About me
Dr. Aron is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and has been on our faculty since 2023. Prior to joining our division, he was a faculty member in the Division of Nephrology at Stanford University School of Medicine where he was awarded the division teaching award and the Section of Nephrology at Yale University School of Medicine. Before pursuing his nephrology training, Dr. Aron also was on faculty at Harvard Medical School while working as an oncology hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
During his time at Stanford and Yale University, he grew a specialty clinic in glomerular disease and was heavily involved in teaching nephrology fellows including spearheading efforts to develop a nephrology point of care ultrasound curriculum. He has authored reviews on practical genetic testing in kidney disease and has been invited to lecture at various institutions on topics such as microgravity’s effects on salt and water handling and practical genetic testing for the clinical nephrologist.
Dr. Aron is a passionate clinical educator and is involved with teaching at the medical school and internal medicine residency along with the nephrology fellowship.
His clinical interests include glomerular disease and genetic kidney disease.
Clinical areas of focus
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Genetic Kidney Disorders
- Glomerulonephritis
- Nephritic Syndrome
- Nephrotic Syndrome
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Interstitial Nephritis
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Alport Syndrome
- Amyloid Nephropathy
- Anti Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) After Renal Transplant
- Congenital Renal Disease
- Contrast Induced Nephropathy
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Dialysis Related Amyloidosis
- End Stage Renal Disease
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Genetic Kidney Disorders
- Glomerulonephritis
- Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
- Iga Nephropathy
- Lead Nephropathy
- Lithium Nephropathy
- Lupus Nephritis
- Membranous Nephropathy
- Microscopic Hematuria
- Microscopic Polyangiitis
- Minimal Change Kidney Disease
- Nephritic Syndrome
- Nephritis
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Pauci Immune Glopmerulonephritis
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Proteinuria
- Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
Procedures I perform
- Hemodialysis
- Home Dialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
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 Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Student Resources
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Golden Rule
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- D-SNP)
- I-SNP
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Choice Plus
- United Choice
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- Virginia Premier
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Optimum Choice
- United Navigate
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Tricare for Life East
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Tricare East Select
- Tricare East Prime
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Carefirst EPO
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship Program: Yale New Haven Hospital (2021)
Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2018)
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2015)
Awards
- 2022 Stanford Department of Medicine Nephrology Division Teaching Award
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Aron AW, Dahl NK. Clinical Genetic Testing in Nephrology: Core Curriculum 2024. Am J Kidney Dis. Accepted for publication. May 2024
Aron AW, Luciano RL. The Case | An active injection drug user with a skin rash and kidney failure. Kidney Int. 2024;105(6):1327-1328.
Khan S, Aron AW. Urine Microscopy Finding in a Patient with Cirrhosis and AKI. Kidney360. 2024;5(2):329-331.
Waldman M, Sinaii N, Lerma EV, Kurien AA, Jhaveri KD, Uppal NN, Wanchoo R, Avasare R, Zuckerman JE, Liew A, Gallan AJ, El-Meanawy A, Yagil Y, Lebedev L, Baskaran K, Vilayur E, Cohen A, Weerasinghe N, Petrakis I, Stylianou K, Gakiopoulou H, Hamilton AJ, Edney N, Millner R, Marinaki S, Rein JL, Killen JP, Rodríguez Chagolla JM, Bassil C, Lopez Del Valle R, Evans J, Urisman A, Zawaideh M, Baxi PV, Rodby R, Vankalakunti M, Mejia Vilet JM, Ramirez Andrade SE, Homan MP, Vásquez Jiménez E, Perinpanayagam N, Velez JCQ, Mohamed MMB, Mohammed KMG, Sekar A, Ollila L, Aron AW, Arellano Arteaga KJ, Islam M, Berrio EM, Maoujoud O, Morales RR, Seipp R, Schulze CE, Yenchek RH, Vancea I, Muneeb M, Howard L, Caza TN. COVID-19 Vaccination and New Onset Glomerular Disease: Results from the IRocGN2 International Registry. Kidney360. 2023;4(3):349-362.
Aron AW, Amatruda JG. Fractional Excretion of Sodium and Urea are Useful Tools in the Evaluation of AKI: CON. Kidney360. 2023;4(6):e728-e730.
Aron AW, Dahl NK, Besse W. A Practical Guide to Genetic Testing for Kidney Disorders of Unknown Etiology. Kidney360 2022;3(9):1640-1651.
Dahl NK, Aron AW. A commentary on: Safety of Empagliflozin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: Pooled Analysis of Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trials. PracticeUpdate website.
Aron AW. Is There a Role for More Intense Immunosuppression in IgA Nephropathy? Kidney360. 2022;3(3):410-2.
Aron AW, Brewster UC. AKI in a Patient with Fever, Rash, and Joint Pain. Kidney360 2021;2:918-9.