About me
Sonika Puri, MD, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained transplant nephrologist with more than 10 years’ experience in the field. She specializes in pre- and post-operative management for people undergoing kidney and pancreas transplantation, as well as the evaluation of living kidney donors.
Dr. Puri joins the team as the medical director of the Living Donor Kidney Program. She is passionate about improving access to life-saving living donation for patients with end stage renal disease.
Dr. Puri is an active researcher and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals on improving outcomes in kidney and pancreas transplantation, improving access to kidney donation and transplantation, and organ preservation. She is a member of the American Society of Nephrology, Lipid Association of India, and a Fellow of American Society of Nephrology. She earned her medical degree from Maulana Azad Medical College at Delhi University in New Delhi, India and completed her internship and residency at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, Connecticut. She also completed two fellowships—one in nephrology at NYU Langone Medical Center and NYU School of Medicine in New York and one in transplant nephrology at University of California in San Francisco.
Dr. Puri works with each patient to help them achieve the best possible outcome from kidney and pancreas transplantation. In addition to always taking the time to listen to her patients, address their concerns, and educate them about their condition and treatment options, she also helps patients seek living kidney donors.
Dr. Puri is fluent in English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu.
When she’s not working, Dr. Puri enjoys reading, hiking with her family, and baking.
Clinical areas of focus
- Dopamine Therapy
- Graft Rejection Prevention
- Heart Transplant
- Lung Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant Rejection Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acquired Absence Of Organs
- Ascites
- Benign Neoplasm Of Digestive System
- Bone Marrow Transplant
- Bone Marrow Transplant Graft Failure
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Complications Of Kidney Transplant
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Corneal Diseases
- Corneal Transplant
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Donors Of Organs And Tissues
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Heart Transplant Surgery
- Immunodeficiencies
- Infertility
- Intestinal Stenosis
- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts Cancer
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Transplantation
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lung Transplant Complications
- Lung Transplant Rejection
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Organ Donor Matching
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Renal Artery Thrombosis
- Small Intestine Diseases
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Venous Embolism
Procedures I perform
- Ablative Therapy
- Antiangiogenic Therapy
- Anxiety Management
- Biomicroscopy
- Blood Type Incompatible Transplant
- Blood Type Testing
- Cardiac Gene Expression
- Cardiovascular Fluorescence Imaging
- Cardiovascular Personalized Medicine
- Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Clinical Trials
- Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound
- Corneal Transplantation
- Cryopreservation Of Oocytes
- Deceased Donor Transplant
- Developmental Biology
- Dialysis
- Domino Liver Transplantation
- Domino Transplantation
- Dopamine Therapy
- Electrical Impedance Tomography
- Endovascular Surgery
- Epigenomic Medicine
- Etoposide Therapy
- Ex Vivo Imaging
- Face Transplant
- Flap Surgery
- Functional Mri
- Gastric Surgery
- Gastrointestinal Therapy
- Genitourinary Fistula Treatment
- Genitourinary Surgery
- Geriatric Surgery
- Graft Rejection Prevention
- Graft Survival Analysis
- Hair Transplant
- Heart Transplant
- Heart-Liver Transplant
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Histology Services
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Immunoglobulin Administration
- Infection Management
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Islet Xenotransplant
- Kidney Drainage
- Kidney Function Test
- Kidney Resection
- Kidney Stones Treatment
- Kidney Transplant In Hbv Patients
- Kidney-Pancreas Transplant
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Liquid Biopsy
- Liver Cancer Surgery
- Liver Lobe Transplant
- Liver Paired Donation
- Liver Transplant In Hcv Patients
- Liver Tumor Ablation
- Liver-Kidney Transplant
- Living Donor Transplant
- Lung Transplant
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mammography
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplant
- Mesenteric Angiography
- Metabolomics
- Minimally Invasive Transplant Surgery
- Multivisceral Transplant
- Nephrectomy
- Nephrological Transplant Surgery
- Nutrition Counseling
- Ocular Coherence Tomography Angiography
- Optical Coherence Tomography
- Optical Projection Tomography
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Ovary Transplant
- Oxidative Stress Analysis
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care
- Pancreas Transplant Rejection Treatment
- Parotid Biopsy
- Patching Therapy
- Pediatric Liver Transplant
- Percutaneous Tumor Chemoembolization
- Pharmacological Treatment Of Hypertension
- Phase Contrast Imaging
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Protein Expression
- Proteomics Research
- Psychological Counseling For Cancer
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Pulmonological Transplant Surgery
- Purkinje Imaging
- Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping
- Radioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Renal Biopsy
- Retrograde Ureteropyelography For Urinary Tract Imaging
- Robotic Surgery
- Robotic Transplant Surgery
- Short Tau Inversion Recovery Imaging
- Single Molecule Microscopy
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
- Single Plane Illumination Microscopy
- Skin Flap Procedure
- Skin Graft
- Small Bowel Transplant
- Social Work Services For Transplant
- Spectral Position Distance Microscopy
- Speech Therapy
- Stereotactic Spinal Procedure
- Steroid Minimization
- Surgical Wound Debridement
- T2 Weighted Imaging
- Tendon Transplantation
- Terahertz Imaging
- Tissue Biopsy
- Tongue Transplant
- Toxicogenomics
- Transcriptomics
- Transplant Bioinformatics
- Transplant Complications Treatment
- Transplant Regenerative Medicine
- Tumor Imaging
- Ultrasound
- Urinary Filtration Performance
- Urological Transplant Surgery
- Vaccinations
- Vascularized Composite Allograft
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
2 PHC
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
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- POS OA
- CIGNA PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Choice POS
- TRICARE East Select
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UHC Passport
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- HighMark
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Network OA
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst EPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-EPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- BlueChoice Open Access
- First Health PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- Navigate
- United Student Resources
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- OA Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Medicare FFS
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA Connect EPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Fellowship: UCSF Medical Center (2014)
Fellowship: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2013)
Residency: University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2011)
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College (2007)