About me
H. Jeffrey Kim, MD, is board-certified in neurotology and otolarynogolgy-head and neck surgery. Dr. Kim is the Director of Neurotology and Otology and the co-Director of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Acoustic Neuroma and Skull Base Tumor Center. He and a multidisciplinary team provide specialized treatment for acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwanoma) and skull base tumors, such as glomus tumors.
As an ear specialist (otologist/neurolotologist), Dr. Kim also diagnoses and cares for patients of all ages with ear, hearing and balance disorders. He addresses genetic hearing loss, otosclerosis, cochlear implants, chronic ear infections, cholestatoma, Meniere's disease, facial nerve disorder, skull base tumors and congenital ear malformations.
Dr. Kim focuses on MedStar Georgetown's philosophy of caring for the whole person, always considering his patient's medical condition and personal needs. He provides patients all the information and treatment options available to help them make a decision they're happy with.
Dr. Kim also participates in clinical research at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders through the National Institutes of Health. His areas of research include rare tumors and genetic disorders related to hearing loss.
Dr Kim has published numerous manuscripts and book chapters and his research has been frequently presented at national and international meetings. He is a fellow of the Triological Society, American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society, American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, American College of Surgeons, and DC Metropolitan Otolaryngology-HNS Society. Dr. Kim has been recognized in the "Best Doctors in America," Washingtonian's Top Doctors," and "Castle Connolly's Top Doctors" listings over the last several years.
Clinical areas of focus
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Acoustic Neuroma Removal
- Baha (BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID) Surgery
- Benign Neoplasm Of Middle Ear
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Repair
- Cholesteatoma
- Cochlear Implantation
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Congenital Malformations Of Ear Causing Hearing Impairment
- Ear Drum Repair
- Endolymphatic Sac Surgery
- Excision Of Exostosis
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Hearing Loss In Children
- Inner Ear Diseases
- Lateral Skull Base Surgery
- Meniere's Disease
- Middle Ear Surgery
- Otosclerosis
- Stapedectomy
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation Repair
- Vestibular Nerve Tumor Surgery
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Auditory Neuropathy
- Benign Neoplasm Of Middle Ear
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Cholesteatoma
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Congenital Malformations Of Ear Causing Hearing Impairment
- Ear Fullness
- Ear Mass
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Fungal Otitis Externa
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Hearing Loss In Children
- Inner Ear Diseases
- Labyrinthitis
- Mastoiditis
- Meniere's Disease
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Otosclerosis
- Tinnitus
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Vestibular Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Acoustic Neuroma Removal
- Asymmetrical Hearing Loss Treatment
- Baha (BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID) Surgery
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Treatment
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Repair
- Cochlear Implantation
- Debridement Of Mastoidectomy Cavity
- Drainage Of External Auditory Canal
- Ear Cartilage Graft
- Ear Drum Repair
- Ear Surgery
- Endolymphatic Sac Surgery
- Eustachian Tube Dilation
- Excision Of Exostosis
- Excision Of External Ear
- Excision Of Left Temporal Bone
- Facial Nerve Grafting
- Facial Nerve Repair
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Inner Ear Perfusion
- Labyrinthectomy
- Labyrinthine Fistula Repair
- Lateral Skull Base Surgery
- Mastoidectomy
- Meniere's Disease Treatment
- Middle Ear Surgery
- Myringotomy
- Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Treatment
- Perforated Ear Drum Repair
- Petrosal Bone Surgery
- Petrosal Sinus Sampling
- Radical Excision Of Ear Lesion
- Revision Mastoidectomy
- Revision Of Stapedectomy Or Stapedotomy
- Stapedectomy
- Stapedotomy
- Translabyrinthine Surgery
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation Repair
- Tympanic Membrane Repair
- Tympanoplasty Without Mastoidectomy With Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
- Tympanostomy
- Tympanostomy With Ventilating Tube
- Vestibular Nerve Tumor Surgery
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Sentara Health
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- First Health PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Student Resources
- POS OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Indemnity
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Choice POS II
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Optimum Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Choice POS
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Network OA
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Medicare FFS
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Medicare Direct
- IH-POS
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Classic 3500
- HealthyBlue PPO
- HighMark
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Select
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- OA Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CIGNA EPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Neurotology
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine (1996)
Internship: Baylor College of Medicine (1992)
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (1990)
Awards
- Best Doctors in America Washingtonian's Top Doctors Castle Connolly's Top Doctors
