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Sungjune Kim, MD, PhD

 
Specialty: Radiation Oncology
Program: Radiation Oncology

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Overview

As the section chief for hematologic malignancy in the department of radiation oncology, Dr. Kim's clinical interests are treatment of patients with lymphoma and leukemia with radiation therapy. He is conducting a number of clinical research projects to improve management of lymphoma patients. Additionally, he has non-site specific interest in combining radiation therapy with immunotherapy, in particular melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma and CNS malignancies.


Education & Training

Residency:

  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center/USF - Radiation Oncology

Medical School:

  • Vanderbilt University - MD, PhD
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Publications

  • Falahat R, Berglund A, Perez-Villarroel P, Putney RM, Hamaidi I, Kim S, Pilon-Thomas S, Barber GN, Mulé JJ. Epigenetic state determines the in vivo efficacy of STING agonist therapy. Nat Commun. 2023 Mar.14(1):1573. Pubmedid: 36949064. Pmcid: PMC10033671.
  • Liveringhouse CL, Latifi K, Asous AG, Lam NB, Rosenberg SA, Dilling TJ, MacMillan GV, Chiappori AA, Haura EB, Creelan B, Gray JE, Tanvetyanon T, Shafique MR, Saltos AN, Weiner AA, Clarke J, Kelsey CR, Kim S, Caudell JJ, Rose TA, Conejo-Garcia JR, Li J, Schell MJ, Antonia SJ, Perez BA. Dose Limiting Pulmonary Toxicity in a Phase 1/2 Study of Radiation and Chemotherapy with Ipilimumab Followed by Nivolumab for Patients With Stage 3 Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Jan. Pubmedid: 36657497.
  • Kim S, Wuthrick E, Blakaj D, Eroglu Z, Verschraegen C, Thapa R, Mills M, Dibs K, Liveringhouse C, Russell J, Caudell JJ, Tarhini A, Markowitz J, Kendra K, Wu R, Chen DT, Berglund A, Michael L, Aoki M, Wang MH, Hamaidi I, Cheng P, de la Iglesia J, Slebos RJ, Chung CH, Knepper TC, Moran-Segura CM, Nguyen JV, Perez BA, Rose T, Harrison L, Messina JL, Sondak VK, Tsai KY, Khushalani NI, Brohl AS. Combined nivolumab and ipilimumab with or without stereotactic body radiation therapy for advanced Merkel cell carcinoma: a randomised, open label, phase 2 trial. Lancet. 2022 Sep.400(10357):1008-1019. Pubmedid: 36108657. Pmcid: PMC9533323.
  • Hamaidi I, Kim S. Sirtuins are crucial regulators of T cell metabolism and functions. Exp Mol Med. 2022 Mar.54(3):207-215. Pubmedid: 35296782. Pmcid: PMC8979958.
  • Bekker RA, Kim S, Pilon-Thomas S, Enderling H. Mathematical modeling of radiotherapy and its impact on tumor interactions with the immune system. Neoplasia. 2022 Jun.28:100796. Pubmedid: 35447601. Pmcid: PMC9043662.
  • Kutuk T, Grass GD, Oliver D, Mokhtari S, Sahebjam S, Kim S, Penagaricano J, Yu HM, Tran N, Etame A, Peterson JL, Forsyth P, Robinson T. Revisiting the Concept of Recurrence of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas After Complete Response to Methotrexate-Based Therapy: Periventricular Reseeding as the Predominant Mechanism of Recurrence. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2022 Jul.7(4):100940. Pubmedid: 35814853. Pmcid: PMC9260129.
