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 and long-term post-transplant outcomes.
She is a member of several national societies including the American Society of Nephrology, the Renal Physicians Association, and the American Society of Transplantation.
Dr. Costa sees patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and runs a clinic for Spanish language speakers 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
- Hepatorenal Syndrome Treatment
- Kidney Disease Treatment
- Kidney Transplant Failure Treatment
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Transplant Immunosuppression Management
- Transplant Nephrology Consultation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease After Transplant
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Donors Of Organs And Tissues
- Gallbladder Disease
- Immunodeficiencies
- Kidney Damage In Organ Donors
- Kidney Failure In Transplant Patients
- Kidney Rejection
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Muscle Disorders
- Neutropenia
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Rejection Of Transplanted Kidney
- Secondary Hypertension
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Viral Hepatitis
- Wound Infections After Kidney Transplant
Procedures I perform
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Dialysis
- General Nephrology
- Graft Rejection Prevention
- Hepatorenal Syndrome Treatment
- Hypertension Management For Transplant Patients
- 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
- Live-In Care
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Nutrition Counseling
- Open Kidney Surgery
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant Monitoring
- Pancreas Transplant Rejection Treatment
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplant Glomerulopathy Treatment
- Transplant Immunosuppression Management
- Transplant Nephrology Consultation
- Transplant-Related Complications Management
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
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- POS OA
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE for Life East
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UHC Passport
- Navigate
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE East Select
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Sentara Health
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Network OA
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- TRICARE East Prime
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst NASCO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Indemnity
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Beech Street PPO
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Choice POS
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- First Health PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- OA Plus
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Fellowship: University of North Carolina Hospitals Program (2012)
Graduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011)
Fellowship: Vidant Medical Center (2008)
Residency: Vidant Medical Center (2005)
Graduate: Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (1998)