RonaldCKimMD

Pathology • Long Beach, CA

Cytopathology, Neuropathology, Anatomic Pathology

Professor, Pathology, University of California, Irvine College of Medicine

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Office
5901 East Seventh Street
Dvamc (05/113np)
Long Beach, CA 90822
Phone+1 562-826-5513

Fax+1 562-826-5623
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Summary

Dr. Ronald Kim, MD is a board certified pathologist in Long Beach, California. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in California. He is affiliated with Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center and UCI Health.

Education & Training

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1965 - 1966
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1965
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Neuropathology

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1967 - 2024
American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology
American Board of Pathology Neuropathology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Arteriolar neuropathology in cerebral microvascular disease.
Chuo Fang, Shino D Magaki, Ronald C Kim, Raj N Kalaria, Harry V Vinters, Mark Fisher> ;Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 2023 Feb 1
148 citations
Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture
Ruth Chia, Marya S. Sabir, Sara Bandres-Ciga, Sara Saez-Atienzar, Regina H. Reynolds, Emil K. Gustavsson, Ronald L. Walton, Samreen Ahmed, Coralie Viollet, Jinhui Ding...> ;Nature Genetics. 2021 Feb 15
8 citations
Mechanisms of Cerebral Microbleeds.
Lara C. Wadi, Mher Mahoney Grigoryan, Ronald C. Kim, Chuo Fang, Jeffrey Kim, Maria M. Corrada, Annlia Paganini-Hill, Mark Fisher> ;Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 2020 Oct 1
2 citations
A Rare Case of Ovarian Serous Borderline Tumor with Brain Metastasis
Sonia Veran-Taguibao, Roberto Alvaro Taguibao, Nicolas Gallegos, Ted Farzaneh, Ronald C. Kim, Fritz Lin, Di Lu> ;Case Reports in Pathology. 2019 May 22
Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer's disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing.
Kunkle, B. W.,Grenier-Boley, B.,Sims, R.,Bis, J. C.,Damotte, V.,Naj, A. C.,Boland, A.,Vronskaya, M.,van der Lee, S. J.,Amlie-Wolf, A.,Bellenguez, C.,Frizatti, A.,Chour...> ;Nat. Genet.. 2019 Mar 02
2 citations
Somatic SMARCB1 Mutation in Sporadic Multiple Meningiomas: Case Report
Alice S Wang, Ali O. Jamshidi, Nathan Oh, Ronald Sahyouni, Behdokht Nowroozizadeh, Ronald C. Kim, Frank P.K. Hsu, Daniela A. Bota> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2018 Oct 26
17 citations
Intracranial meningioma with carcinoma tumor-to-tumor metastasis: two case reports.
Jason Pham, Ronald C. Kim, Anna Nguyen, Daniela A. Bota, Xiao-Tang Kong, Sumeet Vadera, Frank P.K. Hsu, Jose Carrillo> ;CNS Oncology. 2018 Apr 26
25 citations
Aging exacerbates development of cerebral microbleeds in a mouse model
Rachita K. Sumbria, Mher Mahoney Grigoryan, Vitaly Vasilevko, Annlia Paganini-Hill, Kelley Kilday, Ronald C. Kim, David H. Cribbs, Mark Fisher> ;Journal of Neuroinflammation. 2018 Mar 6
48 citations
Cerebrovascular pathology in Down syndrome and Alzheimer disease.
Elizabeth Head, Michael J. Phelan, Eric Doran, Ronald C. Kim, Wayne W. Poon, Frederick A. Schmitt, Ira T. Lott> ;Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 2017 Dec 1
3 citations
Intracranial Myeloid Sarcoma Metastasis Mimicking Acute Subdural Hematoma
Amandip S Gill, Rabina Gill, Paul E Kaloostian, Dina Elias, John Roufail, Panayiotis E. Pelargos, Frank P.K. Hsu, Ronald C. Kim, Robert E Ayer, Samer Ghostine> ;Case Reports in Surgery. 2017 Oct 22
592 citations
Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease
Rebecca Sims, Sven J. van der Lee, Adam C. Naj, Céline Bellenguez, Nandini Badarinarayan, Johanna Jakobsdottir, Brian W. Kunkle, Anne Boland, Rachel Raybould, Joshua C...> ;Nature Genetics. 2017 Sep 1
126 citations
Transethnic genome-wide scan identifies novel Alzheimer's disease loci
