Elena Ioana Ciofoaia, MD| Rheumatology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Arthritis
- Gout
- Myositis
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogrens
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Vasculitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Arthritis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Aortic Arteritis
- Arthralgia
- Arthritis
- Arthritis Of Multiple Joints
- Arthropathy
- Behcet Syndrome
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
- Cranial Arteritis
- Crest
- Crystalline Arthritis
- Cutaneous Vasculitis
- Dermatomyositis
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
- Enthesitis
- Erythema Nodosum
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Fibromyalgia
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Gonococcal Arthritis
- Gout
- Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
- Iga Vasculitis
- Igg 4 Related Diseases
- Inflammatory Polyarthropathy
- Isolated Central Nervous System Vasculitis
- Joint Disorder Of Multiple Joints
- Joint Effusion
- Joint Swelling
- Lupus Nephritis
- Macrophage Activation Syndrome
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Monoarticular Arthritis
- Myositis
- Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Periodic Fever Syndromes
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Polyarthralgia
- Polyarthropathy
- Polychondritis
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Polymyositis
- Positive Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Test
- Post Infectious Arthritis
- Pseudogout
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Raynaud's Disease
- Reactive Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sacroiliitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogrens
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Still's Disease
- Synovitis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Systemic Scleroderma
- Tenosynovitis
- Tophus
- Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
- Uveitis
- Vasculitis
Procedures I perform
- Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Blood Test
- Biologic Therapy For Rheumatologic Diseases
- Joint Injection
- Non Surgical Management Of Osteoarthritis
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
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Tricare Prime
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- POS OA & OA Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- FIRST HEALTH
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- United Student Resources
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Network OA
- PPO and PPO Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Open POS II
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Open HMO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Opoen HMO Option
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship Program: MedStar Georgetown Univ Hosp/Washington Hosp Ctr (2022)
Residency Program: Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital (2020)
Residency Program: Pediatrics Emergency Hospital Grigore Alexandresc (2017)
Medical School: Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie (2013)