Anne O'Donnell, MD| Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine | MedStar Health
Anne O'Donnell

Anne O'Donnell, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.9 out of 5 (1378 reviews)

Specialties: Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Pulmonology

Languages: English

877-286-1492

About me

Dr. O'Donnell is the Division Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. She is also the Medical Director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Georgetown University. Her special interests include bronchiectasis, respiratory infections, including nontuberculous mycobacterium, sleep apnea, and sleep disorders.

Clinical areas of focus

  • Asthma
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Interventional Bronchoscopy
  • Lung Cancer Screening
  • Lung Mass
  • Mycobacterial Infection
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Sarcoid
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Thoracentesis
  • Thoracoscopy
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Acute Bronchitis
  • Airway Disorders
  • Airway Obstruction
  • Airway Scarring
  • Allergic Aspergillosis
  • Allergic Pneumonitis
  • Allergic Wheezing
  • Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
  • Asbestos Lung
  • Aspiration Pneumonitis
  • Asthma
  • Asthmatic Bronchitis
  • Atelectasis
  • Autoimmune Pleuritis
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Bronchitis
  • Bronchospasm
  • Central Sleep Apnea
  • Chronic Bronchitis
  • Chronic Cough
  • Chronic Lung Disease
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Chronic Respiratory Failure
  • Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder
  • Confusional Arousals
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
  • Daytime Sleepiness
  • Diaphragmatic Disorders
  • Drug Induced Pulmonary Disease
  • Dyspnea On Exertion
  • Emphysema
  • Empyema
  • Exercise Intolerance
  • Hemoptysis
  • Hepatic Hydrothorax
  • Hypercarbia
  • Hypersomnia
  • Hypoventilation Syndrome
  • Hypoxia
  • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Laryngotracheitis
  • Lung Abscess
  • Lung Disease
  • Lung Infiltrate
  • Lung Mass
  • Maternal Respiratory Disease
  • Mycobacterial Infection
  • Narcolepsy
  • Nightmares
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Occupational Lung Injury
  • Parasomnias
  • Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD)
  • Pertussis
  • Pleural Diseases
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Pleural Thickening
  • Pleural Tuberculosis
  • Pleurisy
  • Pleuritic Pain
  • Pneumoconiosis
  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumonitis
  • Post Infectious Cough
  • Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Bullae
  • Pulmonary Complications Of Neurological Diseases
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Pulmonary Granuloma
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Infections
  • Pulmonary Nodule
  • Pulmonary Sarcoid
  • Radiation Pneumonitis
  • Reactive Airway Disease
  • Recurrent Lung Infections
  • Restless Legs Syndrome
  • Restrictive Lung Disease
  • Rheumatoid Lung
  • Shift Work Sleep Disorder
  • Shortness Of Breath (SOB)
  • Silicosis
  • Sleep Abnormalities
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Sleep Deprivation
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Sleep Paralysis
  • Sleep Phase Disorder
  • Sleep Related Eating Disorder
  • Sleep Related Hallucinations
  • Sleep Talking
  • Sleep-Related Hypoventilation
  • Sleepwalking
  • Smoker Cough
  • Snoring
  • Stridor
  • Tobacco-Related Diseases
  • Tracheal Mass
  • Tracheal Stenosis
  • Tracheobronchitis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Wheezing
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Procedures I perform

  • Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
  • Home Sleep Study
  • Interventional Bronchoscopy
  • Lung Cancer Screening
  • Maintenance Of Wakefulness Test
  • Mechanical Ventilation
  • Multiple Sleep Latency Testing
  • Polysomnography
  • Pulmonary And Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Pulmonary Clearance For Surgery
  • Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT)
  • Pulmonary Stent Placement
  • Pulmonary Therapy
  • Sleep Apnea Study
  • Sleep Endoscopy
  • Spirometry
  • Thoracentesis
  • Thoracoscopy
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Practice locations

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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center
Washington, DC, 20007

202-295-0552

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18101 Prince Philip Drive
Suite 421
Olney, MD, 20832

202-295-0547

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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.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Innovation Health: POS Plus
    • Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
    • Innovation Health: Open POS II
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
    • United AARP Medicare Complete
    • United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • Kaiser Medicare Plus
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
    • United MD IPA (HMO)
    • Kaiser Flexible Choice
    • Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
    • Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • United Golden Rule
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • Beech Street PPO
    • United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare
    • Tricare for Life East
    • Cigna POS/Network POS
    • Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
    • Tricare East Prime
    • Virginia Premier
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Innovation Health: Indemnity
    • United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
    • Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • Aetna HMO
    • Kaiser Select
    • Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • Medicaid - Maryland
    • Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
    • D-SNP)
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • United Choice Plus
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • United Choice
    • Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Cigna Network Open Access
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
    • WellPoint Maryland
    • CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
    • Cigna Choice Fund PPO
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • Innovation Health: PPO
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
    • United Student Resources
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • United Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
    • United Select Plus (POS)
    • United Mamsi Life & Health
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • Kaiser Select-Added Choice
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
    • Innovation Health: POS
    • Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Cigna HMO Open Access
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • I-SNP
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • Tricare East Select
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Carefirst EPO
    • Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
    • United Optimum Choice
    • United Navigate
    • Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
    • United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
    • United Core Essential (HMO)
    • Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
    • Medicaid - Virginia
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
    • United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • Medicaid - District of Columbia
    • Cigna EPO
    • Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
    • Cigna Indemnity
    • HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
    • United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • Kaiser Signature
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • First Health PPO
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine

Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital (1987)

Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital (1986)

Residency: Georgetown University Hospital (1985)

Medical School: Georgetown University (1982)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.9
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.9
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.9
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.9
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.9
  • Aug 28, 2024

    Dr O'Donnell is terrific. Listens carefully to questions & responds with a cogent and understandable reply - lays out options, pros & cons, etc. Looks for best option for the patient. She has improved my quality of life considerably.

  • Aug 14, 2024

    Dr O'Donnell , was excellent ! Took time to explain diagnosis , tests, outcomes and any questions I had! She was very engaging and shows her passion and enthusiasm for her work! I would highly recommend her ! Really was very happy with our visit! She was lovely!

  • Aug 14, 2024

    Dr. O'Donnell listens; shows concern for me as a patient and person; and includes me in explaining the diagnosis and proposed treatment options. Dr. O'Donnell always treated me both respectfully and as an equal.