About me
Dr. Aron is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and serves as the Associate Program Director for the Nephrology Training Program. He has been a valued member of our faculty since 2023.
Prior to joining our division, Dr. Aron was a faculty member in the Division of Nephrology at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he was honored with the division’s Teaching Award. Earlier in his career, he served on faculty at Yale University School of Medicine where he led initiatives to advance nephrology education, including spearheading the development of a nephrology point-of-care ultrasound curriculum. Before pursuing nephrology fellowship training, Dr. Aron was on faculty at Harvard Medical School and worked as an oncology hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, gaining broad clinical experience across multiple disciplines.
His scholarly work includes reviews on practical genetic testing in kidney disease and has lectured on topics such as the effects of microgravity on renal salt and water handling, as well as genetic testing strategies for clinical nephrologists. An enthusiastic educator, Dr. Aron is actively involved in teaching medical students, internal medicine residents, and nephrology fellows, reflecting his passion for training the next generation of clinicians. His clinical interests focus on glomerular diseases and genetic kidney disorders. He currently serves on the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board for the IgA Nephropathy Foundation.
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Dialysis
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
- Membranous Nephropathy
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Proteinuria
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Berger's Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Crescentic Glomerulonephritis
- Disorders Of Renal Tubular Function
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
- Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis
- Lupus Nephritis
- Membranous Nephropathy
- Minimal Change Disease
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Proteinuria
- Proteinuria (EXCESS PROTEIN IN URINE)
- Rapidly Progressive Nephritic Syndrome
Procedures I perform
- Dialysis
- Laparoscopic Kidney Biopsy
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
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA EPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Navigate
- Network OA
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Choice POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice POS
- Sentara Health
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Administrators
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Medicare Direct
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Choice Fund PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- HighMark
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- UHC Passport
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-POS Plus
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Employee Health Plan
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Yale New Haven Hospital (2021)
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2018)
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2015)
Awards
- 2022 Stanford Department of Medicine Nephrology Division Teaching Award
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Aron AW, Shirali AC. Pathophysiology of Tubulointerstitial Nephritis. Adv Kidney Dis Health. Accepted for publication. July 2025.
Aron AW, Dahl NK. Clinical Genetic Testing in Nephrology: Core Curriculum 2024. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024 Nov;84(5):632-645.
Aron AW, Luciano RL. The Case | An active injection drug user with a skin rash and kidney failure. Kidney Int. 2024;105(6):1327-1328.
Khan S, Aron AW. Urine Microscopy Finding in a Patient with Cirrhosis and AKI. Kidney360. 2024;5(2):329-331.
Waldman M, Sinaii N, Lerma EV, Kurien AA, Jhaveri KD, Uppal NN, Wanchoo R, Avasare R, Zuckerman JE, Liew A, Gallan AJ, El-Meanawy A, Yagil Y, Lebedev L, Baskaran K, Vilayur E, Cohen A, Weerasinghe N, Petrakis I, Stylianou K, Gakiopoulou H, Hamilton AJ, Edney N, Millner R, Marinaki S, Rein JL, Killen JP, Rodríguez Chagolla JM, Bassil C, Lopez Del Valle R, Evans J, Urisman A, Zawaideh M, Baxi PV, Rodby R, Vankalakunti M, Mejia Vilet JM, Ramirez Andrade SE, Homan MP, Vásquez Jiménez E, Perinpanayagam N, Velez JCQ, Mohamed MMB, Mohammed KMG, Sekar A, Ollila L, Aron AW, Arellano Arteaga KJ, Islam M, Berrio EM, Maoujoud O, Morales RR, Seipp R, Schulze CE, Yenchek RH, Vancea I, Muneeb M, Howard L, Caza TN. COVID-19 Vaccination and New Onset Glomerular Disease: Results from the IRocGN2 International Registry. Kidney360. 2023;4(3):349-362.
Aron AW, Amatruda JG. Fractional Excretion of Sodium and Urea are Useful Tools in the Evaluation of AKI: CON. Kidney360. 2023;4(6):e728-e730.
Aron AW, Dahl NK, Besse W. A Practical Guide to Genetic Testing for Kidney Disorders of Unknown Etiology. Kidney360 2022;3(9):1640-1651.
Dahl NK, Aron AW. A commentary on: Safety of Empagliflozin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: Pooled Analysis of Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trials. PracticeUpdate website.
Aron AW. Is There a Role for More Intense Immunosuppression in IgA Nephropathy? Kidney360. 2022;3(3):410-2.
Aron AW, Brewster UC. AKI in a Patient with Fever, Rash, and Joint Pain. Kidney360 2021;2:918-9.