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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
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Bles Bldg
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 Classic 3500
- CareFirst EPO
- First Health PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- TRICARE East Select
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Network OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- OA Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Medicare Direct
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA EPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Employee Health Plan
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Administrators
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Choice POS
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-POS
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HighMark
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Open POS Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UHC Passport
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-EPO Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
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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)