William Kim, MD

William Y. Kim, MD, is the Rush S. Dickson Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Genetics, and Pharmacology at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Kim is a laboratory-based physician-scientist. Clinically, Kim takes care of patients with genitourinary malignancies.

The Kim Laboratory studies the genetics and cancer biology underlying the initiation and progression of bladder and kidney cancers using primary tumors as well as preclinical models. Dr. Kim is the Director of UNC Lineberger’s Precision Oncology Program, co-Leader of the Cancer Genetics Program, and is the co-Director of UNC’s Mouse Phase 1 Unit (MP1U).