Richard Kong Choi, DO
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, Neurocritical care
Languages: Italian, French, Spanish, English
Only sees patients in a hospital setting and does not schedule visits.
About me
As a Board Certified/Board eligible critical care physician, all conditions requiring intensive care in the medical, surgical, or neurosciences ICU are treated.
Dr. Choi completed medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine followed by an internship at Lankenau Hospital, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Neurology residency at Brown University and a fellowship in Neurocritical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is board certified in Neurology and Neurocritical Care and joined Medstar Franklin Square in 2025 as a neurointensivist, where he currently practices in the Neurocritical Care unit.
Dr. Choi has multiple publications and is interested in management of intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage and acute stroke management. He is also passionate about medical education and is the Social Media editor for the Neurocritical Care Journal. Dr. Choi is also active at the national level, where he has been chair of the Ethics and Marketing and Telecommunications Committees of the Neurocritical Society.
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Brain Abscess Treatment
- Brain Death Management
- Cardiac Arrest Management
- Cardioversion
- Cerebral Arterial Thrombosis Treatment
- Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation Treatment
- Cerebral Atherosclerosis Treatment
- Cerebral Autoregulation Monitoring
- Cerebral Blood Flow Autoregulation Monitoring
- Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring
- Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Monitoring
- Cerebral Vasculitis Treatment
- Cerebral Vasospasm Monitoring
- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Management
- Coagulopathy Management
- Electroencephalogram
- Lumbar Puncture
- Neurological Monitoring
- Stroke Management
Practice locations
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9000 Franklin Square Dr.
Baltimore, MD, 21237
miles away
Insurance
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Aetna
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Maryland
- Cigna Health Care
- Kaiser Permanente*
- MedStar Select (Administered by CareFirst)
- United HealthCare
- Aetna
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Maryland
- Healthspring
- Humana
- Medicare & Railroad Medicare
- United HealthCare
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland *
- Medical Assistance/Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice MD
- Priority Partners *
- United HealthCare Community Health Plan MD
- Wellpoint MD
- AmeriHealth Caritas
- Health Services For Children With Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Medical Assistance/Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice DC
- Johns Hopkins Employer Health Programs *
- Johns Hopkins US Family Health Plan *
- MultiPlan
- Private Healthcare Systems
- Tricare/Humana Military
- VA Community Care Network (VACCN)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurocritical Care
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Hospital (2014)
Residency: Brown University (2012)
Internship: Lankenau Medical Center Department of Medicine GME (2009)
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (2008)