Point/Counterpoint: Selection of Active Surveillance Patients: MRIs Add More Value Than Genomic/Molecular Tests Add More Value

Dr. Fernando Kim, MD, MBA, FACS, is Chief Emeritus of Urology at Denver Health Medical Center, Professor of Surgery/Urology at the University of Colorado at Denver, and Associate Editor of Patient Safety in Surgery. Dr. Kim received his medical degree from the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1989, and went on to complete a Trauma Research Fellowship at Denver Health Medical Center. He later completed an Endourology and Laparoscopy Fellowship at the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute at John Hopkins University School of Medicine, and graduated from the University of Colorado School of Business. Dr. Kim has earned several awards, including the Presidential Citation from the American Urological Associates, the President Juscelino Kubitschek Medal from the Society of Brazilian Urologists, the Paul Alan Wetter Award, the Brazilian Armed Forces Friendship Bridge Award, the Ernest E. Moore Trauma Award from the Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center, the Medal of Merit in Urology (ABC School of Medicine), the Societa Italiana di Urologia International Guest Recognition, and the Brazilian Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Friends Award. He is a proud member of the American Urological Association Leadership Program Class of 2007. Dr. Kim has been the American Urological Association’s Host Country Liaison since 2008. He has been named among the Best Doctors in America since 2008 by US News & World Report, and Best Boss at DHMC. Dr. Kim has authored more than 250 published articles.