Dr. Kim is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Center at Korea University, Seoul, Korea. He completed his postgraduate training in internal medicine at Korea University Medical Center, fellowship training in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at Korea University, and research fellowship training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Dr. Kim joined the faculty in the Department of Medicine-Cardiology at the University of Korea, where he established the training and research program in clinical cardiac electrophysiology. He has participated in many professional societies’ scientific-program development and consensus documents. His principal research interests are catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, and mapping of underlying mechanisms of various tachyarrhythmias.