Andrea Lynn Keller, MS PA| Transplant Surgery | MedStar Health
About me
As a board-certified and multi- licensed Physician Assistant in the state of VA, MD and DC I am responsible for managing, diagnosing, treating, and aiding in the preventative management of all MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute patients alongside my colleagues. I additionally provide education and outreach activities within the community.
My interest in public education/outreach has led me to chair the Liver Life Walk DC charity event in conjunction with the American Liver Foundation 2017-current. This event has raised well over $200,000 for continued liver research with the goal to stomp out liver disease by 2030.
I further play a vital role in the Free Liver Screening program at MGTI of which brings hepatitis awareness to the public, screening those at risk for hepatitis linking them to point of care and treatment. This program attended the NBC 4 Health and Fitness Expo 2020 screening over 830 people. A new role I have taken on in 2021 is that of the chair to our APP Outreach and Wellness Counsel providing wellness to APPs within the MGTI community as well as outreach to the whole DMV community virtually through social media.
Furthermore, I remain actively involved in ongoing research protocols through the transplant institute. I am a current and upstanding member of the AAPA, AASLD, CLDF and GHAPP. I currently serving as the anchor provider within our Northern Virginia clinical office.
Clinical areas of focus
- Liver Abscess
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Damage
- Liver Encephalopathy
- Liver Failure
- Liver Metastases
- Liver Resection
- Liver Scarring
- Liver Segmentectomy
- Liver Transplant In Adults
- Liver Wedge Resection
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Lobectomy
- Partial Hepatectomy
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Transplant Evaluation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- Abnormal Plasma Proteins
- Ascites
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Benign Neoplasm Of Digestive System
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Biliary Tract Obstruction
- Choledocholithiasis
- Cholestasis
- Colon Disease
- Congenital Malformations Of Gallbladder, Bile Ducts And Liver
- Crohn's Disease [Regional Enteritis]
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Donors Of Organs And Tissues
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gallstones
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastric Varices
- Hemangioma
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis D
- Hepatitis E
- Hepatomegaly And Splenomegaly
- Intestinal Atresia
- Liver Abscess
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Cysts
- Liver Damage
- Liver Damage From Toxins
- Liver Encephalopathy
- Liver Failure
- Liver Fibrosis
- Liver Metastases
- Liver Scarring
- Liver Transplant Rejection
- Malignant Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Portal Hypertension
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Renal Artery Thrombosis
- Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Variceal Bleeding
- Viral Hepatitis
- Wilson Disease
Procedures I perform
- Abdominal Paracentesis With Imaging
- Abdominal Ultrasound
- Adult Liver Transplant
- Amebic Liver Abscess Treatment
- Ammonia Level Test
- Arthrocentesis
- Artificial Liver Therapy
- Ascites Treatment
- Autoimmune Hepatitis Diagnosis
- Autopsy Pathology Examination
- Auxiliary Liver Transplant
- Bioartificial Liver Therapy
- Blood Chemistry Test
- Blood Clotting Disorder Diagnosis
- Cardiac Cell Therapy
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Chronic Liver Disease Treatment
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Cryoablation Of Liver Tumors
- Ct-Guided Liver Biopsy
- Cystitis Management
- Dialysis
- Donor Organ Procurement
- Duplex Scan Of Abdominal Organs
- Endocrinology Care
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Esophageal Cancer Diagnosis
- Gastrointestinal Varices Treatment
- Hepatic Artery Embolization
- Hepatic Encephalopathy Management
- Hepatic Vein Stenting
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Hypertension Treatment
- Inferior Vena Cava Stenting
- Interstitial Nephritis Treatment
- Islet Xenotransplant
- Laparoscopic Liver Biopsy
- Live-In Care
- Liver Abscess Treatment
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Cyst Treatment
- Liver Debridement
- Liver Fibroscan
- Liver Hemangioma Treatment
- Liver Imaging Studies
- Liver Panel
- Liver Resection
- Liver Segmentectomy
- Liver Surgery For Malignant Tumors
- Liver Transplant
- Liver Transplant In Adults
- Liver Wedge Resection
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Lobectomy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplant
- Mesenteric Angiography
- Metastatic Liver Disease Treatment
- Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System Therapy
- Mri-Guided Liver Biopsy
- Multi-Organ Transplant
- Neonatal Abdominal Paracentesis
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Open Liver Biopsy
- Pancreas Transplant Rejection Treatment
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Partial Hepatectomy
- Pediatric Liver Transplant
- Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
- Percutaneous Tumor Chemoembolization
- Portal Hypertension Treatment
- Portosystemic Shunt
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Screening
- Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis
- Pump Therapy
- Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Deficiency Treatment
- Pyogenic Liver Abscess Treatment
- Reduced-Size Liver Transplant
- Renal Scintigraphy
- Rhabdomyolysis Treatment
- Small Bowel Transplant In Children
- Split Liver Transplant
- Stem Cell Therapy
- Surgical Liver Biopsy
- Transjugular Liver Biopsy
- Transplant Evaluation
- Ultrasonic Guidance
- Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy
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
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- POS OA
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice
- IH-POS Plus
- United Student Resources
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- TRICARE for Life East
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice POS II
- OA Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Medicare Direct
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Navigate
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-EPO Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Network OA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Choice POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- HighMark
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Sentara Health
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UHC Passport
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna VA Exchange
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Medicare FFS
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-Open HMO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
Videos
Education
Board Certification: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Certification of Physician Assistants
Medical School: Daemen College (2010)
Awards
- Chair of the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute Advanced Practice Providers Outreach and Wellness Counsel Chair of the American Liver Foundation; Liver Life Walk, DC 2019 Presented by MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute 2018 Top Doctor Awards Chair of the American Liver Foundation; Liver Life Walk, DC 2018 Presented by MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute 2018 Inductee as Top Physician Assistant in Annandale, VA as part of The International Association of HealthCare Professionals Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare Chair of the American Liver Foundation; Liver Life Walk, DC 2017 Presented by MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute 2013 4-star winner of “Talk of the Town” Excellence in Customer Satisfaction for Health Care and Medical Practices
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Pre-Treatment Education and Treatment Completion in Patients with Hepatitis C (HCV)
Treated with Boceprevir (BOC) or Telaprevir (TVR). November 2013. Lead Author:
Debbie Mercier (SLU) Senior Author: Joy Peter (UF)
Podcasts
https://www.youtube.com/embed/6-mXVqKe5V0