Shilpa Saroop, PHD| Psychology, Psychiatry | MedStar Health
Shilpa Saroop, PhD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Psychology, Psychiatry
Languages: English, Hindi
About me
Dr. Saroop is a licensed psychologist in the Women's Mental Health Program, Department of Psychiatry. She specializes in women's perinatal mental health and treats mood and anxiety disorders during pregnancy and postpartum. Dr. Saroop also provides support for women as they transition to motherhood. She conducts individual, couples, and family therapy. Another area of focus for Dr. Saroop includes providing support to families of babies receiving care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She developed the Two Hearts Mental Health and Wellness Program in the NICU which provides mental health and wellness support to NICU families and NICU staff. She provides onsite consultation to treatment providers and brief interventions, assessments, and referrals for individuals and families who have a child receiving care in the NICU. She also provides wellness support to NICU staff. Dr. Saroop also participates in the training of psychiatry residents at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Clinical areas of focus
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Depression Treatment
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Stress
- Depression
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Female Sexual Dysfunction
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Manic Episode
- Maternal Diseases
- Memory Disorder
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attacks
- Postpartum Depression
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Suicidal Thought
- Trauma
- Women's Mental Health Issue
Procedures I perform
- Affective Regulation
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Modification
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Coping Skills Training
- Depression Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Goal-Setting
- Grief Counseling
- Group Therapy
- Habit Training
- Health Behavior Change
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Learning Disabilities Treatment
- Lifestyle Modification
- Meditation And Mindfulness
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Pain Medication Management
- Parenting Skills Training
- Pediatric Psychology
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Relationship Therapy
- Relaxation Training
- Self-Esteem Enhancement
- Social Skills Training
- Stress Reduction
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Women's Mental Health 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
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- UHC Passport
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- Network OA
- Aetna HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- OA Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Medicare Direct
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-HMO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HighMark
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-POS
- Medicare FFS
- Beech Street PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Sentara Health
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Choice POS II
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- IH-EPO Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- First Health PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- TRICARE East Prime
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- POS OA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA EPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- First Health PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Navigate
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Choice POS
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
Education
Graduate: Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School (2003)
Awards
- Certificate of Appreciation for services provided in the NICU from NICU Families and Caregivers The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2019 The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2020 The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2021
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
June 26, 2020
Check Presentation: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Awarded Funding from The Juliet Grace Smith Foundation and The Ava Potter Pilcher Foundation for Mental Health and Wellness Support in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)