Evgenia Gourgari, MD| Pediatric Endocrinology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Evgenia Gourgari sees patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital and MedStar Montgomery Medical Center in Olney. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric endocrinology. Call 202-295-0547 to schedule an appointment.
Clinical areas of focus
- Diabetes Treatment
- Growth Development Disorder Treatment
- Growth Hormone Deficiency Treatment
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Klinefelter Syndrome Treatment
- Pubertal Development Disorder Treatment
- Puberty Delay Treatment
- Turner Syndrome Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adrenogenital Disorders
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Crouzon Syndrome
- Cushing Syndrome
- Delayed Puberty
- Developmental Delays
- Diabetes (TYPE 1)
- Disorders Of Puberty
- Endocrine Disorders
- Grave's Disease
- Growth Hormone Deficiency
- Hyperfunction Of Pituitary Gland
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Insulin Resistance
- Obesity
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Polyglandular Dysfunction
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Nodules
- Turner Syndrome
- Type 2 Diabetes
Procedures I perform
- Adrenal Gland Disorder Treatment
- Adrenal Hormone Level Testing
- Adrenal-Related Disorder Treatment
- Arterial Pressure Monitoring
- Bone Density Study
- Bone Density Testing
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) Treatment
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Cushing's Disease Treatment
- Cushing's Syndrome Treatment
- Diabetes Treatment
- Diabetes-Related Complication Treatment
- Glucose Control Management
- Growth Development Disorder Treatment
- Growth Hormone Deficiency Treatment
- Growth Hormone Excess Treatment
- Growth Hormone Stimulation Test
- Growth Plate Injections
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hyperthyroidism Treatment
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Insulin Tolerance Test
- Insulin-Related Disorder Treatment
- Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Analysis
- Klinefelter Syndrome Treatment
- Menopausal Vaginal Dryness Treatment
- Muscle Injection
- Pancreatic Function Tests
- Parathyroid Gland Disorder Treatment
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Treatment
- Prader-Willi Syndrome Treatment
- Prader-Willi Syndrome-Related Disorder Treatment
- Prolactinoma Treatment
- Pubertal Development Assessment
- Pubertal Development Disorder Treatment
- Puberty Delay Treatment
- Puberty-Related Disorder Treatment
- Sex Development Disorder Treatment
- Sex Development-Related Disorder Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Thyroid Nodule Treatment
- Thyroid-Related Disorder Treatment
- Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Suppression
- Turner Syndrome Treatment
- Turner Syndrome-Related Disorder Treatment
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 Classic 3500
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- OA Plus
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Optimum Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst EPO
- Beech Street PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HighMark
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-EPO Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Network OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-POS
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Blue Choice Advantage
- TRICARE East Select
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-PPO
- UHC Passport
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- POS OA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Choice POS
- IH-Indemnity
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Sentara Health
Education
Board Certification: ,
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology
Residency: Nicklaus Children's Hospital (2010)
Medical School: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2002)
Awards
- 2019: Most Outstanding Scientific Abstract Award, Medstar Health-Georgetown University Research Symposium
- 2019: Oral presentation for the abstract “Effect of metformin on HDL proteome in youth with T1DM”, PAS conference 2019, Baltimore, MD
- 2018: Oral presentation for the abstract “Low cholesterol efflux capacity and abnormal lipoprotein particles in youth with type 1 diabetes”, ACTS conference 2018, Washington DC
- 2017: Oral presentation for the abstract “Youth with type 1 diabetes have atherogenic lipoprotein particles which correlate with low insulin sensitivity”, ACTS conference 2017, Washington DC
- 2015: Scholarship Award to attend the GHUCCTS Master Program of Science in Clinical and
- Translational Research.
- 2013: Special acknowledgment at the Presidential Poster Reception at Pediatric Endocrine Society Meeting “Catch up growth in pediatric patients after successful treatment of Cushings syndrome due to adrenal or pituitary tumor”.
- 2012: The Endocrine Society travel award at ENDO
- 2012: Outstanding Abstract Award Winner at ENDO: "A novel method for metabolic classification of polycystic ovary syndrome".
- 2012: Presidential Poster Competition Award at ENDO 2012: “A novel method for metabolic classification of polycystic ovary syndrome".
