Karen Gayle Ganacias, MD| Pediatrics | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Behavior Concern
- Cough
- Ear Infections
- Feeding Problems
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Headache
- Newborn Care
- Newborn Feeding Problems
- Seasonal Allergies
- Sleep Disorders
- Well Child Exam
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Distention
- Abdominal Migraine
- Abdominal Pain
- Acne
- Aggressive Behavior
- Anal Fissure
- Ankle Injury
- Ankle Sprain
- Anxiety
- Arm Pain
- Back Muscle Injury
- Back Pain
- Behavior Concern
- Behavioral Disorders
- Breathholding Spells
- Calf Pain
- Celiac Diarrhea
- Celiac Disease
- Cellulitis
- Colic
- Conduct Disorder
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Cough
- Cradle Cap
- Depressed Mood
- Depression
- Destructive Behavior
- Developmental Delay
- Diarrhea
- Disruptive Behavior
- Dysmenorrhea
- Ear Infections
- Eating Disorders
- Eczema Herpeticum
- Elbow Pain
- Enuresis
- Failure To Thrive
- Feeding Problems
- Fever
- Food Allergy
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Headache
- Impetigo
- Irritability
- Leg Pain
- Lice
- Lymphadenopathy
- Neonatal Acne
- Newborn Feeding Problems
- Novel Coronavirus
- Otalgia
- Pertussis
- Pharyngitis
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus
- Scabies
- School Anxiety
- School Related Problems
- Seasonal Allergies
- Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
- Sleep Disorders
- Sore Throat
- Strep Throat
- Substance Addiction
- Syncope
- Teething
- Tinea Capitis
- Toilet Training Issues
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Weight Problem
Procedures I perform
- Autism Testing
- Birth Control Counseling
- Camp Physicals
- Concussion Testing
- Developmental Assessment
- Examination Of Eyes
- HIV Testing
- Newborn Care
- Novel Coronavirus Testing
- Novel Coronavirus Vaccine
- Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Booster
- School Physical
- Sports Physical Exam
- Travel Vaccination
- Visual Field Testing
- Well Child Exam
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/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- CFBCBS EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Open POS II
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Open HMO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Choice
- Open EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Network OA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- 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
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Tricare Prime
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- FIRST HEALTH
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- 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 Worker's Compensation Network
- 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
Residency Program: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (2016)
Internship Program: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (2011)
Medical School: Rush Medical College of Medicine (2010)