  • Martin AL, Powell C, Nagy MZ, Innamarato P, Powers J, Nichols D, Anadon CM, Chaurio RA, Kim S, Wang MH, Gong B, Wang X, Scheutz TJ, Antonia SJ, Conejo-Garcia JR, Perez BA. Anti-4-1BB immunotherapy enhances systemic immune effects of radiotherapy to induce B and T cell-dependent anti-tumor immune activation and improve tumor control at unirradiated sites. Cancer Immunol Immun. 2022 Dec. Pubmedid: 36469096.
  • Kim M, Vu NT, Wang X, Bulut GB, Wang MH, Uram-Tuculescu C, Pillappa R, Kim S, Chalfant CE. Caspase 9b Drives Cellular Transformation, Lung Inflammation, and Lung Tumorigenesis. Mol Cancer Res. 2022 Aug.20(8):1284-1294. Pubmedid: 35412615. Pmcid: PMC9356980.
  • Berglund A, Muenyi C, Siegel EM, Ajidahun A, Eschrich SA, Wong D, Hendrick LE, Putney RM, Kim S, Hayes DN, Shibata D. Characterization of Epigenomic Alterations in HPV16+ Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 Apr.31(4):858-869. Pubmedid: 35064062. Pmcid: PMC8983563.
  • Ahmed KA, Kim Y, Arrington JA, Kim S, DeJesus M, Soyano AE, Armaghani AJ, Costa RLB, Khong HT, Loftus LS, Rosa M, Caudell JJ, Diaz R, Robinson TJ, Etame AB, Tran ND, Sahebjam S, Soliman HH, Czerniecki BJ, Forsyth PA, Yu HM, Han HS. Nivolumab and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Patients With Breast Cancer Brain Metastases: A Nonrandomized, Open-Label Phase 1b Study. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2021 Sep.6(6):100798. Pubmedid: 34934864. Pmcid: PMC8655428.
  • Berglund A, Putney RM, Hamaidi I, Kim S. Epigenetic dysregulation of immune-related pathways in cancer: bioinformatics tools and visualization. Exp Mol Med. 2021 May.53(5):761-771. Pubmedid: 33963293. Pmcid: PMC8178403.
  • Yuan Z, Fernandez D, Dhillon J, Abraham-Miranda J, Awasthi S, Kim Y, Zhang J, Jain R, Serna A, Pow-Sang JM, Poch M, Li R, Manley B, Fink A, Naghavi A, Torres-Roca JF, Grass GD, Kim S, Latifi K, Hunt D, Johnstone PAS, Yamoah K. Proof-of-principle Phase I results of combining nivolumab with brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy for Grade Group 5 prostate cancer: safety, feasibility, and exploratory analysis. Prostate Cancer P D. 2021 Mar.24(1):140-149. Pubmedid: 32651467. Pmcid: PMC7882397.
  • Perez BA, Kim S, Wang M, Karimi AM, Powell C, Li J, Dilling TJ, Chiappori A, Latifi K, Rose T, Lannon A, MacMillan G, Saller J, Grass GD, Rosenberg S, Gray J, Haura E, Creelan B, Tanvetyanon T, Saltos A, Shafique M, Boyle TA, Schell MJ, Conejo-Garcia JR, Antonia SJ. Prospective Single-Arm Phase 1 and 2 Study: Ipilimumab and Nivolumab With Thoracic Radiation Therapy After Platinum Chemotherapy in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Feb.109(2):425-435. Pubmedid: 33002543. Pmcid: PMC8465780.
  • Dibs K, Sim AJ, Peñagaricano JA, Latifi K, Garcia GA, Peters JA, Nieder ML, Kim S, Robinson TJ. Gonadal-sparing total body irradiation with the use of helical tomotherapy for nonmalignant indications. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2021 Feb.26(1):153-158. Pubmedid: 34046227. Pmcid: PMC8149136.
