Catherine Demirel, AUD PHD| Otolaryngology | MedStar Health
About me
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Newborn Hearing Screening Coordinator
Pediatric Audiology Specialty Certification® (PASC)
Clinical areas of focus
- Auditory Evoked Potentials Screening
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Hearing Aid Fitting
- Hearing Testing
- Newborn Hearing Loss
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Tinnitus
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Auditory Neuropathy
- Child Speech Disorders
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Congenital Ear Deformity
- Congenital Malformations Of Ear
- Congenital Malformations Of Ear Causing Hearing Impairment
- Ear Fullness
- Ear Infection
- Ear Pain
- Earwax Impaction
- Enlarged Adenoids
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- Fluid In The Ears
- Hearing Loss In One Ear
- Hyperacusis
- Meniere's Disease
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Muffled Hearing
- Newborn Hearing Loss
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Otosclerosis
- Perforated Eardrum
- Sensory Processing Disorder
- Tinnitus
- Vertigo
- Vestibular Disorders
- Word Recognition Difficulties
Procedures I perform
- Auditory Brainstem Response Testing
- Auditory Evoked Potentials Screening
- Auditory Implant Candidacy Evaluation
- Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Treatment
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Auditory Rehabilitation
- Baha (BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID) Surgery
- Berard Auditory Integration Therapy
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cochlear Implant Adjustment
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Custom Ear Molds
- Dizziness And Balance Treatment
- Ear Canal Irrigation
- Epilepsy Education
- Flash Electroretinography
- Gait And Balance Evaluation
- Hearing Aid Fitting
- Hearing Education
- Hearing Loss Prevention
- Hearing Restoration Surgery
- Hearing Testing
- Hyperhidrosis Surgery
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Laryngeal Function Test
- Mastoidectomy
- Misophonia Education
- Misophonia Treatment
- Muffled Hearing Evaluation
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Otoacoustic Emissions
- Pathology And Radiology Correlation
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Semi-Implantable Hearing Devices
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Sound Desensitization Therapy
- Sound Therapy
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Speech Reading
- Speech Therapy
- Stapedectomy
- Tinnitus Evaluation
- Tympanometry And Reflex Threshold
- Tympanoplasty Without Mastoidectomy With Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
- Vestibular Testing
- Vestibuloplasty
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 Advantage 6350PD
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Network OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Choice POS II
- POS OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Student Resources
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-EPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Basic
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- Beech Street PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HighMark
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- First Health PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-POS
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst NASCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Choice POS
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA EPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Sentara Health
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- OA Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
Education
Board Certification: American Speech Language Hearing Association, Speech Pathology
Graduate: James Madison University (2004)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Demirel, C. E. (2019). Neonatal Hearing Screening. In J. Ramasethu & S. Seo (Eds.), MacDonald's Atlas of Procedures in Neonatology (pp. 482-485). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health.