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