About me
Kristin Darwin, MD, is an obstetrician specializing in maternal-fetal medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Georgetown University, and MedStar Health Medical Center at Brandywine. She is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University.
Dr. Darwin is a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of high-risk pregnancies. She sees patients for a wide range of conditions including, but not limited to, high blood pressure, pre-gestational and gestational diabetes, rheumatologic disease, thyroid disease, autoimmune disease, advanced maternal age, and genetic conditions that can affect mother and baby. She has a special interest in pregnant patients with hypertension, congenital heart disease, cancer before or during pregnancy, or a history of solid organ transplant.
Passionate about ensuring that every mother and baby have the safest and healthiest pregnancy possible, Dr. Darwin offers a wide range of services, including preconception counseling, consultations concerning high-risk pregnancies, and consultations regarding fetal anomalies. She offers cerclage placement for patients with a history of cervical insufficiency, as well as chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis for prenatal genetic diagnosis.
Most of her research has focused on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy and hypertension in pregnancy. Looking forward, she is highly interested in furthering obstetric research on patients with congenital heart conditions or a history of solid organ transplant.
Dr. Darwin attended Yale University, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical engineering. She then completed her medical training, gynecology and obstetrics residencies, and a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. Throughout her training at Johns Hopkins, she received several teaching awards, including the Chao-Huang Hung M.D. Humanitarian Award, given for exemplifying the ideals of compassion toward patients and colleagues.
For the past decade, Dr. Darwin and her family have called the greater Baltimore and DC area home, and she feels honored to serve her community.
Philosophy of Care
“It is my deep belief that every pregnant patient, regardless of history or circumstances, deserves compassionate and comprehensive care during their pregnancies. As a mother, I have a deep sense of empathy and compassion for the joys and challenges of giving birth, and I am especially sensitive to those dealing with high-risk pregnancies. As a healthcare provider, I am always available to listen to my patients’ concerns and work with them to ensure the healthiest pregnancy possible.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Abnormal Nuchal Translucency
- Advanced Maternal Age
- Cancer During Pregnancy
- Cervical Cerclage
- Chorionic Villus Sampling
- Fetal Growth Restriction
- Fetal Ultrasound
- Genetic Counseling
- Gestational Diabetes
- High Risk Pregnancy
- History Of Preterm Birth
- Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy
- Placenta Previa
- Preeclampsia
- Twins
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Nuchal Translucency
- Abnormal Obstetrical Screening
- Abnormal Pregnancy
- Abnormal Umbilical Artery Doppler
- Advanced Maternal Age
- Anemia Of Pregnancy
- Arrhythmias During Pregnancy
- Bladder Exstrophy
- Bleeding During Pregnancy
- Breast Cancer During Pregnancy
- Bronchopulmonary Sequestration
- Cancer During Pregnancy
- Cervical Funneling
- Cervical Incompetence
- Cervical Insufficiency
- Cholestasis Of Pregnancy
- Chorioangioma
- Congenital Fetal Anomalies
- Cystic Fibrosis Gene Carrier
- Family History Of Birth Defects
- Family History Of Chromosomal Anomalies
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Fetal Anomalies
- Fetal Arrhythmia
- Fetal Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
- Fetal Congenital Heart Disease
- Fetal Growth Restriction
- Fetal Infection
- Fetal Isoimmunization
- Fetal Pleural Effusions
- Gestational Diabetes
- Gynecologic Infections In Pregnancy
- Hellp Syndrome
- High Risk Pregnancy
- History Of Preterm Birth
- History Of Severe Preeclampsia
- HIV In Pregnancy
- Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy
- Intrauterine Growth Restriction Fetus
- Large For Gestational Age
- Liver Disease In Pregnancy
- Low Birth Weight
- Maternal Autoimmune Disease
- Maternal Cardiac Disease
- Maternal Collagen Vascular Disorder
- Maternal Fibroids
- Maternal Hematologic Disorders
- Maternal Hypertension
- Maternal Infection
- Maternal Lupus
- Maternal Neurologic Disorders
- Maternal Obesity
- Maternal Renal Disease
- Maternal Respiratory Disease
- Maternal Seizures
- Maternal Substance Abuse
- Maternal Thrombophilia
- Maternal Thyroid Disorders
- Maternal Valvular Disease
- Medical Complications In Pregnancy
- Multiple Gestations
- Oligohydramnios
- Pelvic Malignancy During Pregnancy
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
- Personal History Of Stillbirth
- Placenta Accreta
- Placenta Percreta
- Placenta Previa
- Placental Abruption
- Placental Disorders
- Polyhydramnios
- Preeclampsia
- Pregnancy With Ibd
- Premature Birth
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Prenatal Hydronephrosis
- Preterm Labor
- Preterm Premature Rupture Of Membranes
- Pruritic Urticarial Papules And Plaques Of Pregancy (PUPP)
- Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
- Red Cell Alloimmunization
- Renal Disease And Pregnancy
- Rh Incompatibility
- Severe Preeclampsia
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases In Pregnancy
- Shortened Cervix
- Shoulder Dystocia
- Stillbirth
- Teratogen Exposure
- Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion
- Twin To Twin Transfusion Syndrome
- Twins
- Uterine Anomaly With Pregnancy
- Vasa Previa
Procedures I perform
- Amniocentesis
- Biophysical Profile Testing
- Cervical Cerclage
- Cervical Length Assessment
- Chorionic Villus Sampling
- Contraction Stress Testing
- Dialysis During Pregnancy
- Fetal Doppler Studies
- Fetal Echocardiograms
- Fetal Non Stress Testing
- Fetal Ultrasound
- First Trimester Screening
- Genetic Counseling
- Maternal Anticoagulation
- Nuchal Translucency Ultrasound
- Preconception Counseling
- Prenatal Genetic Counseling
- Prenatal Testing
- Prenatal Ultrasound Scan
- Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section
- Zika Virus Testing
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
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- Virginia Premier
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Optimum Choice
- United Navigate
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Student Resources
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Golden Rule
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- D-SNP)
- I-SNP
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Choice Plus
- United Choice
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Tricare for Life East
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Tricare East Select
- Tricare East Prime
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Carefirst EPO
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine-Obstetrics/Gynecology (2024)
Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine-Obstetrics/Gynecology (2021)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2017)