Melissa G Blumgart, AUD| Audiology, Otolaryngology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Melissa Blumgart achieved her Doctorate in Audiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilites (LEND) fellowship training. She received her Bachelor of Science in Speech-Pathology and Audiology from Towson University. Dr. Blumgart is also fluent in American Sign Language.
At MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Dr. Melissa Blumgart performs diagnostic hearing evalautions for patients of all ages, including Auditory Brainstem Response evaluations. Dr. Blumgart recommends and programs pediatric and adult hearing aids, bone conduction hearing systems, and cochlear implants. She also performs vestibular evaluations.
Clinical areas of focus
- Auditory Brainstem Response Testing
- Auditory Implant Candidacy Evaluation
- Auditory Nerve Damage
- Auditory Osseointegrated Devices
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Issues
- Bone Conduction Hearing Aids
- Child Speech Disorders
- Cochlear Implant Adjustment
- Cochlear Implant Complications
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Ear Infection
- Eardrum Perforation
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Hearing Aid Fitting
- Hearing Restoration Surgery
- Hearing Testing
- Newborn Hearing Loss
- Otalgia
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Tinnitus
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Testing
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Auditory Nerve Damage
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Issues
- Child Speech Disorders
- Cochlear Implant Complications
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Ear Fullness
- Ear Infection
- Ear Pain
- Eardrum Perforation
- Earwax Blockage
- Earwax Buildup
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Fungal Otitis Externa
- Hearing Aid Feedback
- Hearing Loss Due To Head Trauma
- Meniere's Disease
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Muffled Hearing
- Newborn Hearing Loss
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Otalgia
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Otitis Media
- Otosclerosis
- Speech Sound Disorder
- Tinnitus
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Vestibular Disorders
- Word Recognition Difficulties
Procedures I perform
- Auditory Brainstem Response Testing
- Auditory Implant Candidacy Evaluation
- Auditory Osseointegrated Devices
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Auditory Rehabilitation
- Bone Conduction Device
- Bone Conduction Hearing Aids
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cochlear Implant Adjustment
- Custom Ear Molds
- Dizziness And Balance Treatment
- Ear Canal Irrigation
- Ear Impressions
- Flash Electroretinography
- Fm System Fitting
- Gait And Balance Evaluation
- Hearing Aid Counseling
- Hearing Aid Fitting
- Hearing Assistance Technology
- Hearing Restoration Surgery
- Hearing Testing
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Laryngeal Function Test
- Misophonia Treatment
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Prevention
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Semi-Implantable Hearing Devices
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Speech Reading
- Tinnitus Evaluation
- 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
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-POS
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst EPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-EPO Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Network OA
- Choice Fund PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- POS OA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- First Health PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Medicare Direct
- Navigate
- BlueChoice Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-Open POS II
- Choice POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- TRICARE East Prime
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-HMO
Education
Board Certification: American Speech Language Hearing Association, Audiology
Graduate: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2019)
Residency: Georgetown University (2019)