Yun-Beom Choi, MD

Yun-Beom Choi, MD

  • Neurology

Languages Spoken

  • Korean

Related Services

Related Practices

Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated

Primary Areas of Practice

  • Neurology

Locations &
Appointments

Locations

Bergen Neurology Consultants at Englewood

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25 Rockwood Place Suite 110 Englewood, NJ 07631

Phone: 201-894-5805
Fax: 201-894-1956

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Insurance

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1199 (SEIU)

  • 1199 (SEIU)

Aetna

  • Aetna Assure Premier Plus
  • Aetna CCN
  • Aetna CoreSource
  • Aetna Coventry
  • Aetna FIDE-SNP
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna Medicare Managed Care
  • Aetna POS
  • Aetna PPO
  • Aetna Whole Health HMO
  • Aetna Whole Health PPO
  • Medsolutions
  • Meritan Health

AmeriHealth

  • AmeriHealth Administrator
  • AmeriHealth HMO
  • AmeriHealth PPO
  • Value Network (Exchange Plan)

APWU

  • APWU Health Plan

Cigna

  • Cigna HMO
  • Cigna Medicare Advantage
  • Cigna Open Access Plus
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  • Cigna Supplemental
  • Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
  • Health Partners

Clover Health

  • Clover Medicare Advantage

EmblemHealth

  • EmblemHealth EPO
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  • EmblemHealth Tri-State
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Empire Plan (NYSHIP)

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First Health

  • First Health

GEHA

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Horizon BCBS

  • Federal Employee Program
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  • NJ Carpenters Fund
  • OMNIA Tier 1
  • Traditional

Horizon NJ Health

  • Horizon NJ Health Medicaid
  • Horizon NJ TotalCare (D-SNP)

Humana

  • Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
  • Humana ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
  • Humana ChoicePOS
  • Humana Gold Choice Network PFFS
  • Humana Gold Choice Network PFFS 23
  • Humana Gold Plus DE-SNP
  • Humana Gold Plus HMO
  • Humana Medicare (Employer PPO Plus)
  • Humana Medicare PPO
  • Humana Medicare PPO 2023
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MagnaCare

  • Local 825
  • MagnaCare PPO

Mail Handlers

  • Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)

Medicaid

  • Medicaid NJ

Medicare

  • Medicare NJ

MultiPlan/PHCS

  • Beech Street
  • MultiPlan Humana
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  • PHCS
  • Pomco

MVP Health Care

  • MVP Health Care PPO

NALC

  • NALC Health Benefit Plan

Nippon Life Insurance Co of America

  • Nippon Life Benefits

Oxford

  • Freedom
  • Garden State Network
  • Liberty
  • Metro
  • Oxford Medicare

QualCare

  • Choice Care
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Railroad Medicare

  • Railroad Medicare NJ

TRICARE North Region

  • CHAMPVA
  • DVA

UMR

  • UMR

United Healthcare Community and State

  • Dual Complete
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicaid (NJ FamilyCare)
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicare

UnitedHealthcare

  • AARP
  • Commercial and Marketplace
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  • River Valley
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  • UnitedHealthcare StudentResources

Wellcare NJ

  • Wellcare NJ Ambetter
  • Wellcare NJ Medicare Managed Care

Wellpoint

  • Wellpoint Medicaid
  • Wellpoint Medicare Advantage

About

About Yun-Beom Choi

Dr. Choi is board certified in neurology. He received his MD and PhD in neuroscience from Harvard Medical School. He did his residency in neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian and Neurological Institute of New York. In addition to practicing clinical neurology, Dr. Choi teaches medical students and neurology residents and conducts research in drug development for neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the Society for Neuroscience. He is fluent in Korean.

Honors & Awards

2020-2016: Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctor

2020: Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area

2019: Bergen Magazine Top Doctors

2019-2017: Jersey's Best Magazine Top Doctors

Professional Memberships

Society for Neuroscience

American Academy of Neurology

Education &
Training

Education & Degrees

MD: Harvard Medical School

PhD: Harvard-MIT Division of Health and Sciences and Technology

Residency

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Certifications & Distinctions

  • Neurology (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology)

Publications

Publications

Choi Y-B, Lipton SA. ldentification and mechanism of action of two histidine residues underlying high-affinity Zn2+ Inhibition of the NMDA receptor. (1999) Neuron 23:171-180.

Kim W-K, Choi Y-B, Rayudu PV, Das P, Assad W, Arnelle DR, Stamler JS, Lipton SA. Attenuation of NMDA receptor activity and neurotoxicity by nitroxyl anion (NO-). (1999) Neuron 24:461-469.

Chol Y-B, Tenneti L, Le DA, Ortiz J, Bal G, Chen H-SV, Lipton SA. Molecular basis of NMDA receptor-coupled ion channel modulation by S-nitrosylation. (2000) Nature Neuroscience 3:15-21.

Kim J, Jung SY, Lee YK, Park S, Choi JS, Lee CJ, Kim HS, Choi YB, Scheiffele P, Bailey CH, Kandel ER, Kim JH. Neuroligin-1 Is required for normal expression of LTP and associative fear memory In the amygdala of adult animals. (2008) Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA 105:9087-9092.

Puthanveettil SV, Monje FJ, Miniaci MC, ChoiY-B, Karl KA, Khandros E, Gawinowicz MA, Sheetz MP, Kandel ER. A new component in long-term synaptic plasticity: upregulatlon of kinesin in the neurons of gill-withdrawal reflex (2008) CelI135:960-973.

SI K, Chol Y-B, White-Grindley E, Majumdar A, Kandel ER. Aplysia CPEB can form prion-like multimers in sensory neurons that Contribute to Long-Term Facilitation. (2010) Cell 140:421-435.

Jung S-Y, Kim J, Kwon OB, Jung JH, An K, Jeong AY, Lee CJ, Choi Y-B, Bailey CH, Kandel ER, Kim J-H. Input-specific synaptic plasticity in the amygdala is regulated by neuroligin-1 via postsynaptic NMDA receptors (2010) Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA 107:4710-4715.

Till SM, Li HL, Miniaci MC, Kandel ER, Chol Y-B. A Presynaptic role for FMRP during protein synthesis-dependent long-term plasticity in Aplysia. (2011) Learning and Memory 18:39-48.

Choi Y-B, Li HL, Kassabov SR, Jin I, Puthenveetlil SV, Karl KA, Lu Y, Kim J-H, Bailey CH, Kandel R. Neurexin-neuroligln trans-synaptic interaction mediates learning-related synaptic remodeling and long-term facilitation In Aplysia. (2011) Neuron 70:468-481.

Kassebov SR, Choi Y-B, Karl KA, Vishwasrao HD, Bailey CH, Kandel ER. A single Aplysla neurotrophin-mediated synaptic facilitation via differentially processed isoforms secreted as mature or precursor forms. (2013) Cell Reports 3:1213-27

Kwon OB, Lee JH, Kim HJ, Lee S, Lee S, Jeong MJ, Kim SJ, Jo HJ, Ko B, Chang S, Park SK, Choi Y­B, Bailey CH, Kandel EA, Kim J-H. Dopamine regulation of amygdala inhibitory circuits for expression of learned fear. (2015) Neuron 88:378-389.