Yelitza J. Castanos, MSN, BSN, DNP, AGPCNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Primary Care
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
On the web
Overview
Yelitza Castanos, DNP, AGPCNP-BC,is an adult-gerontology nurse practitioner and an assistant professor of nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing, where she completed her Master's in Scienceand Doctor in Nursing Practice. She earned her Bachelor's in Nursing from the College of New Rochelle. She has over nine years of nursing experience in psychiatric nursing, community health, leadership, and primary care. She is board certified as an Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She also has subspecialty training in women's health, which includes cervical cancer screening, family planning, and well-woman exams. Her clinical interests include disease prevention, health promotion, complex chronic illness management, and family planning.Castanos’ research interests focus on palliative care, women's health, and endocrinology.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Primary Care (Nurse Practitioner Group)
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Nursing at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Languages
- Spanish
Gender
- Female
Schedule an Appointment
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
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Phone Appointments
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Location(s)
516 West 168th Street
516 West 168th Street, Floor 1
New York, NY 10032
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Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- HMO
- NY Signature
- PPO
- Student Health
Cigna
- Great West (National)
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- Essential Plan
- Medicare Managed Care
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
Local 1199
- Local 1199
- NYP Employee Plan
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- SelectHealth
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
*Please contact the provider’s office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.