Esther Kim, ACNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner
Neuro-Oncology
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Overview

Ms. Kim is an acute care nurse practitioner in the Department of Neurology Division of Neuro-Oncology. She received her BA in Biological Science from Rutgers University and her BS/MS from Columbia University School of Nursing. She is board certified in acute care nurse practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). She has been at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center since 2004, starting as an RN on Medical Oncology Unit and transitioning as a critical care RN on Neurological Intensive Care Unit where she worked until 2011. After becoming an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Ms. Kim worked at NeuroHospitalist Service at Columbia University Irving Medical Center where she provided primary care of hospitalized patients with various neurological diseases. In 2015, she joined the Division of Neuro-Oncology, where in close collaboration with attending neuro-oncologists, she provides care to patients with primary brain & spinal tumors and brain metastases.

Board Certifications:

Certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center

Certified Critical Care RN by American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • Brain Tumor

Administrative Titles

  • Nurse Practitioner

Gender

  • Female

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Insurance Accepted

Aetna

  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • NY Signature
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Student Health

Affinity Health Plan

  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care

Amida Care

  • Special Needs

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

  • EPO
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care

Fidelis Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Healthfirst

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Local 1199

  • Local 1199
  • NYP Employee Plan

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

MVP Health Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care

RiverSpring

  • Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • POS
  • PPO

VNSNY CHOICE

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • SelectHealth
  • Special Needs

WellCare

  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • BA, 2002 Biological Sciences , Rutgers - State University of New Jersey
  • BS, 2004 Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing
  • MS, 2008 Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Columbia University School of Nursing

Honors & Awards

Member of Sigma Theta Tau, Honor Society of Nursing, Alpha Zeta Chapter