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