Jim Yong Kim is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Jim Yong Kim as South Korean-American physician and anthropologist, 12th President of the World Bank.
Jim Yong Kim was born at Seoul in 1959. His recorded nationality is United States. He trained at Brown University and Harvard Medical School.
Antibiotics, imaging and the randomised trial defined twentieth-century medicine; evidence replaced authority as the standard.
His posts were held at Harvard University.
The recorded fields of work are human health activities.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
That the work was done from United States matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Jim Yong Kim is still working, and the assessment of the contribution is not yet complete.
Achievements
- Held posts at Harvard University
- Fields: human health activities
