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
- Ischemic Stroke
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Stroke Management
- Stroke Risk Reduction
- Transcranial Doppler
Practice locations
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110 Irving St NW
Room 1A50B
Washington, DC, 20010
110 Irving St NW
Room 1A50B
Washington, DC, 20010
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
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-POS Plus
- Choice POS
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Medicare FFS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- POS OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CIGNA EPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Tricare Reserve Select
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Employee Health Plan
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Student Resources
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- BlueChoice Open Access
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Network OA
- IH-HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Navigate
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- OA Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Sentara Health
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- First Health PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Vascular Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, 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