Yongwoo Kim, MD| Neurology, Stroke | MedStar Health
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
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Ischemic Stroke
- Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Cardioembolic Stroke
- Cerebral Atherosclerosis
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cerebrovascular Disorders
- Dissection Carotid Artery
- Dissection Of Vertebral Artery
- Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Intracranial Arterial Occlusion
- Intracranial Artery Stenosis
- Intracranial Hemorrhage
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lacunar Stroke
- Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS)
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
Procedures I perform
- Acute Stroke Management
- Thrombolysis
- Transcranial Doppler
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest 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
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Tricare East Prime
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Student Resources
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Virginia Premier
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- I-SNP
- Innovation Health: POS
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Golden Rule
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Innovation Health: PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Tricare East Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst EPO
- United Choice
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Navigate
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- United Choice Plus
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Tricare for Life East
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- WellPoint Maryland
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- D-SNP)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Medicaid - Maryland
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna Indemnity
- Kaiser Select
- United Optimum Choice
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Vascular Neurology
Fellowship Program: State University of New York Medical Center (2017)
Residency Program: Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia (2016)
Internship Program: Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia (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/
- 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.
- Kim MS, Cleymaet SV, Kim S, Andres J, Ruchalski C, Kim Y, Azizi SA, Sharrief AZ, Naqvi IA: Interdisciplinary patient centered poststroke care in Follow-up After Stroke, Screening and Treatment (FASST) clinic model: a proof-of-concept pilot study. Integrated Healthcare Journal. PMID: 37440858
- Kim Y, Luby M, Burkett N, Norato G, Leigh R, Wright CB, Kern KC, Hsia AW, Lynch JK, Adil MM, Latour LL: Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Hyperintense Ischemic Stroke Predicts Less Favorable 90-Day Outcome after Intravenous Thrombolysis. Cerebrovasc Dis. PMID: 34284378
- Kim Y, Faysel M, Balucani C, Yu D, Gilles N, Levine SR: Ischemic Stroke Predictors in Patients Presenting with Dizziness, Imbalance, and Vertigo. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. PMID: 30206000
- 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