  • Figura NB, Robinson TJ, Sim AJ, Wang X, Cao B, Chavez JC, Shah BD, Khimani F, Lazaryan A, Davila M, Bachmeier C, Nishihori T, Liu HD, Kim S, Locke FL, Jain MD. Patterns and Predictors of Failure in Recurrent or Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphomas After Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Dec.111(5):1145-1154. Pubmedid: 34242714. Pmcid: PMC9791939.
  • Creelan BC, Wang C, Teer JK, Toloza EM, Yao J, Kim S, Landin AM, Mullinax JE, Saller JJ, Saltos AN, Noyes DR, Montoya LB, Curry W, Pilon-Thomas SA, Chiappori AA, Tanvetyanon T, Kaye FJ, Thompson ZJ, Yoder SJ, Fang B, Koomen JM, Sarnaik AA, Chen DT, Conejo-Garcia JR, Haura EB, Antonia SJ. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte treatment for anti-PD-1-resistant metastatic lung cancer: a phase 1 trial. Nat Med. 2021 Aug.27(8):1410-1418. Pubmedid: 34385708. Pmcid: PMC8509078.
  • Sahebjam S, Forsyth PA, Tran ND, Arrington JA, Macaulay R, Etame AB, Walko CM, Boyle T, Peguero EN, Jaglal M, Mokhtari S, Enderling H, Raghunand N, Gatewood T, Long W, Dzierzeski JL, Evernden B, Robinson T, Wicklund MC, Kim S, Thompson ZJ, Chen DT, Chinnaiyan P, Yu HM. Hypofractionated stereotactic re-irradiation with pembrolizumab and bevacizumab in patients with recurrent high-grade gliomas: results from a phase I study. Neurooncol. 2021 Apr.23(4):677-686. Pubmedid: 33173935. Pmcid: PMC8041351.
  • Hamaidi I, Zhang L, Kim N, Wang MH, Iclozan C, Fang B, Liu M, Koomen JM, Berglund AE, Yoder SJ, Yao J, Engelman RW, Creelan BC, Conejo-Garcia JR, Antonia SJ, Mulé JJ, Kim S. Sirt2 Inhibition Enhances Metabolic Fitness and Effector Functions of Tumor-Reactive T Cells. Cell Metab. 2020 Sep.32(3):420-436.e12. Pubmedid: 32768387. Pmcid: PMC7484212.
  • Zhang L, Kim S, Ren X. The Clinical Significance of SIRT2 in Malignancies: A Tumor Suppressor or an Oncogene?. Front Oncol. 2020 Sep.10:1721. Pubmedid: 33014852. Pmcid: PMC7506103.
  • Yang G, Mills M, Kim Y, Figura NB, Doyle C, Oliver D, Grass GD, Robinson T, Chavez J, Kim S. Enhancement of the Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) with lymphopenia (FLIPI-L): a predictor for overall survival and histologic transformation. Blood Cancer J. 2020 Jan.9(12):104. Pubmedid: 31894139. Pmcid: PMC6938796.
  • Berglund A, Mills M, Putney RM, Hamaidi I, Mulé J, Kim S. Methylation of immune synapse genes modulates tumor immunogenicity. J Clin Invest. 2020 Feb.130(2):974-980. Pubmedid: 31714899. Pmcid: PMC6994116.
  • Chen DT, Schell MJ, Fulp WJ, Pettersson F, Kim S, Gray JE, Haura EB. Application of Bayesian predictive probability for interim futility analysis in single-arm phase II trial. Transl Cancer Res. 2019 Jul.8(Suppl 4):S404-S420. Pubmedid: 31456910. Pmcid: PMC6711387.
  • Hill KS, Roberts ER, Wang X, Marin E, Park TD, Son S, Ren Y, Fang B, Yoder S, Kim S, Wan L, Sarnaik AA, Koomen JM, Messina JL, Teer JK, Kim Y, Wu J, Chalfant CE, Kim M. PTPN11 Plays Oncogenic Roles and Is a Therapeutic Target for BRAF Wild-Type Melanomas. Mol Cancer Res. 2019 Feb.17(2):583-593. Pubmedid: 30355677. Pmcid: PMC6386183.
  • Sim AJ, Jain MD, Figura N, Chavez JC, Shah BD, Khimani F, Lazarayan A, Krivenko G, Davila ML, Liu HD, Falchook AD, Dahiya S, Rapoport AP, Kim SU, Locke FL, Robinson TJ. Radiation Therapy as a Bridging Strategy for CAR T Cell Therapy With Axicabtagene Ciloleucel in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Dec.105(5):1012-1021. Pubmedid: 31175906. Pmcid: PMC6872916.
