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