About
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Cardiology
- Diagnostic Radiology
Expertise
- Heart Imaging
- Nuclear Cardiology
- Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging
- Echocardiography
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiac MRI
- MRI of the Heart
- Magnetic Resonance Angiography
- Cardiac Computed Tomography (CT)
- CT Scan of the Heart
- Cardiac CT
- CT Angiogram
- PET-CT
- Positron Emission Tomography
- PET Scan
- Ultrasound
- Heart Disease
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Congenital Heart Disease
Biography
Jiwon Kim, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Cardiovascular Division of the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College where she is the Associate Director of the Adult Echocardiography Laboratory and co-directs the cardiac MRI program and advanced cardiac imaging fellowship. Dr. Kim has a documented track record of academic focus on pathogenesis of adverse cardiovascular remodeling and their associations with clinical outcomes, which is the focus of her NIH K23 award for which she studies right ventricular remodeling and its physiologic impact on exercise tolerance. She is also the recipient of an R01 award to examine tissue-based predictors of cardiopulmonary symptoms in COVID-19 survivors. In addition, she has served as a co-investigator on several R01 awards focused on LV remodeling and foundation sponsored studies for which she has helped to design and implement multicenter echocardiography and cardiac MRI imaging protocols. Dr. Kim completed residency in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School and fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging at Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, respectively Dr. Kim has received multiple intramural and extramural awards including the ASCI Young Physician Scientist Award.
Research
Credentials
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease)
- Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
- National Board of Echocardiography
- Nuclear Cardiology
Clinical and Academic Positions
- The Bruce B. Lerman, M.D. Clinical Scholar - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
- Associate Attending Physician - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Associate Professor of Medicine - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
- Associate Professor of Medicine in Radiology - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, 2007
- B.A., Columbia University, 2002
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee Managed Care Plan
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee PPO Plan
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell New York
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- 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
- WorldWide Medical
Locations and Appointments
External Relationships
External Relationships
Relationships and collaborations with for-profit and not-for profit organizations are of vital importance to our faculty because these exchanges of scientific information foster innovation. As experts in their fields, WCM physicians and scientists are sought after by many organizations to consult and educate. WCM and its faculty make this information available to the public, thus creating a transparent environment.
No External Relationships Reported