Francisco C. King, MD| Internal Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. King has been awarded recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance Physician Practice Connections Patient-Centered Medical Home Program (PPC-PCMH). Recognition identifies clinicians who make the most of clinical information to make better decisions and provide better follow-up care.
Dr. King has been awarded Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance and American Diabetes Association Diabetes Recognition Program (DRP). Clinicians who achieve DRP Recognition are part of an elite group that is publicly recognized for its skill in providing the highest level of diabetes care.
Dr. King was recognized by Washingtonian magazine as a Top Doctor- 2019.
Clinical areas of focus
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Heart Failure Medication Management
- High Blood Pressure
- Physical Exams
- Preventive Action
- Respiratory Disorders
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Injury
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Blood Glucose Levels
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Drug Findings In Blood
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Abnormal Lung Imaging Results
- Abnormal Urine Test Results
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Cholecystitis
- Acute Endocarditis
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Adrenal Crisis
- Adrenal Gland Disorder
- Allergic Contact Dermatitis
- Allergies
- Anemia
- Angina
- Anxiety
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Ascites
- Atherosclerosis
- Back Pain
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bladder Disorders
- Bladder Incontinence
- Bleeding Disorders
- Body Region Injury
- Bone Density Disorder
- Bone Disorders
- Bowel Obstruction
- Breast Lump
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchiolitis
- Bronchitis
- Bursopathy
- Candidiasis
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Cellulitis
- Cellulitis And Lymphangitis
- Central Sleep Apnea
- Chest Pain
- Choledocholithiasis
- Cholestasis
- Chronic Asthma
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Clotting Disorders
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Colitis
- Colon Disease
- Congenital Malformations Of Musculoskeletal System
- Contact With Communicable Diseases
- Convulsions
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Cough
- Crohn's Disease
- Crohn's Disease [Regional Enteritis]
- Cushing Syndrome
- Cutaneous Abscess, Furuncle And Carbuncle
- Cystitis
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dementia
- Depression
- Depressive Episode
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Digestive System Diseases
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Disorders Of White Blood Cells
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Diverticulitis
- Dizziness And Lightheadedness
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Duodenal Ulcer
- Duodenitis
- Eczema (ATOPIC DERMATITIS)
- Electrolyte Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Emphysema
- Endocrine Disorders
- Endocrine Hypertension
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- External Hemorrhoids
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Fibromyalgia
- Finger, Hand, And Wrist Open Wound
- Flatulence
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Fungal Otitis Externa
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Gallstones
- Gastritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Gout
- Grave's Disease
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Heart Disease
- Hematuria
- Hemorrhagic Conditions
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hip Pain
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypertension
- Hypertension Crisis
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypotension
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Influenza
- Influenza Due To Other Identified Influenza Virus
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Joint Disorder
- Kidney And Ureter Disorders
- Kidney Stones
- Knee Pain
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Enzyme Abnormalities
- Liver Failure
- Lower Back Pain
- Lumbar Disc Disease
- Malaise And Fatigue
- Malignant Neoplasm
- Mesothelioma
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Multiple Myeloma
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Disorders
- Nail Disorders
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Noninfective Gastroenteritis
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Nontoxic Goiter
- Obesity
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Pancreatic Diseases
- Pancreatitis
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Disease Of The Intestines
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Personal Risk Factors
- Persons Encountering Health Services
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonitis Due To Solids And Liquids
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Renal Insufficiency
- Respiratory Disorders
- Respiratory Failure
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sepsis
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Tendon Injury
- Shoulder Burns
- Sickle
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Skin And Soft Tissue Infections
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Skin Swelling And Lumps
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Sore Throat
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylosis
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Subcortical Infarction
- Superficial Knee Injury
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Tachycardia
- Tendinous Disorders
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thyroid Disorders
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Urinary Retention
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Urological Disorders
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Vasculitis
- Vein Disorders
- Venous Embolism
- Venous Ulcers
- Ventral Hernia
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vision Disturbances
- Vitamin Deficiency
- Vitamin Deficiency Anemia
- Volume Depletion
- Vomiting And Nausea
- Weight Loss
- Zoster
Procedures I perform
- 24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Abscess Incision And Drainage
- Adhd Assessment
- Adrenal Hormone Level Testing
- Advance Directive Planning
- Aging Education
- Aging Life Care
- Alcohol Abuse Treatment
- Anticoagulation Therapy
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Arterial Pressure Monitoring
- Arthrocentesis
- Asthma Management
- Behavioral Assessment
- Blood Chemistry Test
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Body Mass Index (BMI) Evaluation
- Cardiovascular Health Promotion
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cholesterol Screening
- Chronic Cough Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cold Treatment
- Community Health
- Community Health Education
- Congestive Heart Failure Management
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Copd Management
- Cystitis Treatment
- Delirium Prevention
- Diabetes Screening
- Diabetes Treatment
- Disease Management Education
- Disease Prevention
- Electrocardiogram
- Failure To Thrive Evaluation And Management
- Falls Prevention
- Fibrinolytic Therapy
- Flu Shot
- Functional Abdominal Pain Treatment
- Genetic Mutation Testing
- Geriatric Care
- Geriatric Care Management
- Geriatric Community Resources
- Geriatric Health Screening
- Grief Counseling
- Gynecological Cancer Screening
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Healthy Aging Resources
- Heart Failure Medication Management
- High Cholesterol Management
- Home Safety Evaluations
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hyperlipidemia Treatment
- Hypertension Treatment
- Immunization Administration
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Infectious Disease Treatment
- Intravenous Vitamin Therapy
- Labs And Blood Work
- Lactate Dehydrogenase
- Medication Administration And Management
- Mental Health Medication Management
- Mental Status Exam
- Milk Allergy Treatment
- Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation
- Mole Removal
- Muscle Injection
- Nebulizer Therapy
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Nitrogen Washout Treatment
- Osteoporosis Prevention Treatment
- Osteoporosis Risk Assessment
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Pap Smear
- Parenting Resources
- Peak Flow Measurement
- Pharmacogenomics
- Pharmacological Therapy
- Physical Exams
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Pre-Operative Clearance
- Preventive Action
- Rash Treatment
- Respiratory Infection Treatment
- Senior Coaching
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Sinusitis Treatment
- Skin Tag Removal
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Sore Throat Management
- Spirometry Test
- Suture Removal
- Transitional Care Planning
- Tuberculosis Testing
- Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Arthritis Treatment
- Undersea Medicine Consultation
- Urinary Protein Test
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Treatment
- Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
- Vaccinations
- Venous Blood Collection
- Venous Ulcer Treatment
- Ventricular Fibrillation Treatment
- Vision Screening
- Wellness Exams
- Wellness Services
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
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Medicare FFS
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- POS OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- HighMark
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- TRICARE East Prime
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- Navigate
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- OA Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Open HMO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- TRICARE for Life East
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Optimum Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Student Resources
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Sentara Health
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Choice POS
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Residency Program: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (1988)
Internship Program: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (1986)
Medical School: University of Maryland (1985)