Carol Deane Benedict, MD| Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Rheumatology | MedStar Health
About me
Carol Benedict, MD, is a rheumatologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Benedict received her medical degree at George Washington University School of Medicine. She then completed a residency and fellowship at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Benedict is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology.
Clinical areas of focus
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arthrocentesis
- Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDS)
- Gout
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treatment
- Temporal Arteritis
- Vasculitis
- Vasculitis Of Skin
- Vasculitis Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Arthritis
- Arthropathy
- Autoimmune Disorders
- Autoinflammatory Syndrome
- Axial Spondyloarthritis
- Behcet's Disease
- Bone Density Disorder
- Chronic Gout
- Chronic Gouty Arthritis
- Connective Tissue Disorders
- Dermatomyositis
- Discoid Lupus
- Elevated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
- Enteropathic Arthritis
- Enthesopathies
- Episcleritis
- Gout
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Inflammatory Myopathy
- Inflammatory Myositis
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Joint Disorder
- Lupus Nephritis
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Myopathies
- Neck Pain
- Necrotizing Vasculopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteopenia
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Polyarticular Arthritis
- Polyosteoarthritis
- Pseudogout
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Pulmonary Vasculitis
- Raynaud's Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Of Hand
- Rheumatoid Arthritis With Rheumatoid Factor
- Rheumatoid Vasculitis
- Sacroiliitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Spondylitis
- Spondylopathies
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Temporal Arteritis
- Uveitis
- Vasculitis
- Vasculitis Of Skin
- Vasculitis Of The Kidneys
- Wegener's Granulomatosis
Procedures I perform
- Arthrocentesis
- Biologic Therapy For Rheumatologic Diseases
- Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDS)
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection
- Sarcoidosis Treatment
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treatment
- Vasculitis Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 6th Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-6200Fax 877-625-1471
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
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Employee Health Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- POS OA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Choice POS
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- TRICARE for Life East
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA EPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Sentara Health
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Choice POS II
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Indemnity
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Medicare Direct
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- BlueChoice Open Access
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- First Health PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Network OA
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Beech Street PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- HighMark
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Navigate
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2014)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2012)
Medical School: George Washington University (2009)