Taryn E. Travis, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: General Surgery, Burn Surgery, Acute And Reconstructive Burn Care
Languages: English
202-877-7302
About me
Taryn Travis, MD, is an attending physician in The Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and an assistant professor of surgery at Georgetown University School of Medicine. As a burn specialist, Dr. Travis specializes in acute and long-term burn care. Her practice encompasses critical care of the burn patient, surgical intervention for skin injuries, as well as later interventions for the scars that result from burn injury. She has a special interest in LASER scar revision to improve the function, symptoms, and appearance of patients with hypertrophic scarring from a variety of causes.
Dr. Travis received her medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in 2010. She then joined MedStar Washington Hospital Center for a seven-year residency in general surgery, during which she spent two years as a burn surgery research fellow focusing on hypertrophic scarring. During her last year of training, she served as Chief Administrative Resident. Finally, she completed one year of advanced burn care training at MedStar Washington before joining the attending surgeon staff at The Burn Center.
Dr. Travis is involved in the education with regard to burn care of surgical residents, medical students, and other members of the community, including firefighters, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, and other physicians. As a Cura Personalis Fellow at Georgetown, she guides medical students on their journey from student to physician. She is also an instructor for the Advanced Burn Life Support for the American Burn Association and Advanced Trauma Life Support courses for the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Travis is an active member of the American Burn Association and The American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. She also serves with the Emergency Preparedness Working Group of the MedStar Washington Hospital Center and is a member of the Subcommittee on Evaluation and Assessment of the curriculum of Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Philosophy of Care
“My personal experience as a family member of someone who was very badly burned is what has guided me to this specialty. When I was young, my father survived a large, life-threatening burn injury and was able to return to a life of family, hobbies, career, and fulfillment. The ability to empathize with the fear and uncertainty of patients with burn injuries, as well as their families, guides my approach every day.
“I’m dedicated to my profession and to my patients. The team I work with in The Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center accomplishes care I could never accomplish alone. The multidisciplinary approach to caring for burn injuries allows us to succeed in saving the lives of our patients and getting them back to enjoying those very lives.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Burn Contracture Release
- Burn Debridement
- Burn Injuries
- Burn Wound Excision
- Chemical Burns
- Gastrointestinal Trauma Treatment
- Grafting Of Skin
- Laser Treatment For Burn Scars
- Skin Grafting For Burn Wounds
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Open Wound
- Amputation Due To Severe Burn Injury
- Ankle And Foot Burn
- Body Region Injury
- Burn Injuries
- Chemical Burns
- Chest Burn And Corrosion
- Complex Wound Debridement
- Correction Of Burn
- Diabetic Wound Care
- Ear Burn Reconstruction
- Esophageal Injury
- Eyelid Reconstruction
- Face Burn
- Facial Burn Reconstruction
- Facial Burn Scars
- Foot And Ankle Burn Reconstruction
- Hand Burns
- Head And Neck Burn
- Head, Face, And Neck Burn And Corrosion
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Hip And Thigh Open Wound
- Inhalation Injury From Smoke
- Inhalation Injury Treatment
- Laser Treatment For Burn Scars
- Lip And Oral Cavity Burn Reconstruction
- Lower Leg Burn
- Pruritus (ITCHING) Due To Burn Scars
- Respiratory Failure
- Respiratory Tract Inhalation Injury
- Scald Burns From Hot Liquids
- Scar Contracture
- Scar Revision
- Sepsis From Infected Burn Wounds
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Burn Contractures
- Shoulder And Upper Limb Burn
- Skin Grafting For Burn Wounds
- Superficial Frostbite
- Surgical Site Infection
- Tracheal Stenosis From Inhalation Injury
- Trunk Burn Reconstruction
- Venous Leg Ulcer
- Wrist And Hand Burn And Corrosion
Procedures I perform
- Adhesiolysis
- Back Skin Transfer
- Burn Contracture Release
- Burn Debridement
- Burn Wound Excision
- Buttock Skin Excision
- Cauterization Of Granulation Tissue
- Chest Skin Excision
- Chronic Wound Care
- Epidermal Autograft
- Escharotomy
- Escharotomy, Each Additional Incision
- Escharotomy, Initial Incision
- Fasciotomy
- Flap Reconstruction
- Foot Skin Replacement
- Gastrointestinal Trauma Treatment
- Grafting Of Skin
- Hand Skin Excision
- Hypertrophic Scar Treatment
- Leg Reconstruction
- Limb Replantation
- Lower Arm Skin Excision
- Mechanical Debridement For Wounds
- Neck Skin Excision
- Perineum Skin Replacement
- Perineum Subcutaneous Tissue Excision
- Release Of Abdomen
- Release Of Chest
- Release Of Face
- Release Of Lower Leg
- Remote Consultation
- Repair Left Lower Leg Subcutaneous Tissue
- Skin Debridement
- Skin Graft
- Skin Substitute Grafting
- Surgical Wound Exploration
- Transplant Hepatectomy
- Venous Ulcer Treatment
- Wound Care
- Wound Closure
- Z-Plasty
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
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Network OA
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-Open HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Navigate
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- TRICARE East Select
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-POS
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- OA Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- First Health PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna HMO
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice POS
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Open POS II
- Sentara Health
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-HMO
- HighMark
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Medicare FFS
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Beech Street PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Fellowship: Medstar-Washington Hospital Center (2018)
Residency: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2017)
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine at USC (2010)