Kelly Krisna Johnson-Arbor, MD| Undersea And Hyperbaric Medicine, Medical Toxicology | MedStar Health
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Specialties: 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
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-POS
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- TRICARE East Select
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- HighMark
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice POS
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Sentara Health
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-POS Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- POS OA
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-Open HMO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Network OA
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Medicare Direct
- First Health PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Optimum Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- First Health PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Medicare FFS
- UHC Passport
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- OA Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
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Education
Board Certification:
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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)