Kevin Charles Abbott, MD| Nephrology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Cardiorenal Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- End Stage Renal Disease
- Glomerulonephritis
- Hypertension
- Kidney Disease
- Medical Management Of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Nephrotic Syndrome
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Interstitial Nephritis
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Acute Tubular Necrosis
- Alport Syndrome
- Amyloid Nephropathy
- Anti Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
- Azotemia
- Bartter Syndrome
- BK Virus Nephropathy
- Calcium Oxalate Stones
- Calculus Of Urinary Tract
- Cardiorenal Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) After Renal Transplant
- Congenital Renal Disease
- Contrast Induced Nephropathy
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Crystalluria
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Dialysis Related Amyloidosis
- Elevated Creatinine
- End Stage Renal Disease
- Ethylene Glycol Poisoning
- Familial Renal Amyloidosis
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Glomerulonephropathy
- Glucocorticoid Remediable Hypertension
- Gouty Nephropathy
- Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
- Hematuria
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Hep C Related Renal Disease
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- HIV Nephropathy
- Horseshoe Kidney
- Hydronephrosis
- Hypercalcemia
- Hypercalciuria
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypermagnesemia
- Hypernatremia
- Hyperoxaluria
- Hyperphosphatemia
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophy Of Kidney
- Hyperuricemia
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypokalemia
- Hypomagnesemia
- Hyponatremia
- Hypophosphatemia
- Iga Nephropathy
- Iga Vasculitis
- Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion
- Ischemic Nephropathy
- Kidney Disease
- Kidney Malformation
- Kidney Problem
- Kidney Stone
- Lead Nephropathy
- Liddle Syndrome
- Light Chain Disorders
- Lithium Nephropathy
- Lithium Poisoning
- Lupus Nephritis
- Malignant Hypertension
- Maternal Iga Nephropathy
- Maternal Renal Disease
- Medullary Sponge Kidney
- Membranous Nephropathy
- Metabolic Acidosis
- Metabolic Alkalosis
- Methanol Poisoning
- Microscopic Hematuria
- Microscopic Polyangiitis
- Minimal Change Kidney Disease
- Nephritic Syndrome
- Nephritis
- Nephrocalcinosis
- Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
- Nephropathy
- Nephrosclerosis
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Nephrotoxicity
- Obesity Related Glomerulopathy
- Pauci Immune Glopmerulonephritis
- Pheochromocytoma
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Postural Proteinuria
- Proteinuria
- Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 1
- Pyelonephritis
- Radiation Nephropathy
- Reflux Nephropathy
- Renal Agenesis And Dysgenesis
- Renal Anomalies
- Renal Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Renal Artery Stenosis
- Renal Cortical Necrosis
- Renal Cysts
- Renal Failure
- Renal Hypoplasia
- Renal Insufficiency
- Renal Manifestations Of Sickle Cell Disease
- Renal Osteodystrophy
- Renal Tubular Acidosis
- Renovascular Hypertension
- Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Salt Balance Disorders
- Secondary Hyperaldosteronism
- Small Kidney
- Solitary Kidney
- Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
- Uncontrolled Hypertension
- Uremia
- Uremic Encephalopathy
Procedures I perform
- Conservative Management Of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Dialysis
- Hemodialysis
- Home Dialysis
- Medical Management Of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Renal Replacement Therapy Education
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- CFBCBS EPO
- FIRST HEALTH
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Opoen HMO Option
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna HMO
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Open HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Network OA
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Tricare Prime
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Open POS II
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Graduate: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences aka F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine (2005)
Fellowship: Brooke Army Medical Center GME (1993)
Residency: Brooke Army Medical Center GME (1991)
Medical School: Medical College Of Georgia Augusta University (1987)