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Board-Certified Endocrinologist ยท Sugar Land & Houston, TX

Dr. Jongoh Kim

MD ยท Internal Medicine & Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Top Endocrinologist in Houston by America's Best Doctors โ€” dedicated to being your Health Companion.

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★ Fellowship, Baylor / MD Anderson★ Former Asst. Professor, Baylor★ English ยท Korean
Dr. Jongoh KimEnglish ยท ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด
ABIMDouble board-certified
BaylorFellowship & faculty
2019Founded Diabetes Plus Clinic
KoreanAlso speaks
About

Your health companion

He sees his mission as being a health companion to patients โ€” easily accessible, with quality, patient-centered care.

Dr. Jongoh Kim earned his medical degree from Seoul National University College of Medicine in South Korea. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia and a fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Baylor College of Medicine / MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. His fellowship training spanned Texas Children's Hospital, Ben Taub/Harris County Hospital, the Houston VA Medical Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and St. Luke's Hospital.

Dr. Kim is double board-certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism by the American Board of Internal Medicine. His primary clinical interests include thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pituitary, and sex hormone conditions, as well as bone disorders, calcium disorders, and osteoporosis.

Patients find Dr. Kim to be caring, kind, approachable, and thorough. He sees his mission as being a health companion to patients by being easily accessible and providing them with quality, patient-centered care.

After completing his fellowship, Dr. Kim joined the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Medicine (2014โ€“2018), where he led diabetes and endocrine practice and educated physicians in training. He subsequently served as Physician II at the University of Texas Medical Branch (2018โ€“2019), before founding Diabetes Plus Clinic PLLC in Houston in 2019.

Dr. Kim is actively involved in medical education, regularly teaching residents at the Memorial Hermann Family Medicine Residency Program and supervising medical students from the University of Houston College of Medicine. He is deeply committed to organized medicine and physician leadership, and is an active member of the Texas Medical Association, the Harris County Medical Society, and the Fort Bend County Medical Society.

Research & publications

Contributing to the evidence

Selected publications from Dr. Kim's research in diabetes, insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk.

  • Genetic prediction of type 2 diabetes using deep neural network. Kim J, Kim J, Kwak MJ, Bajaj M. Clin Genet, 2018;93(4):822โ€“829. PMID: 29136281
  • Proinsulin-producing, hyperglycemia-induced adipose tissue macrophages underlie insulin resistance in high fat-fed diabetic mice. Buras ED et al. FASEB J, 2015;29(8):3537โ€“3548. PMID: 25953849
  • Cardiovascular effects of incretin therapy in diabetes care. Kim J, Samson SL. Metab Syndr Relat Disord 2014;12(6):303โ€“310. PMID: 24842063
  • Emerging role of hematopoietic cells in diabetes. Kojima H, Kim J, Chan L. Trends Endocrinol Metabol 2014;25(4):178โ€“187. PMID: 24507996
  • The risk for coronary heart disease according to insulin resistance with and without type 2 diabetes. Kim J, Chae YK, Chernoff A. Endocr Res 2013;38(4):195โ€“205. PMID: 23425058
Education & training

Training

  • 2019Founded Diabetes Plus Clinic PLLCHouston, TX
  • 2018โ€“2019Physician IIUniversity of Texas Medical Branch
  • 2014โ€“2018Assistant Professor of MedicineBaylor Clinic / Baylor College of Medicine
  • 2014Fellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes & MetabolismBaylor College of Medicine / MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • 2011Residency, Internal MedicineAlbert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2004MDSeoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
Credentials

Certification & affiliations

Certification

Awards & memberships

  • Top Endocrinologist in Houston โ€” America's Best Doctors
  • Texas Medical Association
  • Harris County Medical Society
  • Fort Bend County Medical Society

Hospital affiliations

Where to see Dr. Kim

Offices & schedule

Mon ยท Wed

Sugar Land

217 Promenade Way, Suite 501
Sugar Land, TX 77479

Our main office in the Citadel Office Park, Building 5.

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Tue ยท Fri

Memorial City, Houston

915 Gessner Rd., Suite 300
Medical Office Building 3
Houston, TX 77024

In the Memorial City medical campus.

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Outside the clinic

Family first

A resident of Pearland, Dr. Kim is married and the father of two children. When away from his practice, his favorite activity is spending time with his family.

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