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)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- 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
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- 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
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- POS OA
- HighMark
- Core Essential (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS II
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-HMO
- 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
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Network OA
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- First Health PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Navigate
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- 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)
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna HMO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Indemnity
- 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
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Choice POS II Open Access
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Basic
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- 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
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- OA Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Student Resources
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- 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
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
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