Kelly Krisna Johnson-Arbor, MD| Undersea And Hyperbaric Medicine, Medical Toxicology | MedStar Health
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Kelly Krisna Johnson-Arbor, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Undersea And Hyperbaric Medicine, Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine
Languages: English
202-444-2130
About me
Dr. Kelly K. Johnson-Arbor serves as the medical director of Hyperbaric Medicine in the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine. An expert in the fields of Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology and Hyperbaric Medicine, she is an Associate Faculty member at the MedStar Institute of Quality and Safety and contributing author to the website of the MedStar Institute for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, medstarbloodless.org. Dr. Johnson-Arbor has published and presented on a variety of topics and serves as a reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed journals. She received her medical degree from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, completed a residency at University of Rochester Medical Center and a fellowship at the University of Connecticut Health Center. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.
Dr. Johnson-Arbor's main area of clinical expertise is hyperbaric medicine, with an emphasis on:
- Limb salvage
- Radiation induced bone and soft tissue injury
- Toxicology including carbon monoxide poisoning
- Hyperbaric physiology
- Commercial diving evaluations
Clinical areas of focus
- Air Embolism
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Decompression Sickness
- Dysbaric Osteonecrosis Treatment
- Hyperbaric Chamber Treatment
- Nitrogen Narcosis
- Oxygen Toxicity
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Air Embolism Treatment
- Cystitis Treatment
- Dive Medicine Consultation
- Dysbaric Osteonecrosis Treatment
- Environmental Health
- Gas Bubble Disease Treatment
- High-Pressure Nervous Syndrome Treatment
- Hyperbaric Chamber Treatment
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy For Radiation Injury
- Hyperbaric Treatment For High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema
- Marine Life Envenomation Treatment
- Undersea Medicine Consultation
- Venous Gas Embolism Treatment
- Wound Care
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 Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- Sentara Health
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna HMO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-POS Plus
- POS OA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- UHC Passport
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- OA Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Navigate
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- TRICARE for Life East
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- HighMark
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- TRICARE East Select
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Choice POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2006)
Residency: Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester (2004)
Medical School: Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (2001)