YekyungChoiKongMD

Physical Medicine/Rehab • West Orange, NJ

Pain Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine

Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

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Office
1199 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052
Phone+1 973-731-3600

Fax+1 717-975-9981

Education & Training

Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical SchoolResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1992 - 1995
Atlantic Health SystemInternship, Transitional Year, 1991 - 1992
New York Medical CollegeClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 1994 - 2025
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pain Medicine
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Spinal Cord Injury Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Feasibility of real-time fMRI neurofeedback for rehabilitation of reading deficits in aphasia.
Olga Boukrina, Abubakar Yamin, Guang H Yue, Yekyung Kong, Yury Koush
Medrxiv. 2025-01-05
Improving reading competence in aphasia with combined aerobic exercise and phono-motor treatment: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Olga Boukrina, Elizabeth B Madden, Brian M Sandroff, Xiangqin Cui, Abubakar Yamin
Plos One. 2025-01-01
15 citations
Brain Network Dysfunction in Poststroke Delirium and Spatial Neglect: An fMRI Study
Olga Boukrina, Mateusz Kowalczyk, Yury Koush, Yekyung Kong, Anna M. Barrett
Stroke. 2021-05-06

Press Mentions

AHA News: Stroke Almost Took Gospel Star's Life -- Then Taught Her About LivingMay 10th, 2019