Joel Selanikio, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Pediatrics
Languages: English, Spanish, French
(202) 243-3434
About me
Dr. Joel Selanikio (@jselanikio) is an award-winning physician, epidemiologist, TED speaker, futurist, and emergency responder working in the fields of technology, healthcare, entrepreneurship, innovation, artificial intelligence, big data, child health, global health, and disaster response.
He is the winner of the Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for Healthcare, and the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainable Innovation, and a founding member of the World Health Organization Digital Health Roster of Experts.
A frequent keynote speaker, Dr. Selanikio speaks and consults on the intersection of technology, health, and healthcare, identifying ways in which advances in technologies such as artificial intelligence will alter healthcare, global health, the pharmaceutical industry, and our personal health.
He has consulted and/or spoken at Davos, Foo Camp, Nasdaq, WHO, UNICEF, IFRC, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Google, DARPA, CNN, Fox News, the Clinton Global Initiative, the Royal Society of Medicine, and for many leading organizations in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry – and has been profiled by the Guardian, Wired, Forbes, TED, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, the BBC, NPR, Information Week, and the Washington Post, among many other publications.
An emergency responder and former CDC epidemiologist and outbreak investigator, he served as a consultant epidemiologist to the DC Department of Health and to FEMA for the COVID-19 response over 2020 to 2021. In December 2014 to January 2015, he was the lead physician at the IMC Ebola Treatment Center at Lunsar, Sierra Leone. As an officer of the Public Health Service, Dr. Selanikio served as Chief of Operations for the HHS Secretary's Emergency Command Center after the 9/11 attacks. In 2005, he was given the Haverford Award for Humanitarian Service for his work in treating tsunami victims in Aceh, Indonesia. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife and son, and continues to practice pediatrics at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Clinical areas of focus
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Evaluation And Treatment
- Camp Physicals
- Immunization Administration
- Lactation Counseling
- Pediatric Sick Visit
- School Physical
- Sports Physicals
Procedures I perform
- Acid Reflux Treatment
- Annual Well Child Exam
- Antibiotic Therapy
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Anxiety Management
- Asthma Action Plan
- Asthma Attack Treatment
- Asthma Medication Management
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Evaluation And Treatment
- Autism Screening And Diagnosis
- Breastfeeding Assistance
- Camp Physicals
- Child Development Guidance
- Child Developmental Assessment
- Cholesterol Screening
- Conjunctivitis Treatment
- Constipation Education
- Counseling For Anxiety And Depression
- Counseling For Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Counseling For Behavioral Issues
- Counseling For Children
- Counseling For Chronic Illness
- Counseling For Developmental Disorders
- Counseling For Down Syndrome
- Counseling For Feeding Problems
- Counseling For Intellectual Disabilities
- Daycare Physical
- Developmental Assessments
- Developmental Delay Diagnosis
- Developmental Follow-Up
- Dietary Counseling
- Growth Development Screening
- Healthy Lifestyle Guidance
- Immunization Administration
- Infant Nutrition Counseling
- Infection Treatment
- Injury Prevention
- Lactation Counseling
- Newborn Care
- Nutrition And Diet Counseling
- Pediatric Asthma Management
- Pediatric Asthma Screening
- Pediatric Autism Screening
- Pediatric Nutrition Counseling
- Pediatric Sick Visit
- Pediatric Well Visit
- Physical Activity Counseling
- Physical Exam For School
- Safety And Injury Prevention Counseling
- School Physical
- Sleep Counseling
- Sports Physicals
- Telemedicine Treatment
- Telemedicine Visit
- Vaccinations
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8751Fax 866-990-5516
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
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS II
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Network OA
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Administrators
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HumanaChoice PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-HMO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- TRICARE East Select
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open POS II
- POS OA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- First Health PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst NASCO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Medicare FFS
- IH-PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Blue Choice Advantage
- MultiPlan, Inc
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- OA Plus
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Navigate
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
Education
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine (1995)
Graduate: Brown University (1992)
Awards
- Brown Medical Alumni Association Ruth B. Sauber Distinguished Alumni Lecture Award
- Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainable Innovation
- Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for Healthcare
- Tech Museum Award for Health
- US Public Health Service Meritorious Service Medal
- US Army Meritorious Service Medal
- US Public Health Service Crisis Response Service Award
- HHS Secretary's Award for Outstanding Service