Aimee L Danielson, PhD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Behavioral Health, Clinical Psychology, Psychology
Languages: English
(202) 944-5402
About me
Aimee Danielson, PhD, is the Founder and Director of the Women’s Mental Health Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She is a Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology in the Georgetown School of Medicine. She has worked exclusively in the field of perinatal mental health since creating her own postdoctoral fellowship in this area in 2002. Since that time, she has developed and implemented numerous clinical, academic and research programs to respond to the unmet mental health needs of perinatal women. In 2008, she founded the Women’s Mental Health Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in response to a critical need for specialized care at this institution and in the region. This program, which she continues to direct and participate in clinical care, provides specialized psychiatric care for pregnant and postpartum women. Across MedStar, she leads numerous efforts to train medical providers, residents, students, and nurses on screening for perinatal mental health disorders and has successfully implemented universal maternal depression screening across various hospital-based settings including outpatient obstetrics, acute inpatient obstetrics and pediatrics.
Dr. Danielson is a founding member of the DC Metro Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative and an active member of several local maternal mental health initiatives, each of which have enabled her to grow the capacity of perinatal mental health providers across DC and serve as an advocate for both perinatal mental health awareness and increased access to quality mental health care. Over the past several years, she has led numerous efforts centrally focused on expanding perinatal mental health services in the District of Columbia. Most recently, this work has focused on the integration of mental health care into the obstetric setting at MedStar Washington Hospital Center as part of the “Safe Babies, Safe Moms” MedStar/Clark initiative.
As an expert in the field, she speaks locally and nationally on topics related to maternal mental health and wellness in women. She has been an invited speaker on On Point with Tom Ashbrook (NPR), as well as contributing to stories in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post.
Clinical areas of focus
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Group Psychotherapy
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder With Anxiety
- Adjustment Disorder With Mixed Anxiety And Depressed Mood
- Adolescent Depression
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder With Manic Episodes
- Chronic Depression
- Clinical Depression
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Emotional State Symptoms (MOOD SWINGS)
- Hypochondriasis
- Insomnia Related To Depression
- Major Depressive Disorder With Psychotic Features
- Maternal Diseases
- Memory Disorder
- Miscarriage
- Mood Disorders
- Phobia
- Postpartum Anxiety
- Postpartum Depression
- Postpartum Infections
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder
- Stillbirth
- Suicidal Thought
- Trauma
Procedures I perform
- Adjustment Disorder Treatment
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Modification
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Graston Technique
- Group Psychotherapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Wellness And Prevention
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Practice locations
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2115 Wisconsin Ave NW
Ste 200
Washington, DC, 20007
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
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- HighMark
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- OA Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA EPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Classic 5000
- TRICARE for Life East
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Choice POS II Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- First Health PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Sentara Health
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Student Resources
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- UHC Passport
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Basic
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-POS Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Choice POS II
- Network OA
- POS OA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-POS
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Choice POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Employee Health Plan
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
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Education
Fellowship: Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center-Chicago (2003)
Internship: Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center-Chicago (2002)
Graduate: University of Miami (2002)