Craig M Kessler, MD| Hematology, Hematology and Oncology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Craig Kessler is a professor, Department of Medicine and Pathology, in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Kessler is the Medical Director of the GUMC Hemophilia Treatment Center. He is also the Director, Coagulation Laboratory, Division of Laboratory Medicine, in the Department of Pathology.
He received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and completed his residency at Ochsner Foundation Hospital and Clinic. He completed his fellowship in hematology at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Kessler is an expert in internal medicine and hematology and has special interests in anemias, bleeding disorders, coagulation and platelet disorders, hematologic malignancies, myeloproliferative diseases, thrombophilias and hemophilias, and treatment of hematologic diseases.
Clinical areas of focus
- Hemophilia A
- Hemophilia B
- Leukopenia
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Thrombocytopenia
- Von Willebrand Disease
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acquired Hemolytic Anemia
- Acquired Pure Red Cell Aplasia
- Amyloidosis
- Anemia
- Anemia Of Chronic Disease
- Aplastic Anemia
- Arterial Blood Clots
- B Cell Lymphoma
- Bleeding Disorders
- Bleeding Tendency
- Blood Cancer
- Blood Cancers
- Blood Disorders
- Bone Marrow Transplant Graft Failure
- Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
- Clotting Disorders
- Complications Of Infusion, Transfusion And Injection
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Disorders Of White Blood Cells
- Esophagus Cancer
- Hematologic Malignancies
- Hemophilia
- Hemophilia A
- Hemophilia B
- Hemorrhagic Conditions
- Hodgkin Disease
- Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
- Leukemia
- Leukocytosis
- Leukopenia
- Lymphadenopathy
- Lymphocytosis
- Malignant Neoplasm
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Testicle
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
- Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Necrotizing Vasculopathies
- Neutropenia
- Poisoning
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Purpura
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Thalassemia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thrombocytosis
- Venous Embolism
- Vitamin Deficiency Anemia
- Von Willebrand Disease
Procedures I perform
- Autologous Blood Donation
- Blood Banking
- Blood Cell Count
- Blood Chemistry Test
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Blood Disorder Diagnosis
- Blood Irradiation
- Blood Transfusion
- Blood Type Testing
- Bone Marrow Aspiration
- Bone Marrow Biopsy
- Bone Marrow Biopsy And Aspiration
- Bone Marrow Test
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Directed Blood Donation
- Factor Assays
- Fibrinolytic Therapy
- Fresh Frozen Plasma Transfusion
- Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
- Hemophilia Treatment
- Hemostasis Evaluation
- Immunoglobulin Administration
- Immunohistochemistry Staining
- Iron Deficiency Anemia Treatment
- Leukemia Treatment
- Leukopenia Treatment
- Lymphoma Treatment
- Magnesium Imbalance Treatment
- Marrow Ablation
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplant
- Nonautologous Platelets Transfusion
- Nonautologous Red Blood Cells Transfusion
- Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion
- Partial Thromboplastin Time
- Platelet Transfusion
- Red Blood Cell Exchange
- Red Blood Cell Transfusion
- Sickle Cell Anemia Treatment
- Sickle Cell Testing
- Stem Cell Harvesting
- Thalassemia Test
- Thrombocytapheresis
- Thrombophilia Management
- Von Willebrand Disease Treatment
- Von Willebrand Factor Replacement
- White Blood Cell Transfusion
Practice locations
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882 Muddy Branch Rd
Gaithersburg, MD, 20878
3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Lombardi Cancer Center
Washington, DC, 20007
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 Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UHC Passport
- Medicare Direct
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Network OA
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst EPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-POS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Student Resources
- Navigate
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- TRICARE East Prime
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-POS Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- POS OA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice
- First Health PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice Fund PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- TRICARE for Life East
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HighMark
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Sentara Health
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- OA Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Core Essential (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital (1978)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital (1977)
Residency: Ochsner Clinic Foundation (1976)
Internship: Ochsner Clinic Foundation (1974)
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine (1973)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025