VivianPatricia(Bykerk Kern)BykerkMD
Rheumatology • New York, NYProfessor, Medicine, Weill Cornell Med College
Overview of Dr. Bykerk
Dr. Vivian Bykerk is a rheumatologist in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and Hospital for Special Surgery. She received her medical degree from Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and has been in practice 41 years. Dr. Bykerk accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. She is one of 95 doctors at Hospital for Special Surgery and one of 108 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital who specialize in Rheumatology. She has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.
Office
525 East 71st Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10021- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Michael G. DeGroote School of MedicineClass of 1981
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 1981 - 2024
MA State Medical License 2009 - 2013- Royal College of Physicians (Canada)Board Certified Internal Medicine
- Royal College of Physicians CanadaRheumatology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow American College of Rheumatology
Clinical Trials
- A Study of Novel Immune Modulating Biomarkers in Patients With Spondyloarthritis With Axial Involvement Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
- Consortium of Early Arthritis Cohorts USA Start of enrollment: 2014 Dec 01
- Strategy to Prevent the Onset of Clinically-Apparent Rheumatoid Arthritis Start of enrollment: 2016 Apr 27
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Having More Tender Than Swollen Joints is Associated With Worse Function and Work Impairment in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis.Charis F Meng, Yvonne Lee, Orit Schieir, Marie-France Valois, Margaret Butler, Gilles Boire, Glen Hazlewood, Carol Hitchon, Edward Keystone, Diane Tin, Carter Thorne, ...> ;ACR Open Rheumatology. 2024 Mar 6
- Association of COVID-19 Vaccinations With Flares of Systemic Rheumatic Disease: A Case-Crossover Study.Nong, M., Lewis, C., Braverman, G., Barbhaiya, M., Bykerk, V., Hupert, N., Mandl, L.> ;Arthritis Care & Research. 2024 Jan 1
- 13 citationsDeconstruction of rheumatoid arthritis synovium defines inflammatory subtypes.Fan Zhang, Anna Helena Jonsson, Aparna Nathan, Nghia Millard, Michelle Curtis, Qian Xiao, Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus, William Apruzzese, Gerald F M Watts, Dana Weisenfeld...> ;Nature. 2023 Nov 1
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Journal Articles
- Methods for High-Dimensonal Analysis of Cells Dissociated from Cyropreserved Synovial TissuePaul J Utz, William H Robinson, Ellen M Gravallese, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Alessandra B Pernis, Susan M Goodman, Michael B Brenner, Lionel B Ivashkiv, Brendan F Boyce, P..., BioMed Central
- Randomized Controlled Trials of Biologic Treatment with Methotrexate in RA May Not Reflect Real World Practice: A Systematic Review and Assessment of PragmaticismVivian (Bykerk Kern) Bykerk, MD, Arthritis Care & Research
Press Mentions
Expert Roundtable: How Clear Is the Concept of Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare?July 15th, 2022- HSS Presents Rheumatoid Arthritis Research at 2022 EULAR Annual CongressJune 6th, 2022
- ACR 2021: 100+ Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease Updates You Need to KnowNovember 23rd, 2021
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Grant Support
- A Pragmatic Clinical Trial of Treatment Withdrawal Using Shared Decision MakingCanadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR)2018–2021
- Molecular Pathways in Treatment Response and Flare in RANIH2014–2021
Committees
- Member, ACR Committee of Journals and Publications 2018 - 2020
Professional Memberships
- Member
Hospital Affiliations
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New York- New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New York
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York, New York
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Empire BCBS HMO
Empire BCBS PPO
First Health PPOGreat West PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
UniCare PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO - Please verify your coverage with the provider's office directly when scheduling an appointment
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