Albert Kim, MD, PhD

Advisor

Albert Kim is an Advisor at Raven focusing on new company creation. He is a physician-scientist experienced in novel therapeutic product development, translational science, and clinical medicine. He was Chief Medical Officer at Cytel, Inc. where he led clinical and medical development interests across business units including the Solara© software platform for clinical trial design, and served as general manager for the Therapeutics Development Team. Prior to Cytel, Dr. Kim held leadership roles at Novartis and Pfizer. During his Pfizer tenure, he was the Vice President, Clinical Research Head for the Internal Medicine Research Unit and oversaw clinical research efforts for the legacy neuroscience portfolio and cardiometabolic diseases. Dr Kim contributed to development programs for Ilaris®, Gilenya®, bococizumab, clesacostat, Comirnaty®, ponsegromab, and danuglipron.

Prior to Novartis and Pfizer, Dr. Kim worked at the FDA in the Division of Cardiac Devices as a medical reviewer and project lead for the industry guidance document on catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Dr. Kim achieved board certification in internal medicine, cardiology, and clinical cardiac electrophysiology and practiced clinical medicine for 18 years, He has held academic appointments with VA Boston Cardiac Electrophysiology Section, Boston University, and Harvard Medical School. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and the Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS). Dr. Kim earned his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Harvard, MD and PhD degrees from UCLA, completed his residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, cardiology fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital, and clinical cardiac electrophysiology training at UCSF.