Michael James Choi, MD| Nephrology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Michael Choi is Director for the Division of Nephrology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He has a focused interest in glomerular diseases and chronic kidney disease. He is the Fellowship Program Director in Nephrology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and was the Program Director at the Johns Hopkins University from 1996-2009. He is the Past-President of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and present member and past NKF Education Committee Chair. He was the Chairman of the 2011 NKF Spring Clinical Meeting. He was a member of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Program Education Committee for Glomerular Disease, He was Co-Editor of the NephSAP (the nephrology self-assessment program for Chronic Kidney Disease. He is presently on the American Society of Nephrology Ethics Committee. He is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology test writing committee elected for his expertise in glomerular diseases. He has several important publications on renal physiology, glomerular disease, and genetic kidney disease, including studies on APOL1 and CKD progression.
Dr. Choi sees patients at the following location:
3800 Reservoir Road Northwest, Pasquerilla Healthcare Center
6th Fl Nephrology
Washington, DC 20007
202-444-9183
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Dialysis
- End Stage Renal Disease Treatment
- Endstage Renal Disease
- Kidney Disease Treatment
- Kidney Function Test
- Laparoscopic Kidney Biopsy
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Nephrotic Syndrome Treatment
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Anemia Of Chronic Disease
- Cardiorenal Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Tubulo
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Malformation Syndromes Affecting Multiple Systems
- Contracted Kidney
- Disorders Of Renal Tubular Function
- Electrolyte Disorders
- Endstage Renal Disease
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Fluid Overload
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypertension
- Hypokalemia
- Kidney Injury
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Protein In The Urine
- Proteinuria
- Rapidly Progressive Nephritic Syndrome
- Recurrent Blood In Urine
- Recurrent Hematuria
- Renal Agenesis And Reduction Defects Of Kidney
- Secondary Hypertension
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Procedures I perform
- Acute Kidney Injury Treatment
- Aldosterone Antagonist Therapy
- Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Test
- Cardiorenal Syndrome Treatment
- Continuous Veno-Venous Hemofiltration
- C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Test
- Creatinine Clearance Test
- Diabetic Nephropathy Screening
- Dialysis
- End Stage Renal Disease Treatment
- Endovascular Aortic Repair
- End-Stage Renal Disease
- Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis Treatment
- Hemoperfusion For Toxin Removal
- Hypertension Treatment
- Kidney Disease Treatment
- Kidney Function Test
- Kidney Pancreas Transplant Evaluation
- Kidney Resection
- Laparoscopic Kidney Biopsy
- Limited Retroperitoneal Ultrasound
- Medication Administration And Management
- Nephrotic Syndrome Treatment
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Peritoneal Cavity Drainage
- Peritoneal Cavity Irrigation With Dialysate
- Peritonitis Treatment
- Phosphorus Management
- Potassium Management
- Renal Biopsy
- Renal Failure Treatment
- Renal Transplant Surgery
- Sodium Management
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplant Glomerulopathy Treatment
- Urinary Filtration Performance
- Urinary Protein Test
- Waste Product Removal Through Dialysis
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 5th Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-9183Fax 877-625-1483
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
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Beech Street PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- POS OA
- HighMark
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Direct
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst EPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Sentara Health
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Choice POS
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- TRICARE East Select
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Navigate
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-HMO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- OA Plus
- First Health PPO
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System (1994)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital (1990)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1987)
Awards
- Baltimore’s Best Doctors, Baltimore Magazine, 2018
- The Washington Post Magazine, Top Doctors, 2011- 2013
- Best Doctors, 2010-2019
- USA Today’s Most Influential Doctors, Hypertension- Baltimore- Towson, 2009
- Patient’s Choice Awards, 2008 - 2010
- Baltimore’s Best Doctors, Baltimore Magazine, 2007
- Best Doctors, 2007,2008
- Garabed Eknoyan Award – Outstanding Contribution to the National Kidney Foundation, 2015
- Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, Institution/Organization, 2018
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Alpha Omega Alpha, Department of Medicine, 2016
- Distinguished Teaching Society of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2016.
- Master Mentor Award - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2012
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2019
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2017
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2012
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2011.
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2005
- VIP Grand Marshall Commencement, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2003
- Department of Medicine Full-time Faculty Teaching Award. 2001
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2000
- Outstanding Contribution Award, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2003
- Department of Medicine Full-time Faculty Teaching Award. 2001
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
He is the Clinical Discussant for the session: "Renal Biopsy: Clinical Correlations" for the 2021 American Society of Nephrology Scientific Meeting.
- Choi MJ, Eustace JA, Gimenez LF, Atta MG, Scheel PJ, Sothinathan R, Briggs WA. Mycophenolate mofetil treatment for primary glomerular diseases. Kidney Int 2002;61:1098-1114.
- Briggs WA, Choi MJ, Scheel PJ. Successful mycophenolate mofetil treatment of glomerular disease. Am J Kidney Dis. 1998;31(2):213-217.
- Lipkowitz MS, Freedman BI, Langefeld CD, Comeau ME, Bowden DW, Kao WH, Astor BC, Bottinger EP, Iyengar SK, Klotman PE, Freedman RG, Zhang W, Parekh RS, Choi MJ, Nelson GW, Winkler CA, Kopp JB; the AASK Investigators. Apolipoprotein L1 gene variants associate with hypertension-attributed nephropathy and the rate of kidney function decline in African Americans. Kidney Int. 2012; 83:144-120.
- Parsa A, Kao WH, Xie D, Astor BC, Li M, Hsu CY, Feldman HI, Parekh RS, Kusek JW, Greene TH, Fink JC, Anderson AH, Choi MJ, Wright JT Jr, Lash JP, Freedman BI, Ojo A, Winkler CA, Raj DS, Kopp JB, He J, Jensvold NG, Tao K, Lipkowitz MS, Appel LJ; AASK Study Investigators; CRIC Study Investigators. APOL1 risk variants, race, and progression of chronic kidney disease. N Engl J Med. 2013;369:2183-96.
- Chen TK, Choi MJ, Kao WH, Astor BC, Scialla JJ, Appel LA, Li L, Lipkowitz MS, Wolf M, Parekh RS, Winkler CA, Estrella ME, Crews DC. Examination of Potential Modifiers of the Association of APOL1 Alleles with CKD Progression. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Oct 1 [Epub ahead of print]
- Chen TK, Tin A, Peralta CA, Appel LJ, Choi MJ, Lipkowitz MS, Winkler CA, Estrella MM. APOL1 Risk Variants, Incident Proteinuria, and Subsequent eGFR Decline in Blacks with Hypertension-Attributed CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Nov 7;12(11):1771-1777
- King LS, Choi M, Fernandez PC, Cartran JP, Agre P. Brief Report: Urinary concentrating defect in aquaporin-1 null individuals. N Engl J Med 2001;345:175-179.
- Choi MJ, Fernandez PC, Patnaik A, Coupaye-Gerard B, D'Andrea D, Szerlip H, Kleyman, TR. Brief Report: Trimethoprim induced hyperkalemia in a patient with AIDS. N Engl J Med. 1993;328:703-6.
- Trachtman H, Choi MJ, Somers M, Mariani L, Beck L, Waldman M, Langford C, Bomback A, Holzman L. KDOQI US Commentary on the 2012 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines for Glomerulonephritis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 ;62:403-41.