Michael James Choi, MD| Nephrology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Michael Choi is Director for the Division of Nephrology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He has a focused interest in glomerular diseases and chronic kidney disease. He is the Fellowship Program Director in Nephrology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and was the Program Director at the Johns Hopkins University from 1996-2009. He is the Past-President of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and present member and past NKF Education Committee Chair. He was the Chairman of the 2011 NKF Spring Clinical Meeting. He was a member of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Program Education Committee for Glomerular Disease, He was Co-Editor of the NephSAP (the nephrology self-assessment program for Chronic Kidney Disease. He is presently on the American Society of Nephrology Ethics Committee. He is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology test writing committee elected for his expertise in glomerular diseases. He has several important publications on renal physiology, glomerular disease, and genetic kidney disease, including studies on APOL1 and CKD progression.
Dr. Choi sees patients at the following location:
3800 Reservoir Road Northwest, Pasquerilla Healthcare Center
6th Fl Nephrology
Washington, DC 20007
202-444-9183
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Dialysis
- End Stage Renal Disease Treatment
- Endstage Renal Disease
- Kidney Disease Treatment
- Kidney Function Test
- Laparoscopic Kidney Biopsy
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Nephrotic Syndrome Treatment
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Anemia Of Chronic Disease
- Cardiorenal Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Tubulo
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Malformation Syndromes Affecting Multiple Systems
- Contracted Kidney
- Disorders Of Renal Tubular Function
- Electrolyte Disorders
- Endstage Renal Disease
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Fluid Overload
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypertension
- Hypokalemia
- Kidney Injury
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Protein In The Urine
- Proteinuria
- Rapidly Progressive Nephritic Syndrome
- Recurrent Blood In Urine
- Recurrent Hematuria
- Renal Agenesis And Reduction Defects Of Kidney
- Secondary Hypertension
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Procedures I perform
- Acute Kidney Injury Treatment
- Aldosterone Antagonist Therapy
- Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Test
- Cardiorenal Syndrome Treatment
- Continuous Veno-Venous Hemofiltration
- C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Test
- Creatinine Clearance Test
- Diabetic Nephropathy Screening
- Dialysis
- End Stage Renal Disease Treatment
- Endovascular Aortic Repair
- End-Stage Renal Disease
- Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis Treatment
- Hemoperfusion For Toxin Removal
- Hypertension Treatment
- Kidney Disease Treatment
- Kidney Function Test
- Kidney Pancreas Transplant Evaluation
- Kidney Resection
- Laparoscopic Kidney Biopsy
- Limited Retroperitoneal Ultrasound
- Medication Administration And Management
- Nephrotic Syndrome Treatment
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Peritoneal Cavity Drainage
- Peritoneal Cavity Irrigation With Dialysate
- Peritonitis Treatment
- Phosphorus Management
- Potassium Management
- Renal Biopsy
- Renal Failure Treatment
- Renal Transplant Surgery
- Sodium Management
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplant Glomerulopathy Treatment
- Urinary Filtration Performance
- Urinary Protein Test
- Waste Product Removal Through Dialysis
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 5th Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-9183Fax 877-625-1483
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
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst EPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UHC Passport
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- First Health PPO
- OA Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-PPO
- Sentara Health
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Network Only Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Choice POS II
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- POS OA
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-POS
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- TRICARE East Prime
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- First Health PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Employee Health Plan
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open POS II
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE for Life East
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Student Resources
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System (1994)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital (1990)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1987)
Awards
- Baltimore’s Best Doctors, Baltimore Magazine, 2018
- The Washington Post Magazine, Top Doctors, 2011- 2013
- Best Doctors, 2010-2019
- USA Today’s Most Influential Doctors, Hypertension- Baltimore- Towson, 2009
- Patient’s Choice Awards, 2008 - 2010
- Baltimore’s Best Doctors, Baltimore Magazine, 2007
- Best Doctors, 2007,2008
- Garabed Eknoyan Award – Outstanding Contribution to the National Kidney Foundation, 2015
- Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, Institution/Organization, 2018
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Alpha Omega Alpha, Department of Medicine, 2016
- Distinguished Teaching Society of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2016.
- Master Mentor Award - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2012
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2019
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2017
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2012
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2011.
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2005
- VIP Grand Marshall Commencement, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2003
- Department of Medicine Full-time Faculty Teaching Award. 2001
- W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2000
- Outstanding Contribution Award, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2003
- Department of Medicine Full-time Faculty Teaching Award. 2001
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
He is the Clinical Discussant for the session: "Renal Biopsy: Clinical Correlations" for the 2021 American Society of Nephrology Scientific Meeting.
- Choi MJ, Eustace JA, Gimenez LF, Atta MG, Scheel PJ, Sothinathan R, Briggs WA. Mycophenolate mofetil treatment for primary glomerular diseases. Kidney Int 2002;61:1098-1114.
- Briggs WA, Choi MJ, Scheel PJ. Successful mycophenolate mofetil treatment of glomerular disease. Am J Kidney Dis. 1998;31(2):213-217.
- Lipkowitz MS, Freedman BI, Langefeld CD, Comeau ME, Bowden DW, Kao WH, Astor BC, Bottinger EP, Iyengar SK, Klotman PE, Freedman RG, Zhang W, Parekh RS, Choi MJ, Nelson GW, Winkler CA, Kopp JB; the AASK Investigators. Apolipoprotein L1 gene variants associate with hypertension-attributed nephropathy and the rate of kidney function decline in African Americans. Kidney Int. 2012; 83:144-120.
- Parsa A, Kao WH, Xie D, Astor BC, Li M, Hsu CY, Feldman HI, Parekh RS, Kusek JW, Greene TH, Fink JC, Anderson AH, Choi MJ, Wright JT Jr, Lash JP, Freedman BI, Ojo A, Winkler CA, Raj DS, Kopp JB, He J, Jensvold NG, Tao K, Lipkowitz MS, Appel LJ; AASK Study Investigators; CRIC Study Investigators. APOL1 risk variants, race, and progression of chronic kidney disease. N Engl J Med. 2013;369:2183-96.
- Chen TK, Choi MJ, Kao WH, Astor BC, Scialla JJ, Appel LA, Li L, Lipkowitz MS, Wolf M, Parekh RS, Winkler CA, Estrella ME, Crews DC. Examination of Potential Modifiers of the Association of APOL1 Alleles with CKD Progression. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Oct 1 [Epub ahead of print]
- Chen TK, Tin A, Peralta CA, Appel LJ, Choi MJ, Lipkowitz MS, Winkler CA, Estrella MM. APOL1 Risk Variants, Incident Proteinuria, and Subsequent eGFR Decline in Blacks with Hypertension-Attributed CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Nov 7;12(11):1771-1777
- King LS, Choi M, Fernandez PC, Cartran JP, Agre P. Brief Report: Urinary concentrating defect in aquaporin-1 null individuals. N Engl J Med 2001;345:175-179.
- Choi MJ, Fernandez PC, Patnaik A, Coupaye-Gerard B, D'Andrea D, Szerlip H, Kleyman, TR. Brief Report: Trimethoprim induced hyperkalemia in a patient with AIDS. N Engl J Med. 1993;328:703-6.
- Trachtman H, Choi MJ, Somers M, Mariani L, Beck L, Waldman M, Langford C, Bomback A, Holzman L. KDOQI US Commentary on the 2012 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines for Glomerulonephritis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 ;62:403-41.