About me
Dr. Kuru is an associate professor at Georgetown University. Her special interests include pulmonary hypertension, scleroderma-associated lung diseases, recurrent or submassive pulmonary embolism, interstitial lung diseases and critical care medicine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchoscopy
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Interventional Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Lung Mass
- Mycobacterial Infection
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Sleep Disorders
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracoscopy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Asthma
- Autoimmune Pleuritis
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Chronic Pulmonary Embolus
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
- Drug Induced Pulmonary Disease
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Exercise Intolerance
- Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
- Hemoptysis
- Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Lung Involvement In Systemic Sclerosis
- Lung Mass
- Mycobacterial Infection
- Pleurisy
- Pleuritic Pain
- Pneumonitis
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis
- Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Hemorrhage
- Pulmonary Hemosiderosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Sarcoid
- Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
- Pulmonary Veno Occlusive Disease
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
- Bronchoscopy
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- Ct Of The Chest
- Home Sleep Study
- Interventional Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT)
- Right Heart Catheterization
- Spirometry
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracoscopy
- Vo2 Measurement
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Washington, DC, 20007
202-295-0552Fax 877-286-1492
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)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- CFBCBS EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Open POS II
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Choice Fund PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Open HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Opoen HMO Option
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Network OA
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Open EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Innovation Health: PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare Prime
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- FIRST HEALTH
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Student Resources
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Other Certification: United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, -
Fellowship Program: University of Michigan Hospitals (2000)
Graduate Education: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (2000)
Residency Program: Barnes Jewish Hospital (1997)
Medical School: Washington University (1994)