Gyungah Jun, Jaeyoon Chung, Jesse Mez, Robert Barber, Gary W. Beecham, David A. Bennett, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Goldie S. Byrd, Minerva M. Carrasquillo, Paul K. Crane, Car...> ;Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2017 Jul 1
8 citations
Effects of phosphodiesterase 3A modulation on murine cerebral microhemorrhages
Rachita K. Sumbria, Vitaly Vasilevko, Mher Mahoney Grigoryan, Annlia Paganini-Hill, Ronald C. Kim, David H. Cribbs, Mark Fisher> ;Journal of Neuroinflammation. 2017 Jun 5
Case of glioblastoma patient treated with tumor treating fields therapy at recurrence degenerating to sarcoma.
Pejman Majd, Daniel O’Connell, Ronald C. Kim, Daniela A. Bota, Jose Carrillo> ;CNS Oncology. 2017 Mar 17
57 citations
A murine model of inflammation-induced cerebral microbleeds.
Rachita K. Sumbria, Mher Mahoney Grigoryan, Vitaly Vasilevko, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Miriam Scadeng, Alexandra K. Dvornikova, Annlia Paganini-Hill, Ronald C. Kim, David ...> ;Journal of Neuroinflammation. 2016 Aug 30
44 citations
Microinfarcts are common and strongly related to dementia in the oldest-old: The 90+ study
Maria M. Corrada, Joshua A. Sonnen, Ronald C. Kim, Claudia H. Kawas> ;Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2016 Aug 1
31 citations
Impact of interventions to reduce Alzheimer's disease pathology on the prevalence of dementia in the oldest-old
Ron Brookmeyer, Claudia H. Kawas, Nada Abdallah, Annlia Paganini-Hill, Ronald C. Kim, Maria M. Corrada> ;Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2016 Mar 1
7 citations
CD4-Positive T-Cell Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma in an HIV Positive Patient
Ali Nael, Vighnesh Walavalkar, William W. Wu, Kambiz Nael, Ronald C. Kim, Sherif Rezk, Xiaohui Zhao> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2016 Feb 1
189 citations
A novel Alzheimer disease locus located near the gene encoding tau protein
Gyungah Jun, Carla A. Ibrahim-Verbaas, Maria Vronskaya, J-C Lambert, Jaeyoon Chung, Adam C. Naj, Brian W. Kunkle, L-S Wang, J. C. Bis, Céline Bellenguez, Denise Harold...> ;Molecular Psychiatry. 2016 Jan 1
153 citations
Multiple pathologies are common and related to dementia in the oldest-old: The 90+ Study.
Claudia H. Kawas, Ronald C. Kim, Joshua A. Sonnen, Szofia S. Bullain, Thomas Trieu, Maria M. Corrada> ;Neurology. 2015 Aug 11
30 citations
Rarity of the Alzheimer disease-protective APP A673T variant in the United States
Li-San Wang, Adam C. Naj, Robert R. Graham, Paul K. Crane, Brian W. Kunkle, Carlos Cruchaga, Josue D. Gonzalez Murcia, Lisa A. Cannon-Albright, Clinton T. Baldwin, Hen...> ;JAMA Neurology. 2015 Feb 1
3 citations
Early-onset Alzheimers and cortical vision impairment in a woman with valosin-containing protein disease associated with 2 APOE ε4/APOE ε4 genotype.
Sharis Shamirian, Angèle Nalbandian, Manaswitha Khare, Rudolph Castellani, Ronald Kim, Virginia Kimonis> ;Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 2015 Jan 1
Effects of multiple genetic Loci on age at onset in late-onset Alzheimer disease: a genome-wide association study.
Naj, A. C.,Jun, G.,Reitz, C.,Kunkle, B. W.,Perry, W.,Park, Y. S.,Beecham, G. W.,Rajbhandary, R. A.,Hamilton-Nelson, K. L.,Wang, L. S.,Kauwe, J. S.,Huentelman, M. J.,My...> ;JAMA Neurol. 2014 Sep 10
85 citations
Brain gene expression patterns differentiate mild cognitive impairment from normal aged and Alzheimer's disease
Nicole C. Berchtold, Marwan N. Sabbagh, Thomas G. Beach, Ronald C. Kim, David H. Cribbs, Carl W. Cotman> ;Neurobiology of Aging. 2014 Sep 1
3 citations
Toxic leukoencephalopathy with atypical MRI features following a lacquer thinner fire
Hung-Wen Kao, Laura Pare, Ronald C. Kim, Anton N. Hasso> ;Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2014 May 1
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Grant Support

Neuropathology CoreNational Institute On Aging2010–2012
Core--Neuropathology CoreNational Institute On Aging2005–2009
Core--NeuropathologyNational Institute On Aging2000–2002

Hospital Affiliations

UCI HealthOrange, California
Tibor Rubin VA Medical CenterLong Beach, California