Evgenia Gourgari, MD| Pediatrics, 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
- 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-Related Disorder Treatment
- Bone Density Study
- Bone Density Testing
- 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
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hyperthyroidism Treatment
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Insulin-Related Disorder Treatment
- Klinefelter Syndrome Treatment
- Pancreatic Function Tests
- Parathyroid Gland Disorder Treatment
- 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
- 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 Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Basic
- First Health PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Sentara Health
- United Student Resources
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst NASCO
- Medicare Direct
- IH-POS
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- HighMark
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- TRICARE East Select
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- POS OA
- OA Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-POS Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Employee Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Network OA
- Police and Fire Clinic
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice POS
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
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