  • Grass GD, Mills MN, Ahmed KA, Liveringhouse CL, Montejo ME, Robinson TJ, Chavez JC, Harrison LB, Kim S. Radiotherapy for early stage diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with or without double or triple hit genetic alterations. Leuk Lymphoma. 2019 Apr.60(4):886-893. Pubmedid: 30457458. Pmcid: PMC6596288.
  • López Alfonso JC, Poleszczuk J, Walker R, Kim S, Pilon-Thomas S, Conejo-Garcia JJ, Soliman H, Czerniecki B, Harrison LB, Enderling H. Immunologic Consequences of Sequencing Cancer Radiotherapy and Surgery. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2019 Apr.3:1-16. Pubmedid: 30964698. Pmcid: PMC6661069.
  • Yuan Z, Grass GD, Robinson TJ, Kim S. Management of primary cutaneous CD4+ small and medium pleomorphic T-cell lymphoma: A retrospective study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 Oct.79(4):772-774. Pubmedid: 29857014. Pmcid: PMC6563324.
  • Walker R, Poleszczuk J, Pilon-Thomas S, Kim S, Anderson AARA, Czerniecki BJ, Harrison LB, Moros EG, Enderling H. Immune interconnectivity of anatomically distant tumors as a potential mediator of systemic responses to local therapy. Sci Rep. 2018 Jun.8(1):9474. Pubmedid: 29930290. Pmcid: PMC6013469.
  • Strom T, Harrison LB, Giuliano AR, Schell MJ, Eschrich SA, Berglund A, Fulp W, Thapa R, Coppola D, Kim S, Frakes J, Foekens J, Mulé JJ, Torres-Roca JF. Tumour radiosensitivity is associated with immune activation in solid tumours. Eur J Cancer. 2017 Oct.84:304-314. Pubmedid: 28863385. Pmcid: PMC5822441.
  • Caudell JJ, Torres-Roca JF, Gillies RJ, Enderling H, Kim S, Rishi A, Moros EG, Harrison LB. The future of personalised radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Lancet Oncol. 2017 May.18(5):e266-e273. Pubmedid: 28456586. Pmcid: PMC7771279.
  • Ahmed KA, Grass GD, Creelan B, Gray J, Kim S, Dilling TJ, Antonia SJ, Perez BA. Tolerability and Safety of Thoracic Radiation and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Among Patients with Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 May.98(1):224. Pubmedid: 28586976.
  • Ahmed KA, Kim S, Arrington J, Naghavi AO, Dilling TJ, Creelan BC, Antonia SJ, Caudell JJ, Harrison LB, Sahebjam S, Gray JE, Etame AB, Johnstone PA, Yu M, Perez BA. Outcomes targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 axis in conjunction with stereotactic radiation for patients with non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases. J Neurooncol. 2017 Jun.133(2):331-338. Pubmedid: 28466250.
  • Ahmed KA, Kim S, Harrison LB. Novel Opportunities to Use Radiation Therapy with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Melanoma Management. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2017 Jul.26(3):515-529. Pubmedid: 28576186.
  • Strom T, Naghavi AO, Messina JL, Kim S, Torres-Roca JF, Russell J, Sondak VK, Padhya TA, Trotti AM, Caudell JJ, Harrison LB. Improved local and regional control with radiotherapy for Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Head Neck. 2017 Jan.39(1):48-55. Pubmedid: 27300153.
