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
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Undersea Medicine
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Air Embolism
- Bends
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Central Retinal Artery Occlusion
- Chronic Osteomyelitis
- Compromised Skin Grafts
- Compromised Tissue Flaps
- Critical Limb Ischemia
- Diabetic Ulcer
- Drug Induced Acute Dystonia
- Gangrene
- Generalized Barotraumas
- Hearing Loss
- Hearing Loss (NEURAL)
- Heavy Metal Poisoning
- Lead Poisoning
- Necrotizing Fasciitis
- Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
- Non Healing Wound
- Osteomyelitis
- Pressure Ulcer
- Radiation Necrosis
- Suspected Poisoning
- Venous Stasis Disease
Procedures I perform
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
- Oxygen Treatment
- Undersea Medicine
- 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
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Opoen HMO Option
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Open HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Innovation Health: POS
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Network OA
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Open POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Aetna HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Tricare Prime
- FIRST HEALTH
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
Fellowship Program: University of Connecticut Health Center (2006)
Residency Program: Strong Memorial Hospital (2004)
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (2001)