- 2012: NICHD Fellows Intramural Grants Supplement (FIGS) Award
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- Flokas ME, Zeymo A, Mete M , Anhalt H, Rother KI, Gourgari E. Overweight and obese children with optimal control in the T1D Exchange Registry: How are they different from lean children with optimal control?: A cross-sectional registry analysis, Journal of Diabetes and its complications, in press January 2020
- Gourgari, E., Stafford, J. M., D'Agostino, R., Jr., Dolan, L. M., Lawrence, J. M., Mottl, A., . . . Dabelea, D. (2019). Association of metformin and statin medications with surrogate measures of cardiovascular disease in youth with type 1 diabetes: the SEARCH for diabetes in youth study. Ann Pediatr Endocrinol Metab, 24(3), 187-194. doi:10.6065/apem.2019.24.3.187
- Miller, B. S., Spencer, S. P., Geffner, M. E., Gourgari, E., Lahoti, A., Kamboj, M. K., Sarafoglou, K. (2020). Emergency management of adrenal insufficiency in children: advocating for treatment options in outpatient and field settings. J Investig Med, 68(1), 16-25. doi:10.1136/jim-2019-000999
- Gourgari E, Junfeng Ma, Martin P. Playford, Nehal N. Mehta, Radoslav Goldman, Alan T. Remaley , Scott M. Gordon, Proteomic alterations of HDL in youth with type 1 diabetes and their associations with glycemic control: a case-control study. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2019 Mar 28;18(1):43. doi: 10.1186/s12933-019-0846-9.
- Dey AK, Groenendyk J, Mehta NN, Gourgari E. The effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists on cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes. Clin Cardiol. 2019 Jan 12. doi: 10.1002/clc.23152. [Epub ahead of print] Review’
- Gourgari E, Playford MP, Campia U, Dey AK, Cogen F, Gubb-Weiser S, Mete M, Desale S, Sampson M, Taylor A, Rother KI, Remaley AT, Mehta NN. Low cholesterol efflux capacity and abnormal lipoprotein particles in youth with type 1 diabetes: a case control study. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2018 Dec 19;17(1):158. doi: 10.1186/s12933-018-0802-0.
- Kahkoska AR, Shay CM, Couch SC, Crandell J, Dabelea D, Gourgari E, Lawrence JM, Liese AD, Pihoker C, Reboussin BA et al: Sociodemographic associations of longitudinal adiposity in youth with type 1 diabetes. Pediatric diabetes 2018, 19(8):1429-1440.
- Agiostratidou G, Anhalt H, Ball D, Blonde L, Gourgari E, Harriman KN, Kowalski AJ, Madden P, McAuliffe-Fogarty AH, McElwee-Malloy M et al: Standardizing Clinically Meaningful Outcome Measures Beyond HbA1c for Type 1 Diabetes: A Consensus Report of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American Association of Diabetes Educators, the American Diabetes Association, the Endocrine Society, JDRF International, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the Pediatric Endocrine Society, and the T1D Exchange. Diabetes care 2017, 40(12):1622-1630.
- Gourgari E, Dabelea D, Rother K: Modifiable Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Children with Type 1 Diabetes: Can Early Intervention Prevent Future Cardiovascular Events? Current diabetes reports 2017, 17(12):134.
- Gourgari E, Wilhelm EE, Hassanzadeh H, Aroda VR, Shoulson I: A comprehensive review of the FDA-approved labels of diabetes drugs: Indications, safety, and emerging cardiovascular safety data. Journal of diabetes and its complications 2017, 31(12):1719-1727.
- Gourgari EA, Mete M, Sampson ML, Harlan DM, Remaley AT, Rother KI: Exenatide Improves HDL Particle Counts and Size Distribution in Patients With Long-standing Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes care 2017, 40(7):e88-e89.
- Gourgari E, Spanakis E, Dobs AS: Pathophysiology, risk factors, and screening methods for prediabetes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. International journal of women's health 2016, 8:381-387.
- Bandettini WP, Karageorgiadis AS, Sinaii N, Rosing DR, Sachdev V, Schernthaner-Reiter MH, Gourgari E, Papadakis GZ, Keil MF, Lyssikatos C et al: Growth hormone and risk for cardiac tumors in Carney complex. Endocrine-related cancer 2016, 23(9):739-746.
- Magee MF, Gourgari E, Youssef GA, Nassar CM: mHealth Real-Time Blood Glucose Monitoring Facilitates Glycemic Management. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2017, 11(1):172-173.
