Kim is head cardiologist for Braves, Hawks, and Falcons

“Athletes are simply not the same as the general population from a cardiac perspective. Symptoms such as chest pain may mean something very different in an athlete. Intense exercise also causes normal changes in the heart and because of this, strategies for treating heart conditions in athletes may be altered.” —Jonathan Kim, MD (Emory University Department of Medicine)

Dr. Kim, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology, was recently featured in Emory Medicine’s “Doctors on the Field” for his role as head cardiologist for the Atlanta Braves, Hawks, and Falcons and Atlanta Dream, Georgia Tech, and the Peachtree Road Race.

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