Kelly Krisna Johnson-Arbor, MD| Undersea And Hyperbaric Medicine, Medical Toxicology | MedStar Health
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Specialties: Undersea And Hyperbaric Medicine, Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine
Languages: English
202-444-2130
About me
Dr. Kelly K. Johnson-Arbor serves as the medical director of Hyperbaric Medicine in the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine. An expert in the fields of Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology and Hyperbaric Medicine, she is an Associate Faculty member at the MedStar Institute of Quality and Safety and contributing author to the website of the MedStar Institute for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, medstarbloodless.org. Dr. Johnson-Arbor has published and presented on a variety of topics and serves as a reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed journals. She received her medical degree from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, completed a residency at University of Rochester Medical Center and a fellowship at the University of Connecticut Health Center. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.
Dr. Johnson-Arbor's main area of clinical expertise is hyperbaric medicine, with an emphasis on:
- Limb salvage
- Radiation induced bone and soft tissue injury
- Toxicology including carbon monoxide poisoning
- Hyperbaric physiology
- Commercial diving evaluations
Clinical areas of focus
- Air Embolism
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Decompression Sickness
- Dysbaric Osteonecrosis Treatment
- Hyperbaric Chamber Treatment
- Nitrogen Narcosis
- Oxygen Toxicity
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Air Embolism Treatment
- Cystitis Treatment
- Dive Medicine Consultation
- Dysbaric Osteonecrosis Treatment
- Environmental Health
- Gas Bubble Disease Treatment
- High-Pressure Nervous Syndrome Treatment
- Hyperbaric Chamber Treatment
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy For Radiation Injury
- Hyperbaric Treatment For High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema
- Marine Life Envenomation Treatment
- Undersea Medicine Consultation
- Venous Gas Embolism Treatment
- Wound Care
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
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Choice POS
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna HMO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- First Health PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CIGNA Indemnity
- TRICARE East Select
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA EPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Employee Health Plan
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- OA Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- UHC Passport
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Student Resources
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- POS OA
- CIGNA PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Navigate
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2006)
Residency: Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester (2004)
Medical School: Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (2001)