Bethany Jewell God, MD| Pediatrics

About me

Areas of clinical interest

ADHD
General pediatrics
Medically-complex children
Newborn care
Preventative medicine

Education

Residency: National Capital Consortium Pediatrics Residency (Bethesda, MD)
Medical School: University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Certifications and professional associations

Board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics

Philosophy of care
“Provide exceptional care to children as they grow and support their families through the adventures of parenthood.”

Clinical areas of focus

Behavioral Assessment
Chronic Cough Treatment
Cough
Ear Infection Treatment
Feeding Evaluation
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
Immunization Administration
Milk Allergy Treatment
Newborn Care
Newborn Feeding Problems
Sleep Disorders
Well Child Exam
Wellness Exams

Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Injury
Abdominal Pain
Abdominal Pain In Children
Abnormal Breathing
Abnormal Findings On Neonatal Screening
Abnormal Movements
Abnormal Plasma Proteins
Acne
Acute Laryngitis And Tracheitis
Acute Sinusitis
Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Adverse Effects
Allergic Contact Dermatitis
Allergies
Allergy Status To Drugs And Substances
Anemia In Children
Anxiety
Appearance And Behavior Symptoms
Asthma
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Bedwetting
Behavioral Problems
Black Eye
Body Mass Index
Body Mass Index (BMI) Concerns In Children
Bone Disorders
Bronchiolitis
Candidiasis
Cardiac Murmurs
Celiac Disease
Child Speech Disorders
Choroidal Nevi
Chronic Diseases Of Tonsils And Adenoids
Cognitive Function Disorders
Cold And Flu In Children
Complications Of Infusion, Transfusion And Injection
Conditions Of Integument Specific To Newborn
Conditions Originating In Perinatal Period
Congenital Deformities Of Hip
Congenital Malformations Of Eyelid, Lacrimal Apparatus And Orbit
Congenital Malformations Of Musculoskeletal System
Congenital Malformations Of Skin
Congenital Obstructive Defects Of Renal Pelvis
Contact With Communicable Diseases
Cough
Cradle Cap
Cradle Cap (SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS)
Cysts Of Oral Region
Dentofacial Abnormality
Dermatitis Due To Substances
Dermatophytosis (RINGWORM)
Developmental Delays
Diaphragmatic Hernia
Disorders Of Carbohydrate Metabolism
Disorders Of Pituitary Gland
Disorders Of Puberty
Disorders Of Tooth Development And Eruption
Ear Infection
Ear Pain
Eating Disorders
Eccrine Sweat Disorders
Eczema
Elbow Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
Emotional Disorders
Emotional State Symptoms
Enuresis
Epilepsy And Seizures
Eye And Adnexa Disorders
Eyelid Disorders
Feeding Problems In Newborns
Fever
Fungal Otitis Externa
Gastroenteritis
General Symptoms
Genitourinary Symptoms
Growth Disorders
Hand And Wrist Fracture
Hand Foot And Mouth Disease
Head Injury
Headache In Children
Hemangioma
Hemolytic Disease Of Newborn
Herpes
Hip Pain
Hydrocele
Hypertrophic Skin Disorders
Impetigo
Impulse Disorder
Joint Disorder
Kawasaki Disease
Knee And Leg Open Wound
Lacrimal Gland Disorders
Language Disorders
Learning Disabilities
Limb Deformity
Lower Leg And Ankle Fracture
Lower Leg Injury
Malabsorption
Menstrual Disorders
Mesothelioma
Middle Ear Disorders
Migraine
Mouth Sores
Nasopharyngitis
Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
Neurogenetic Disorders
Newborn Affected By Complications Of Placenta, Cord And Membranes
Newborn Complications From Labor And Delivery
Newborn Complications From Maternal Pregnancy
Newborn Feeding Problems
Newborn Hypoglycemia
Noninfective Gastroenteritis
Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
Nosebleeds
Obesity In Children
Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
Papulosquamous Disorders
Paralytic Strabismus
Peanut Allergies In Children
Penis Disorders
Perinatal Digestive System Disorders
Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
Personal History Of Medical Treatment
Personal Risk Factors
Persons Encountering Health Services
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Pinworms
Pneumonia
Pneumonia In Children
Polio
Problems Related To Education And Literacy
Problems Related To Lifestyle
Problems Related To Primary Support Group
Protozoal Diseases
Respiratory Conditions
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Rib And Sternum Fracture
Ringworm
Scarlet Fever
Scoliosis
Shoulder Fracture
Skin Thickening
Sleep Disorders
Social Anxiety Disorder
Speech Disorders
Speech Disturbances
Spinal Osteochondrosis
Sports Injury
Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
Thalassemia
Tooth Decay
Type 2 Diabetes In Children
Urological Disorders
Vaccination Reactions
Viral Infection
Vision Disturbances
Vision Problems In Children
Vomiting
Vomiting And Nausea
Vulva And Perineum Disorders
Well Child Exam
Wheezing

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Procedures I perform

Adhd Evaluation
Alcohol Abuse Counseling
Asthma Management
Behavioral Assessment
Biopsy Interpretation
Bone Density Study
Breastfeeding Assistance
Capillary Blood Collection
Child Developmental Assessment
Chronic Cough Treatment
Chronic Headache Treatment
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Community Health Education
Dietary Counseling
Distance Stereoacuity Test
Ear Infection Treatment
Family Education
Feeding Evaluation
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
Health Promotion Counseling
Hearing Testing
Immunization Administration
Impacted Earwax Removal
Infant Hips Ultrasound
Lactation Counseling
Learning Disability Evaluation
Mental Health Assessment
Milk Allergy Treatment
Newborn Care
Newborn Feeding Problem Evaluation
Nutrition Counseling
Occupational Therapy Referral
Pain Medication Management
Palliative Care Referral
Pediatric Autism Screening
Pediatric Sick Visit
Physical Therapy Referral
Safety And Injury Prevention Counseling
Skin Allergy Testing
Sleep Study
Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
Vaccinations
Venipuncture
Vision Screening
Wellness Exams

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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.

List of insurance plans we accept
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- OA Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst EPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Choice POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open POS II
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Optimum Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- UHC Passport
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Navigate
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Network OA
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- POS OA
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- HighMark
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- First Health PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-POS
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Beech Street PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open POS Plus