncology in China at the Tianjin Academic Exchange Conference in 1989.[1] In 1994, a bronze statue of him was erected at Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital.[10][11][12] In 2004, the Chinese government issued a stamp in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth.[1]
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References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sohn, Taek-gyoon (23 June 2005). "'中 종양의학의 아버지' 故 김현택교수 탄생 100돌" ['China Father of Oncology' Historic Professor Kim Hyeon-taek birth 100th anniversary]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d 王世铎 (2005年). ""中国肿瘤之父"金显宅". 《天津科技年鉴》. 方志出版社.
- ^ a b c 王德元 (13 March 2006). . 光明网. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ^ Lee, Chih-Chun; Chang, Sing-Ya; Teng, Wen-Chieh; Wu, Chih-Ju; Liu, Chi-Hung; Huang, Szu-Wei; Wu, Chiao-En; Yu, Kuang-Hui; Chan, Tien-Ming (21 April 2023). "Coexisting Nodular Sclerosis Hodgkin Lymphoma and Kimura's Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review". International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24 (8): 7666. doi:10.3390/ijms24087666. ISSN 1422-0067. PMC 10146151. PMID 37108825.
- ^ Kimm, H. T.; Van Allen, C. M. (1 December 1933). "Fate of Bronchial Ligatures". Experimental Biology and Medicine. 31 (3): 328–329. doi:10.3181/00379727-31-7113P. ISSN 1535-3702. S2CID 87037772.
- ^ Peiping Union Medical College Hospital Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1939-40 (PDF), 1940, p. 9, retrieved 6 May 2023
- ^ . Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ . 《天津工人报》. 21 January 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019.
- ^ . CCTV. 22 April 2004. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019.
- ^ "纪念金显宅教授诞辰九十周年学术报告会,金显宅教授铜像落成典礼和金显宅抗癌基金会建立三项活动将于1994年4月17日在津举行". 《中国肿瘤临床》. 09. 1993.
- ^ . CCTV. 22 April 2004. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019.
- ^ . CCTV. 22 April 2004. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019.