About me
Manu D. Kaushal, MD, a fellowship-trained pulmonologist and co-director of the Pulmonary Outpatient Clinic, specializes in treating patients with a wide range of lung diseases. Board certified in both pulmonary and internal medicine, he has extensive experience performing diagnostic and therapeutic fiberoptic bronchoscopic procedures.
Dr. Kaushal earned his medical degree at the Odessa State Medical University in the Ukraine followed by a residency in internal medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Affiliated with both MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, he speaks Hindi and Russian in addition to English.
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
- Pulmonary Sarcoid
- Sleep Disorders
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracoscopy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Bronchitis
- Airway Disorders
- Airway Obstruction
- Airway Scarring
- Allergic Aspergillosis
- Allergic Pneumonitis
- Allergic Wheezing
- Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Asbestos Lung
- Aspiration Pneumonitis
- Asthma
- Asthmatic Bronchitis
- Atelectasis
- Autoimmune Pleuritis
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchitis
- Bronchospasm
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Lung Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Chronic Respiratory Failure
- Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
- Diaphragmatic Disorders
- Drug Induced Pulmonary Disease
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Emphysema
- Empyema
- Exercise Intolerance
- Hemoptysis
- Hepatic Hydrothorax
- Hypercarbia
- Hypoventilation Syndrome
- Hypoxia
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Laryngotracheitis
- Lung Abscess
- Lung Disease
- Lung Infiltrate
- Lung Mass
- Maternal Respiratory Disease
- Mycobacterial Infection
- Occupational Lung Injury
- Pertussis
- Pleural Diseases
- Pleural Effusion
- Pleural Thickening
- Pleural Tuberculosis
- Pleurisy
- Pleuritic Pain
- Pneumoconiosis
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonitis
- Post Infectious Cough
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Pulmonary Bullae
- Pulmonary Complications Of Neurological Diseases
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Granuloma
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Infections
- Pulmonary Nodule
- Pulmonary Sarcoid
- Radiation Pneumonitis
- Reactive Airway Disease
- Recurrent Lung Infections
- Restrictive Lung Disease
- Rheumatoid Lung
- Shortness Of Breath (SOB)
- Silicosis
- Sleep Disorders
- Smoker Cough
- Stridor
- Tobacco-Related Diseases
- Tracheal Mass
- Tracheal Stenosis
- Tracheobronchitis
- Tuberculosis
- Wheezing
Procedures I perform
- Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
- Bronchoscopy
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- Home Sleep Study
- Interventional Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Pulmonary And Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Pulmonary Clearance For Surgery
- Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT)
- Pulmonary Stent Placement
- Pulmonary Therapy
- Spirometry
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracoscopy
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
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Virginia Premier
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- United Golden Rule
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA EPO
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Choice Plus
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna HMO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Select
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- I-SNP
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Tricare for Life East
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Innovation Health: POS
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- United Optimum Choice
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Tricare East Select
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Choice
- United Navigate
- Carefirst EPO
- Tricare East Prime
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- D-SNP)
- Kaiser Signature
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (2016)
Residency: Drexel University (2012)
Medical School: Odessa State Medical University (2007)