Pauline Tsai, MD| Psychiatry | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Bipolar Disorder
- Mood Disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Social Anxiety Disorder
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Cardiovascular Disorders Of Newborn
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Congenital Malformations Of Limb
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Emotional State Symptoms Of Anxiety
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gender Identity Disorders
- Gender Identity Disorders (E.G. GENDER DYSPHORIA)
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Impulse Disorder
- Impulse Disorders (E.G. KLEPTOMANIA, PYROMANIA)
- Knee And Leg Open Wound
- Late Stage Syphilis
- Mental And Behavioral Disorders Due To Substance Use
- Mental Disorders Due To Physiological Condition
- Migraine
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Poisoning
- Postpartum Depression
- Psychoactive Substance Related Disorders With Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia With Catatonia
- Scholastic Skills Disorder
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Sedative, Hypnotic, Or Anxiolytic Related Disorders
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder
- Stimulant Use Disorder With Psychosis
- Subcortical Infarction
- Substance Use Disorder
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Vascular Dementia
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
- POS OA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna VA Exchange
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- UHC Passport
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Sentara Health
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Choice POS II
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-POS
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA EPO
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Classic 3500
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HighMark
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Student Resources
- Choice POS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Network OA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-POS Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2012)
Residency: Bellevue Hospital Center (2011)
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons (2007)