About
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Radiology - Diagnostic
Expertise
- Breast Imaging
- Interventional Breast Imaging
- Breast Cancer Screening
- Breast Cancer
- Mammography
- Mammogram
- Abnormal Mammogram
- Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
- Ultrasound
- Breast Ultrasound
- US Breast
- Breast Sonogram
- Dense Breasts
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- MRI Breast
- MRI of the Breast
- Image Guided Biopsies
- Breast Biopsy
- Needle Localization of Breast
- Fine Needle Aspiration
- Core Needle Biopsy of Breast
- MR Guided Breast Biopsy
- Mammo Guided Stereotactic Biopsy of Breast
- Stereotactic Breast Core Biopsy
- Ultrasound-Guided Breast Core Biopsy
- US Guided Needle Biopsy of Breast
- Ultrasound Guidance For Fine Needle Aspiration
- Ductography
Biography
Aya Michaels, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College and an Assistant Attending Radiologist at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Campus.
Dr. Michaels earned her B.A. from Columbia University, New York, NY in 2007. She then received her M.D. at Harvard University, Boston, MA in 2011.
Following an internship in Internal Medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA, Dr. Michaels completed residency training in Diagnostic Radiology (2012-2016) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA. She completed her fellowship in Women’s Imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Michaels was appointed Assistant Attending of Radiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in July 2017.
Dr. Michaels is a member of the following prestigious radiological societies: • American College of Radiology • Society of Breast Imaging
Research
Credentials
Credentials
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Attending Radiologist - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., Harvard Medical School, 2011
- B.A., Columbia University, 2007
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this physician. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the physician’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this physician is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna - Weill Cornell - POS
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem (HIP) Medicare Essential Network
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY