Yuli Y. Kim, MD

Cardiology

5.0 with 181 ratings

Sees patients age 18 to 65

Medical Director, Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Center
Fellowship Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Professor of Medicine in Pediatrics
Dr. Kim is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Meet Dr. Kim

Recognized by America's Top Doctors 2015 - 2017

Recognized in Philadelphia magazine's annual Top Docs issues from 2018 - 2021

Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Pregnancy
Anomalies of the Aorta
Anomalous Coronary Artery
Anomalous Pulmonary Artery
Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Aortic Coarctation
Aortopulmonary Window
Atrial Isomerism
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
Atrioventricular Canal Defect
Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Common Aortopulmonary Trunk
Congenital Anomaly of Great Veins
Congenital Anomaly of the Aortic Arch
Congenital Anomaly of the Coronary Artery
Congenital Aortic Valve Disease
Congenital Insufficiency of the Aortic Valve
Congenital Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Congenital Pulmonary Valve Atresia
Congenital Stenosis of the Aortic Valve
Congenital Stenosis of the Mitral Valve
Congenital Stenosis of the Pulmonary Valve
Congenital Subaortic Stenosis
Congenital Tricuspid Stenosis
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
Cyanotic Heart Disease
Double Aortic Arch
Double Outlet Left Ventricle
Double Outlet Right Ventricle
Ebstein Anomaly
Endocardial Cushion Defect
Hemitruncus
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Hypoplastic Right Ventricle
Infundibular Pulmonic Stenosis
Interrupted Aortic Arch
LV to Aorta Tunnel
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Peripheral Pulmonary Stenosis
Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm
Pulmonary Artery Coarctation and Atresia
Pulmonary Artery Sling
Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
Pulmonary AV Fistula
Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Pulmonary Venous Anomalies
Right Ventricular Outlet Tract Obstruction
Scimitar Syndrome
Shone's Complex
Single Ventricle Defects
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transposition of the Great Vessels
Tricuspid Atresia
Truncus Arteriosus
Vascular Ring
Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Kim is part of these programs:

Board Certification

Cardiovascular Disease, 2008
IM/Adult Congenital Heart Disease (AMA)

Education and Training

Medical School: University of Virginia
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Children's Hospital of Boston

Primary Location

Penn Heart and Vascular Center

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
East Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Map Call 215-615-4949

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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Aetna
Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna Medicare
Claim Watcher (Homestead/Index)
Clover Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Highmark Blue Shield Medicare
Highmark Wholecare
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360

Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Jefferson Health Plans (fka Health Partners Plans)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan PA
UPMC Health Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Description of Research Expertise

Congenital heart disease
Echocardiography, adult congenital heart disease

Selected Publications

Rees JR, Levine LD, Kim YY, McCoy JA.: Cardiac and Obstetric Outcomes among Congenital Heart Disease Patients with Repeat Pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 7 : 101597,2025.

Levine LD, Friedman AM, Kim YY, Purisch SE, Wen T.: Postpartum Readmissions Among Patients with Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 7 : 101580,2025.

Kim YY, McRae MP, Rychik J, Everson GT, Hoteit MA: Linkage Between Liver Blood Flow and Hemodynamics in Fontan-associated Liver Disease American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions. Chicago, IL : 2025.

Freddo A, Eron M, Mondal A, Tomlinson A Denduluri S, Farkas I, Partington S, Ruckdeschel E, Tsao A, Mavroudis C, Nuri M, Fuller S, Kim YY, Vaikunth S: Comparison of Arrhythmia Prevalence in Adult Patients with Lateral Tunnel versus Extracardiac Fontan Palliation. 28th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease. Orlando, FL. : 2025.

Schreier M, Corren Y, Josowitz R, Vaikunth S, Kim YY, Gillespie M, Savla J.: Novel Use of the Gore Cardioform ASD Occluder to Close a Mustard Baffle Leak. 28th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease. Orlando, FL. : 2025.

Kim YY, McRae MP, Rychik J, Everson GT, Hoteit MA.: Quantifying the Individual Impact of Cardiac and Liver Disease on Liver Function and Portal-Systemic Shunting in Fontan-Associated Liver Disease by a Simplified Cholate Shunt Test. Digestive Disease Week 2025. San Diego, CA. : 2025.

Farkas I, Vaikunth S, Partington S, Ruckdeschel E, Denduluri S, Min J, Hoteit M, Kim YY.: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After the Fontan: A Single Center Cohort. American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions. Chicago, IL : 2025.

Lee G, Fuller S, Partington S, Tsao A, Ruckdeschel E, Kim YY, Mavroudis C, Nuri M, Vaikunth S.: Promise and Peril: Considering the Cumulative Risk of a Late Double Switch Operation. 28th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease. Orlando, FL. : 2025.

Price JJ, Ruiz K, Lim J, Kim YY, Buber J: Effect of Pregnancy on Bioprosthetic Structural Valve Degeneration Int J Cardiol: CHD 19 : 100559,2024.

Kim YY: Hepatocellular Carcinoma And The Fontan Operation Pediheart Podcast : 2024.

Academic Contact Information

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
11th Floor, South Pavilion
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-5127
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

Adult Congenital Heart Association, National
Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology, National
American Board of Internal Medicine, National
American College of Cardiology, National
American Heart Association, National
International Society of Adult Congenital Heart Disease, International