Kevin M Ford, MD| Internal Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Areas of clinical interest
- Caring for adults 18+
- Chronic disease diagnosis, treatment, and management
- Chronic kidney disease
- Men’s health
- Preventive medicine
Philosophy of care “My philosophy of care centers on treating each patient with compassion, respect, and a commitment to understanding their unique experiences. I believe effective communication and active listening will play a key role in empowering my patients in their health journey, ensuring they have the information to make better healthcare decisions.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Digestive System Symptoms
- High Blood Pressure
- Respiratory Disorders
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Injury
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Blood
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Drug Findings In Blood
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Serum Enzyme Levels
- Acquired Absence Of Organs
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Adverse Effects
- Allergies
- Anemia
- Angina
- Anus And Rectum Diseases
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Artery Disorders
- Ascites
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrioventricular Block
- Back Pain
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bladder Disorders
- Bleeding Disorders
- Body Region Injury
- Bone Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Breast Lump
- Bronchiectasis
- Candidiasis
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cellulitis
- Cellulitis And Lymphangitis
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Colitis
- Colon Cancer
- Congenital Malformations Of Musculoskeletal System
- Contact With Communicable Diseases
- Convulsions
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Cough
- Crohn's Disease
- Crohn's Disease [Regional Enteritis]
- Cutaneous Abscess, Furuncle And Carbuncle
- Cystitis
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Developmental Delays
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Digestive System Diseases
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Diseases Of Esophagus
- Diseases Of Lip And Oral Mucosa
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Disorders Of White Blood Cells
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Diverticulitis
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Dyslipidemia
- Dyspnea
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Emphysema
- Endocrine Disorders
- Enlarged Prostate
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eyelid Disorders
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Flatulence
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gallstones
- Gastritis
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Gout
- Headache
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Hematuria
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hip Pain
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypotension
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Influenza
- Influenza Due To Other Identified Influenza Virus
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Disorder
- Kidney And Ureter Calculus
- Kidney And Ureter Disorders
- Kidney Stones
- Knee Pain
- Liver Failure
- Lung Disease
- Lymphoma
- Malaise And Fatigue
- Migraine
- Multiple Myeloma
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Disorders
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nail Disorders
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nontoxic Goiter
- Obesity
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Pancreatitis
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Personal Risk Factors
- Persons Encountering Health Services
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonitis Due To Solids And Liquids
- Polyuria
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Rash
- Respiratory Disorders
- Respiratory Failure
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sepsis
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Skin Swelling And Lumps
- Sleep Disorders
- Sore Throat
- Specified Health Status
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylosis
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Tachycardia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thyroid Disorders
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Urinary Retention
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Vasculitis
- Vein Disorders
- Venous Embolism
- Ventral Hernia
- Volume Depletion
- Weight Loss
Procedures I perform
- 24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening
- Abscess Incision And Drainage
- Advance Directive Planning
- Aging Education
- Aging Life Care
- Aging Resource Coordination
- Aging Well Resources
- Alcohol Abuse Treatment
- Anticoagulation Therapy
- Anxiety Treatment
- Arthrocentesis
- Asthma Management
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cholesterol Screening
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cold Treatment
- Congestive Heart Failure Management
- Copd Management
- Diabetes Screening
- Digital Rectal Exam
- Disease Prevention
- Electrocardiogram
- Flu Shot
- Geriatric Care
- Grief Counseling
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hypertension Treatment
- Immunization Administration
- Infectious Disease Treatment
- Lactate Dehydrogenase
- Lipid Profile
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Mole Removal
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions
- Pap Smear
- Peak Flow Measurement
- Pre-Operative Clearance
- Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
- Rash Treatment
- Respiratory Infection Treatment
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Sinusitis Treatment
- Skin Tag Removal
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Staple Removal
- Suture Removal
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Treatment
- Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
- Venous Blood Collection
- Vision Screening
- Women's Health Exam
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
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- TRICARE East Prime
- OA Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- MultiPlan, Inc
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Network OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-POS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- First Health PPO
- Sentara Health
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Student Resources
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Navigate
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UHC Passport
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- HighMark
- Blue Choice Advantage
- POS OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-Open HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Residency Program: Howard University Hospital (1990)
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine (1987)