Dr. Don Han Kim DDS, MD
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
843 Auto Center Dr Suite B Palmdale CA, 93551About
Dr. Don Kim is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in Palmdale, CA. Dr. Kim specializes in the treatment of problems related to the face, mouth and jaws. As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Kim is a unique dental specialist who can provide emergency medicine, perform general surgery and give anesthesia. These medical doctors are the only type of medical care specialist who can administer anesthesia, besides anesthesiologists. Typical procedures performed by Dr. Kim are tooth extractions, especially wisdom teeth, corrective jaw surgery, cleft palate surgery and reconstructive surgery after an injury. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons can also perform dental work including placing dental implants. These surgeons might also deal with conditions of sleep apnea, oral cancers and more.
Education and Training
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California 2001
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medicine Research, Pondicherry University 2005
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of quercetin on single Ca(2+) release channel behavior of skeletal muscle.
- Characterization of CeHDA-7, a class II histone deacetylase interacting with MEF-2 in Caenorhabditis elegans.
- Calpain-dependent cleavage of cain/cabin1 activates calcineurin to mediate calcium-triggered cell death.
- Catalytic one-pot synthesis of [5.5.5.6]fenestrane systems via a dicobalt octacarbonyl-catalyzed tandem cycloaddition of dienediynes.
- Cardiac remodeling and atrial fibrillation in transgenic mice overexpressing junctin.
- Calcineurin, a calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, is involved in movement, fertility, egg laying, and growth in Caenorhabditis elegans.
- Ca(2+)-dependent interaction between FKBP12 and calcineurin regulates activity of the Ca(2+) release channel in skeletal muscle.
- A retrograde signal from calsequestrin for the regulation of store-operated Ca2+ entry in skeletal muscle.
- Molecular dissection, tissue localization and Ca2+ binding of the ryanodine receptor of Caenorhabditis elegans.
- Increased Ca2+ storage capacity in the sarcoplasmic reticulum by overexpression of HRC (histidine-rich Ca2+ binding protein).
- Identification and characterization of ADAM32 with testis-predominant gene expression.
- The Caenorhabditis elegans homologue of Down syndrome critical region 1, RCN-1, inhibits multiple functions of the phosphatase calcineurin.
- A case of simultaneous xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis and carcinoma of the gallbladder.
- [Efficacy of lamivudine in patients with hepatitis B e antigen-negative chronic
- Facile synthetic access to multisubstituted benz[f]indenones and their application as ligands to the first synthesis of group(IV) metallocene complexes.
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