About me
Marilou G. Tablang-Jimenez, MD, DFAPA is the new Medical Director of the Addiction and Mental Health Center (AMHC) at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center.
Dr. Tablang-Jimenez was born and raised in the Philippines until age 18. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park and received her Medical Degree from De La Salle University. She completed her General Psychiatry Residency at Georgetown University in 1996 and her Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in 1998. She is Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both General Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry since 1998. She was awarded her Fellowship Status by the American Psychiatric Association in 2009 and was honored as a Distinguished Fellow in 2010.
She has worked with the most prestigious institutions in the past, Kennedy Krieger and Sheppard Pratt, and more recently, she has joined the faculty of Georgetown University Medical School. She splits her time as Medical Director of a Group Practice that bears her name, Montgomery County Crisis Center and MedStar Montgomery Medical Center's Department of Psychiatry. She supervises Training Residents from the Uniformed Health University of the Health Services (UHSHS) who rotate through the Crisis Center.
Dr. Tablang-Jimenez is the current Councilor of the Southern Medical Association, representing both Maryland and DC. She also serves as a member of the Coordinating Committee on Membership. Dr. Tablang-Jimenez is the Immediate-Past President of the Suburban Maryland Psychiatric Society and a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Psychiatric Society. Dr. Tablang-Jimenez has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Medical Association – Metropolitan Washington, DC for more than a decade and her most recent roles were that of President and of Executive Director. She has received recognitions from professional and community organizations for her work. Her most recent accomplishment is being voted by her peers as one of 2016 Top Doctors by Washingtonian Magazine.
Dr. Tablang-Jimenez is the youngest of the 13 children of Josefina Bello Guerzon and Juan Tavita Tablang. She has been married to Dan M. Jimenez for 35 years and they are the proud parents of Sinta Mae, Jo Justine, and Andrew Daniel and the doting grandparents to Chloe Owens.
Clinical areas of focus
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Developmental Assessment
- Developmental Delay
- Developmental Disabilities
- Eating Disorders
- Learning Disabilities
- Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Trauma
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Addiction Disorders
- Adjustment Disorder
- Agitation
- Alcohol Dependency
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Disorders
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Complicated Bereavement Disorder
- Compulsive And Addictive Behaviors
- Conversion Disorder
- Cyclothymic Disorder
- Delusional Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Developmental Delay
- Developmental Disabilities
- Disruptive Behavior
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Executive Function Disorder
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Grief
- Hallucinations
- Hoarding Disorder
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypomania
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Learning Disabilities
- Mania
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Novel Coronavirus Related Mental Health Conditions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
- Panic Attack
- Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Personality Disorder
- Phobia
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Postpartum Anxiety
- Postpartum Psychosis
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Psycho Oncology
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychosomatic Disorders
- Repetitive Behaviors
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Social Media Addiction
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Somatoform Disorders
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide Attempt
- Thought Disorder
- Trauma
- Treatment Resistant Depression
- Trichotillomania
Procedures I perform
- Adult Psychiatry
- Behavior Counseling
- Children Of Incarcerated Parents Counselling
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Developmental Assessment
- Grief And Loss Counseling
- LGBTQ+ Health
- Men's Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Neuropsychiatry
- Online Psychiatrist
- Psychotherapy
- Transplant Psychiatry
- Trauma Focused Psychotherapy
- Virtual Care
- Women's Mental Health
- Work Reintegration Therapy
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
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- CFBCBS EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Network OA
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open POS II
- Aetna HMO
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Choice Fund PPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- CIGNA EPO
- Innovation Health: POS
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Tricare Prime
- FIRST HEALTH
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Education
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1998)
Residency: Veterans Affairs Medical Center (1996)
Medical School: UCF College of Medicine (1986)