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Kevin Yip, MD, Rheumatology, Brooklyn, NY

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Rheumatology • Brooklyn, NY

Crystal Related, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis & Related, Systemic Pain & Inflammatory Syndromes

Director of Rheumatology and Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency

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  • Office

    374 Stockholm St
    Brooklyn, NY 11237
    Phone+1 718-963-7676
    Fax+1 718-963-6793

Summary

  • Dr Yip is the Head of the Rheumatology Department and Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency program at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. He is a double board certified physician in both Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. Dr Yip had completed the competitive North Central Thames London Foundation residency program in the UK before pursing further training in the USA. He finished his fellowship in Rheumatology at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) / New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell and Internal Medicine residency training at New York University (NYU) / Bellevue main campus.

    Teaching, quality improvement and research is something Dr Yip has a keen passion for and this has been recognised on multiple levels; winning numerous awards with projects presented/published both nationally and internationally. Dr Yip is heavily invested in medical education and leads multiple initiatives aimed at training residents and students from physical exam skills to clinical reasoning.

    His areas of rheumatological interest include the role of asymptomatic hyperuricemia/gout in metabolic diseases along with lupus research into APOL1 and its relationship with avascular necrosis in the African American population - he was part of the team that first discovered this association.

    At this time Dr Yip is investigating how rheumatic patients are affected by the adverse events of glucocorticoid (steroid) use. He is actively involved in the OMERACT initiative (an international network of medical professionals) that helps steer rheumatological research worldwide and just published with the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) to develop new guidelines for total hip and knee surgeries for osteoarthritis.

Education & Training

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Rheumatology, 2020 - 2023
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2017 - 2020
  • North Central Thames Foundation Program (London, UK)
    North Central Thames Foundation Program (London, UK)Residency, 2014 - 2016
  • Royal Free Hospital and University College London Medical School
    Royal Free Hospital and University College London Medical SchoolClass of 2014, MBBS

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License Active through 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
  • American Heart AssociationAdvanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • American Heart AssociationBasic Life Support (BLS)
  • Educational Commission For Foreign Medical GraduatesECFMG certified
  • General Medical Council (GMC)British Medical License

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellows In Training Scholarship at State-of-the-Art (SOTA) Clinical Symposium American College of Rheumatology, 2020-2021
  • Nominated member Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), 2019
  • Young Achiever American College of Physicians, 2019
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Osteonecrosis Is Associated With APOL1 Variants in African Americans With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus  
    K Yip, M AKERMAN, R Fernandez Ruiz, N Leung, H Algasas, Y Qian, J Buyon, J Divers, P Izmirly, M Belmont, A Blazer, Frontiers in Lupus, 10/6/2023
  • Recurrent Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination in a 76-Year-Old Woman with Previously Treated Hepatitis B Virus Infection  
    K Yip, AR Bass, HSS Journal, 2022

Books/Book Chapters

  • Care of the Older Person 
    Chapter: Arthritis in the OIlder Person 
    Yue L, Yip K, Markenson JEdition 5th,2023

Abstracts/Posters

  • PATIENT PERCEPTIONS OF IMPACT OF GLUCOCORTICOID THERAPY IN THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF A TREATMENT-SPECIFIC PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURE
    Susan Bridgewater, Michael A Shepherd, Jill Dawson, Pamela Richards, Christine Silverthorne, Mwidimi Ndosi, Celia Almeida, Rachel J Black, Jonathan T L Cheah, Emma Dur..., Presented at the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) Congress, 6/1/2022
  • CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH MYCHART ACTIVATION AND UTILIZATION AMONG RHEUMATOLOGY CLINIC PATIENTS
    C Siegel, A Bass, D Jannat-Khah, O Bruce, J Olmscheid, N Ghosh, SE Sattui, M Schwartzman, D Zisa, A Lakhanpal, K Yip, L Yue, J Aizer, J Berman, Presented at the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) Congress, 6/1/2022
  • PATIENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF GLUCOCORTICOID THERAPY IMPACT ON HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE DURING TREATMENT FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF A TREATM...
    Susan Bridgewater, Michael A Shepherd, Jill Dawson, Pamela Richards, Christine Silverthorne, Mwidimi Ndosi, Celia Almeida, Rachel J Black, Jonathan T L Cheah, Emma Dur..., Presented at British Society of Rheumatology (BSR) 2022 conference, 4/25/2022
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Authored Content

  • Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Risks in Patients With Psoriatic ArthritisAugust 2022
  • First-Line Biologics for Psoriatic Arthritis: Have Patient Selection Criteria Evolved?April 2022
  • Comparison of Composite Measures of Remission in Psoriatic ArthritisFebruary 2022

Committees

  • Fellow, Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials (OMERACT) 2020 - Present
  • Fellowship Representative, HSS/Cornell Rheumatology Fellowship Representative 2020 - 2021
  • Senior resident council representative, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Primary Care Assembly 2019 - 2020
  • Question writer/editor, QuesMed 2018 - 2019
  • Medical student tutor, North Central Thames Foundation Residency / UCLMS 2014 - 2016
  • UCLMS committee representative, Lead-In/Young Civitas for Medics 2011 - 2012
  • Chapter lead at UCLMS, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) 2010 - 2012
  • Musculoskeletal anatomy demonstrator, University College London Medical School (UCLMS) 2010 - 2012

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Chinese (Cantonese)

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