About me
Dr. Adrienne Showler is the Section Chief of Tropical Medicine at Georgetown University Hospital. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ill returned travelers with conditions such as malaria, dengue, zika, chikungunya, typhoid fever, travellers diarrhea, and a wide variety of parasitic infections. She dedicates herself to caring for patients with neglected tropical diseases including American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease), leishmaniasis, echinococcus, filariasis (loa loa, onchocerciasis), leprosy, and strongyloides. Dr. Showler also oversees the travel medicine program, which focuses on travellers with unique health concerns (eg. pregnancy, compromised immune systems, HIV) and who have complex travel itineraries.
Dr. Showler completed her infectious disease fellowship at the University of Toronto in Canada, and a Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the Gorgas Course in Lima, Peru. She holds a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, did her thesis at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Showler loves to teach clinical tropical medicine and parasitology, and is very involved in education and academic research. She is a member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and International Society of Travel Medicine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Chagas' Disease
- Consultative Diagnosis
- Filariasis
- Giardiasis
- Helminthiases
- Hiv Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP)
- Influenza
- Malaria Treatment
- Parasitic Infection
- Parasitic Infection Treatment
- Schistosomiasis
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing
- Strongyloidiasis
- Travel Health Consultation
- Tropical Disease Treatment
- Typhoid And Paratyphoid Fevers
- Undersea Medicine Consultation
- Vaccinations
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Abscess Of The Mediastinum
- Acute Endocarditis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Anthrax
- Aspergillosis
- Bacterial Pneumonia
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Candidiasis
- Carrier Of Infectious Disease
- Cat Scratch Disease
- Chagas' Disease
- Clostridioides Difficile (C. DIFF)
- Cutaneous Abscess
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Dermatophytosis (RINGWORM)
- Early Syphilis
- Encephalitis
- Enterovirus Infection
- Filariasis
- Fungal Infections
- Fungal Meningitis
- Fungal Otitis Externa
- Giardiasis
- Helminthiases
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Herpes (GENITAL HERPES)
- Herpes Encephalitis
- Histoplasmosis
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Infectious Endocarditis
- Infectious Gastroenteritis
- Influenza
- Intestinal Infections
- Intraspinal Granuloma
- Joint Infection (SEPTIC ARTHRITIS)
- Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Kawasaki Disease
- Late Stage Syphilis
- Leprosy
- Lymphadenitis
- Measles
- Meningitis
- Mrsa Bacteremia
- Mycoplasma Pneumonia
- Myocarditis
- Pandemic Flu
- Parasitic Infection
- Penile Inflammation
- Pertussis
- Pneumonia
- Protozoal Diseases
- Psittacosis
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Rabies
- Relapsing Fevers
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus
- Rheumatic Fever
- Rickettsial Infections
- Ringworm
- Rotavirus Infection
- Schistosomiasis
- Sepsis
- Shigellosis
- Shingles
- Smallpox
- Staphylococcal Infection
- Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, And Enterococcus
- Strongyloidiasis
- Syphilis
- Tetanus
- Tuberculosis
- Typhoid And Paratyphoid Fevers
- Typhus
- Urethritis
- Varicella
- Vibrio Infections
- Viral Hepatitis
- Visceral Leishmaniasis
- Yellow Fever
Procedures I perform
- Antibiotic Therapy
- Bacterial Infection Treatment
- Consultative Diagnosis
- Cystitis Treatment
- Disease Prevention
- Fungal Infection Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Bacterial Infection Diagnosis
- Hiv Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP)
- Independent Medical Evaluation
- Infectious Disease Prevention
- Malaria Treatment
- Meningitis Treatment
- Nasal Culture
- Pandemic Response
- Parasitic Infection Treatment
- Pre-Travel Medical Consultation
- Respiratory Infection Treatment
- Sepsis Treatment
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing
- Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Testing
- Travel Health
- Travel Health Consultation
- Traveler's Diarrhea Treatment
- Tropical Disease Treatment
- Tuberculosis (TB) Test
- Tuberculosis Testing
- Undersea Medicine Consultation
- Vaccinations
- Vaccine Recommendations
- Vector-Borne Disease Treatment
- Viral Gastroenteritis Treatment
- Viral Load Monitoring
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 5th Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-0086Fax 877-665-8072
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
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Medicare Direct
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- TRICARE East Prime
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- OA Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- First Health PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA EPO
- Navigate
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Optimum Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-POS Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Choice POS
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Sentara Health
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- HighMark
- CareFirst NASCO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Residency: University of Toronto (2014)
Residency: University of Toronto (2012)
Medical School: University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine (2009)