About me
Swati Chanani, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist working with transition age adolescents and in school-based mental health. She completed a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University and a psychiatry residency at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Chanani received her medical degree from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Prior to that, she graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis earning an A.B. in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology.
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
Practice locations
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4301 13th Street Northwest GHU Kids Mobile Medical Clinic Program LLC Washington, DC, 20011
202-444-5437Fax 202-444-4315
1601 16th Street Southeast Anacostia Wellness Center Washington, DC, 20020
202-444-5543Fax 202-444-4315
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)
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CFBCBS EPO
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Tricare Prime
- FIRST HEALTH
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- First Health PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry
Fellowship Program: Johns Hopkins Hospital (2020)
Residency Program: Washington University Medical Center (2018)
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2014)