About me
Dr. Costa is a board-certified nephrologist with more than 10 years’ experience in transplant nephrology. She is also board certified in internal medicine. She comes to MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute from the University of Maryland Medical System, where the majority of her patients were medically complex.
She earned her medical degree from Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Escuela de Medicina in the Dominican Republic and her MPH with a focus in epidemiology from University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. Dr. Costa completed her internship, residency, and fellowship in nephrology at East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine. She also completed a fellowship in kidney transplantation at University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Costa has served as a clinical assistant professor in internal medicine and nephrology and hypertension at East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine and assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology at University of Maryland School of Medicine. Since 2017, she has been the commissioner representing transplantation on the Maryland State Commission on Kidney Disease.
She has published in several peer-reviewed journals, including Transplantation, American Journal of Transplantation, and Transplant International and has written book chapters. Her areas of special interest and research include transplant diagnostics, BK virus related kidney disease and long-term post-transplant outcomes.
She is a member of several national societies including the American Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Transplantation.
Dr. Costa sees patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and provides services for patients of Spanish language at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
When not at work, Dr. Costa enjoys spending time with her family and traveling to tropical destinations.
Clinical areas of focus
- Graft Rejection Prevention
- Kidney Disease Treatment
- Kidney Transplant Failure Treatment
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Ascites
- Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease After Transplant
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Donors Of Organs And Tissues
- Immunodeficiencies
- Kidney Damage In Organ Donors
- Kidney Failure In Transplant Patients
- Kidney Rejection
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Neutropenia
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Rejection Of Transplanted Kidney
- Secondary Hypertension
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Viral Hepatitis
- Wound Infections After Kidney Transplant
Procedures I perform
- Dialysis
- General Nephrology
- Graft Rejection Prevention
- Kidney Disease Management For Transplant Patients
- Kidney Disease Treatment
- Kidney Function Test
- Kidney Pancreas Transplant Evaluation
- Kidney Transplant Education
- Kidney Transplant Failure Treatment
- Kidney Transplant Hospice Care
- Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Surgery
- Laparoscopic Kidney Biopsy
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant Monitoring
- Pancreas Transplant Rejection Treatment
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplant Glomerulopathy Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
2 PHC
Washington, DC, 20007
106 Irving St NW
Washington, DC, 20010
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
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Choice POS II
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Network OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Medicare Direct
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- First Health PPO
- UHC Passport
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna HMO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- OA Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- POS OA
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HighMark
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Student Resources
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Navigate
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst NASCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- First Health PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- IH-POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice POS II Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HealthyBlue PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Fellowship: University of North Carolina (2012)
Graduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011)
Fellowship: Vidant Medical Center GME (2008)
Residency: Vidant Medical Center GME (2005)
Graduate: Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (1998)