Joseph Kim MD , MPH, MBA, FACHE

Healthcare Research and Healthcare Policy, Medical Information Sciences, Hematology/Oncology, Clinical Informatics

https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjosephkim

13 Summit Square Ctr #143Langhorne, PA 19047

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Summary

President of Q Synthesis LLC, a healthcare education and quality improvement company. Business advisor and consultant to digital health startups and professional medical societies. https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjosephkim

Q Synthesis LLC

Q Synthesis LLC is an independent healthcare education and quality improvement company that specializes in the application of implementation science

Education & Training

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHInternship, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2003
University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences College of MedicineClass of 2002
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS, Engineering, 1994 - 1998
UMass Amherst School of Public HealthMPH

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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Award for Outstanding Outcomes in CE Assessment Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2025
Award for Excellence in Educational Design Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2023
Award for Outstanding CE Outcomes Assessment Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2023

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Assessing current diagnostic, staging, and treatment practices in community and academic centers for individuals with stage IB-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.
Matthew P Smeltzer, Jhanelle E Gray, Michelle Shiller, Jamie L Studts, David J Feller-Kopman
Translational Lung Cancer Research. 2026-04-30
1 citations
ASCP explores the cancer biomarker testing navigator as a novel role to improve laboratory operations and workflows: A special report from the ASCP Biomarker Testing N...
Lynnette Pineault, Karla Valencia, Jennifer Buhay, Alexandra Brown, Suzanne Ziemnik
American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2025-06-03
1 citations
How physician leaders can use social media to crowdsource
Kent Bottles, Joseph Kim
Physician Executive. 2014-01-01

Journal Articles

Integrating Education and Practice Change to Improve Obesity Management: A Multisite Quality Improvement Initiative
Carley Yawn; Sejal Desai; Joseph Kim; Paige Langdon; Robin Black; Sarah Nisly, Diabetes, Obesity, and CardioMetabolic CARE, 9/23/2026
Implementing Pan-Tumor HER2 Testing by IHC: Insights from an ASCP Learning Collaborative
Wei Zhang, Swikrity Baskota, Jefree Schulte, Vikas Mehta, Maria Stitzel, Suntrea Hammer, Esther Yoon, Yekaterina Eichel, Myong Ho Nam, Zainab Harb, Rina Kansal, Sara M..., American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 11/12/2025
Innovating the Laboratory Workforce: Defining a Role for Biomarker Testing Navigation
Lynnette Pineault, Amanda Hanson, Stephanie Whitehead, Ghazal Khan, Michelle Shiller, Rachel Starks, Suzanne Ziemnik, Melissa Kelly, Meredith Engel, Joseph Kim, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 11/12/2025

Abstracts/Posters

Empowering pathologists as cancer precision medicine leaders: The Florida Society of Pathologists (FSP) Precision Medicine Academy (PMA) initiative.
Marilyn M. Bui, Dahul Qin, Theresa A. Boyle, Christine Marie Walko, John Juchniewicz, Joseph Kim, ASCO 2026, 5/27/2026
Impact of Continuing Education and a Multi-Center QI Initiative on Germline/HRD Testing in the Context of Recent PARP Inhibitor Label Changes in Ovarian Cancer
Joseph Kim, Kathleen Moore, Victor Ocana, Brad Bongiovanni, Megan Reimann, Gynecologic Oncology, 5/2026
Optimizing Biomarker Testing in NSCLC: Insights from Pathologists and Laboratory Professionals Engaged in Collaborative Online Learning
Melissa Kelly, PhD; Myong Ho Nam, MD; Kara Roncin, MD; Xiaoying Liu, MD, MSc; Yekaterina Eichel, MD; Wei Zhang, MD, PhD; Arkar Htoo, MD; Swikrity U Baskota, MD; Emily ..., 2025 IASLC ASCO North America Conference on Lung Cancer, Chicago, IL, 12/5/2025

Lectures

Exploring the Intersection of CE and QI Across 6 Domains of Health Care Quality
Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions - 7/16/2021
Integrating Interprofessional CME/CE and Quality Improvement: Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation
Mid-Atlantic Alliance for Continuing Medical Education - 10/1/2020
Using Virtual Molecular Tumor Boards to Access the Experts
Association of Community Cancer Centers - 2016

Authored Content

How a Collaborative Learning Exchange Prepared Pathologists for Practice Changes in HER2 Testing and Emerging Cancer TherapiesSeptember 2023
Reducing preventable ED visits in patients with advanced NSCLC: Collective insights from three cancer centersOctober 2022
Leveraging continuing education and implementation science approaches to improve the care of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasmsOctober 2022

Press Mentions

An Educational, Systems-based Approach to Leading Change in the Delivery of Immuno-oncology Biomarker Testing and CareJune 8th, 2023
Equipping the Pathology Laboratory Team for Change as New HER2-low Breast Cancer Therapies EmergeJune 1st, 2023
ASCP’s Outstanding Education Initiatives Receive Prestigious AwardsDecember 22nd, 2022

Committees

Co-Chair, Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley Communications Committee 2023 - 2024
Chair, Technology Committee for the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2012 - 2014