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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110 Irving St NW
Room 1A50B
Washington, DC, 20010
110 Irving St NW
Room 1A50B
Washington, DC, 20010
3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 5th Fl
Washington, DC, 20007
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
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Student Resources
- Medicare FFS
- IH-POS
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- First Health PPO
- Choice POS II
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Navigate
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- POS OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Employee Health Plan
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA EPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- First Health PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CIGNA PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst EPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 3500
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Network OA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Choice POS
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Healthcare Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- OA Plus
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- TRICARE East Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
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.