She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Tennessee, her master’s and nurse practitioner endorsement from Emory University, Atlanta, and her doctorate in exercise physiology from OHSU. Kim has also completed a post-doctoral degree in neuroendocrine physiology. She is an international speaker for patients, clinicians and researchers investigating fibromyalgia and maintains a clinical practice at OHSU in which she evaluates and treats people with fibromyalgia. Kim currently is the president of the Fibromyalgia Information Foundation (www.myalgia.com), a non-profit organization whose aim is to disseminate scientifically sound fibromyalgia data.