Jong S. Kim is a stroke neurologist, and the former president of Korean Neurological Association and Korean Stroke Society. He has authored 30 books or book chapters, and 450 peer reviewed SCI scientific papers. His main interests include intracranial atherosclerosis, post-stroke mood/emotional disturbances, Asian strokes, and posterior circulation stroke.
He is the founding editor of Journal of Clinical Neurology, and currently, the chief editor of Journal of Stroke, and an associate editor of Cerebrovascular Diseases.