  • Abuodeh Y, Ahmed K, Echevarria M, Naghavi A, Grass GD, Robinson TJ, Tomblyn M, Shah B, Chavez J, Bello C, El-Haddad G, Harrison L, Kim S. Priming radioimmunotherapy with external beam radiation in patients with relapsed low grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Ther Adv Hematol. 2017 Apr.8(4):129-138. Pubmedid: 28491264. Pmcid: PMC5405899.
  • Strom T, Carr M, Zager JS, Naghavi A, Smith FO, Cruse CW, Messina JL, Russell J, Rao NG, Fulp W, Kim S, Torres-Roca JF, Padhya TA, Sondak VK, Trotti AM, Harrison LB, Caudell JJ. Radiation Therapy is Associated with Improved Outcomes in Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 Oct.23(11):3572-3578. Pubmedid: 27251134.
  • Naghavi A, Johnstone P, Kim S. Clinical trials exploring the benefit of immunotherapy and radiation in cancer treatment: A review of the past and a look into the future. Curr Prob Cancer. 2016 Jan.40(1):38-67. Pubmedid: 26656977.
  • Abuodeh Y, Venkat P, Kim S. Systematic review of case reports on the abscopal effect. Curr Prob Cancer. 2016 Dec.40(1):25-37. Pubmedid: 26582738.
  • Grass GD, Krishna N, Kim S. The immune mechanisms of abscopal effect in radiation therapy. Curr Prob Cancer. 2016 Dec.40(1):10-24. Pubmedid: 26612692.
  • Ahmed KA, Abuodeh YA, Echevarria MI, Arrington JA, Stallworth DG, Hogue C, Naghavi AO, Kim S, Kim Y, Patel BG, Sarangkasiri S, Johnstone PA, Sahebjam S, Khushalani NI, Forsyth PA, Harrison LB, Yu M, Etame AB, Caudell JJ. Clinical outcomes of melanoma brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery and anti-PD-1 therapy, anti-CTLA-4 therapy, BRAF/MEK inhibitors, BRAF inhibitor, or conventional chemotherapy. Ann Oncol. 2016 Dec.27(12):2288-2294. Pubmedid: 27637745. Pmcid: PMC8890451.
  • Kim S, Ramakrishnan R, Lavilla-Alonso S, Chinnaiyan P, Rao N, Fowler E, Heine J, Gabrilovich DI. Radiation-induced autophagy potentiates immunotherapy of cancer via up-regulation of mannose 6-phosphate receptor on tumor cells in mice. Cancer Immunol Immun. 2014 Oct.63(10):1009-1021. Pubmedid: 24943275. Pmcid: PMC4330093.
  • Dilling TJ, Extermann M, Kim J, Thompson LM, Yue B, Stevens CW, Antonia S, Gray J, Williams C, Haura E, Pinder-Schenck M, Tanvetyanon T, Kim S, Chiappori A. Phase 2 study of concurrent cetuximab plus definitive thoracic radiation therapy followed by consolidation docetaxel plus cetuximab in poor prognosis or elderly patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 Nov.90(4):828-833. Pubmedid: 25216856.

Grants

Title: Acetylation Modulates T Cell Receptor Signaling
Sponsor: Moffitt Cancer Center
PI: Kim, S.
Title: Epigenetic Regulation of the Immune Synapse in Melanoma
Sponsor: US Army
PI: Kim, S.
Title: Development of a clinically viable Sirt2 selective inhibitor
Sponsor: Moffitt Cancer Center
PI: Kim, S., CO-PI: Ji, M.
Title: Dysregulated Tumor Methylome Drives Radioresistance and Suppressive Tumor Microenvironment
Sponsor: Moffitt Cancer Center
PI: Kim, S.
Title: Characterizing the Immunologic Interaction Between Atezolizumab and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in the Management of Recurrent, Persistent, or Metastatic Cervical Cancer
Sponsor: Moffitt Cancer Center
PI: Ahmed, K., CO-PI: Kim, S.
Title: Role of Sirt2 in T Cell Metabolism
Sponsor: Nat Institutes of Health
PI: Kim, S.

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