About me
- Vascular Neurologist (Stroke), MedStar Washington Hospital Center
- Associate Professor of Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Member of:
- American Stroke Association
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Society of Neuroimaging
- Certified RPNI (Registered Physician in Neurovascular Interpretation) for transcranial Doppler and carotid duplex interpretation
Clinical areas of focus
- Arterial Thrombolysis
- Disease Prevention
- Stroke Management
- Transcranial Doppler
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Mri
- Anxiety
- Artery Disorders Of The Brain
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Nystagmus
- Optic Nerve Disorders
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Speech Disturbances
- Stroke Prevention
- Stroke Symptoms
- Subcortical Infarction
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vision Disturbances
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Arterial Thrombolysis
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Surgery
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Brain Hemorrhage Surgery
- Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology
- Cerebral Blood Flow Study
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cerebral Vasospasm Stenting
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Coronary Thrombectomy
- Cranial Ultrasonography
- Dementia Treatment
- Disease Prevention
- Duplex Scan Of Upper Extremity Arteries
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electromyography
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Moyamoya Disease Treatment
- Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Oral And Pharyngeal Swallowing Function Evaluation
- Palliative Care
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Pressure Flow Study
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Rehabilitation
- Risk-Reducing Medications
- Seizure Treatment
- Soft Tissue Neck Ct Without Contrast
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Speech Sound Production Evaluation
- Speech Therapy
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Stroke Management
- Stroke Risk Reduction
- Swallowing Disorder Treatment
- Thrombolysis
- Transcranial Doppler
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Treatment
- Transplant Glomerulopathy Treatment
- Vasculitis Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-295-0540Fax 877-245-1499
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
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Classic 5000
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Open POS Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- HighMark
- Core Essential (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Beech Street PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Network OA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- First Health PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Navigate
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna HMO
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-POS
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Choice POS II Open Access
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Basic
- IH-EPO Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Blue Choice Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Student Resources
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst EPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center (2017)
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center GME (2016)
Internship: Albert Einstein Medical Center GME (2013)
Medical School: Korea University College of Medicine (2008)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
For an up-to-date list of publications, please refer to: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1jSjpYqAcjqE1H/bibliography/public/
Chang JJ, Kepplinger D, Metter EJ, Kim Y, Trankiem CT, Felbaum DR, Mai JC, Mason RB, Armonda RA, Aulisi EF. Time Thresholds for Using Pressure Reactivity Index in Neuroprognostication for Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurosurgery. PMID: 38376157.
Luby M, Hsia AW, Lomahan CA, Uche V, Davis R, Kim Y, Somani S, Burton S, Cabatbat R, Craft V, De Vis JB, Adil MM, Afzal MM, Thomas LC, Gandler W, McCreedy ES, Lynch JK, Latour LL. Late lesion growth following endovascular therapy: is 24 hours too early to assess acute infarct size including the effects of secondary injury?. Cerebrovasc Dis. PMID: 38412839.
Kim Y, Mehta A, Nair R, Felbaum DR, Mai JC, Armonda RA, Chang JJ. The TCD hyperemia index to detect vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Neuroimaging. PMID: 37291461
Luby M, Hsia AW, Lomahan CA, Davis R, Burton S, Kim Y, Craft V, Uche V, Cabatbat R, Adil MM, Thomas LC, De Vis JB, Afzal MM, McGavern D, Lynch JK, Leigh R, Latour LL. Post-ischemic hyperemia following endovascular therapy for acute stroke is associated with lesion growth. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. PMID: 36748316
Upadhyaya P, Mehta A, Luby M, Ansari S, Lynch JK, Hsia AW, Latour LL, Kim Y. Good outcome associated with blood-brain barrier disruption and lower blood pressure after endovascular therapy. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. PMID: 36434858
Luby M, Merino JG, Davis R, Ansari S, Fisher M, Hsia AW, Kim Y, Latour LL, McCreedy ES, Singh RS, Wright CB, Lynch JK: Association of Multiple Passes during Mechanical Thrombectomy with Incomplete Reperfusion and Lesion Growth. Cerebrovasc Dis. PMID: 34903681
Metha A. Isaacson J, Calabria S, Burton SP, Craft VA, Somani S, Harris BT, Kim Y, Mai JC, Hsia AW. Amyloid beta-related angiitis presenting as multiple cerebral infarcts. Neuroimmunology Report.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nerep.2022.100158.
Balderia PG, Chandorkar A, Kim Y, Patnaik S, Sloan J, Newman GC: Dosing Cefepime for Renal Function Does Not Completely Prevent Neurotoxicity in a Patient with Kidney Transplant. J Patient Saf. PMID: 26102002
Co-author of Section 1 – Vascular Disorders, Synopsis of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Related Systemic Disorders, 1st Edition, Ettinger AB (ed), Cambridge University Press, 2019, ISBN-10: 1107069564. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107706866