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