- Gourgari E, Lodish M, Keil M, Sinaii N, Turkbey E, Lyssikatos C, Nesterova M, de la Luz Sierra M, Xekouki P, Khurana D et al: Bilateral Adrenal Hyperplasia as a Possible Mechanism for Hyperandrogenism in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2016, 101(9):3353-3360
- Gourgari E, Lodish M, Shamburek R, Keil M, Wesley R, Walter M, Sampson M, Bernstein S, Khurana D, Lyssikatos C et al: Lipoprotein Particles in Adolescents and Young Women With PCOS Provide Insights Into Their Cardiovascular Risk. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2015, 100(11):4291-4298.
- Afshari A, Ardeshirpour Y, Lodish MB, Gourgari E, Sinaii N, Keil M, Belyavskaya E, Lyssikatos C, Chowdhry FA, Chernomordik V et al: Facial Plethora: Modern Technology for Quantifying an Ancient Clinical Sign and Its Use in Cushing Syndrome. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2015, 100(10):3928-3933.
- Faucz FR, Horvath AD, Azevedo MF, Levy I, Bak B, Wang Y, Xekouki P, Szarek E, Gourgari E, Manning AD et al: Is IGSF1 involved in human pituitary tumor formation? Endocrine-related cancer 2015, 22(1):47-54.
- Gourgari E, Lodish M, Keil M, Wesley R, Hill S, Xekouki P, Lyssikatos C, Belyavskaya E, De La Luz SM, Stratakis CA: Post-operative growth is different in various forms of pediatric Cushing's syndrome. Endocrine-related cancer 2014, 21(6):L27-31.
- Crocker MK, Gourgari E, Lodish M, Stratakis CA: Use of aromatase inhibitors in large cell calcifying sertoli cell tumors: effects on gynecomastia, growth velocity, and bone age. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2014, 99(12):E2673-2680.
- Gourgari E, Nella AA, Lodish M, Stratakis CA, Yanovski JA: Vitamin B12 deficiency in an adolescent girl with polycystic ovarian syndrome. European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology 2014, 179:254.
- Lodish MB, Gourgari E, Sinaii N, Hill S, Libuit L, Mastroyannis S, Keil M, Batista DL, Stratakis CA: Skeletal maturation in children with Cushing syndrome is not consistently delayed: the role of corticotropin, obesity, and steroid hormones, and the effect of surgical cure. The Journal of pediatrics 2014, 164(4):801-806.
- London E, Rothenbuhler A, Lodish M, Gourgari E, Keil M, Lyssikatos C, de la Luz Sierra M, Patronas N, Nesterova M, Stratakis CA: Differences in adiposity in Cushing syndrome caused by PRKAR1A mutations: clues for the role of cyclic AMP signaling in obesity and diagnostic implications. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2014, 99(2):E303-310.
- Salpea P, Horvath A, London E, Faucz FR, Vetro A, Levy I, Gourgari E, Dauber A, Holm IA, Morrison PJ et al: Deletions of the PRKAR1A locus at 17q24.2-q24.3 in Carney complex: genotype-phenotype correlations and implications for genetic testing. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2014, 99(1):E183-188.
- Xekouki P, Mastroyiannis SA, Avgeropoulos D, de la Luz Sierra M, Trivellin G, Gourgari EA, Lyssikatos C, Quezado M, Patronas N, Kanaka-Gantenbein C et al: Familial pituitary apoplexy as the only presentation of a novel AIP mutation. Endocrine-related cancer 2013, 20(5):L11-14.
- Azevedo MF, Horvath A, Bornstein ER, Almeida MQ, Xekouki P, Faucz FR, Gourgari E, Nadella K, Remmers EF, Quezado M et al: Cyclic AMP and c-KIT signaling in familial testicular germ cell tumor predisposition. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2013, 98(8):E1393-1400.
- Crutchfield CA, Olson MT, Gourgari E, Nesterova M, Stratakis CA, Yergey AL: Comprehensive analysis of LC/MS data using pseudocolor plots. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2013, 24(2):230-237.
- Gourgari E, Saloustros E, Stratakis CA: Large-cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumors of the testes in pediatrics. Current opinion in pediatrics 2012, 24(4):518-522.
- Avgerinos DV, Kyriakopoulos CE, Konstantinopoulou S, Gourgari E, Lioutas V: Post-traumatic splenic cysts treated with laparoscopy: two case reports. Cases journal 2009, 2:7976