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
- Behavioral Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression
- Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation
- Women's Mental Health
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Addiction Disorders
- Adjustment Disorder
- Agitation
- Alcohol Addiction
- Alcohol Dependency
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Disorders
- Behavioral Issues In Dementia
- 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
- Disruptive Behavior
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Executive Function Disorder
- Gender Dysphoria
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Grief
- Hallucinations
- Hoarding Disorder
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypomania
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Mania
- Mental Health Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attack
- Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Personality Disorder
- Phobia
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Psycho Oncology
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychosomatic Disorders
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Somatoform Disorders
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide Attempt
- Thought Disorder
- Trichotillomania
Procedures I perform
- Adult Psychiatry
- Anger Management
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Men's Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Neuropsychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Transplant Psychiatry
- Women's Mental Health
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)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Open EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Network OA
- Open HMO
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: POS
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna HMO
- Open POS II
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Opoen HMO Option
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Student Resources
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- FIRST HEALTH
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Tricare Prime
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
Education
Graduate Education: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (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)