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
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 Advantage 5750
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- OA Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UHC Passport
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- HealthyBlue PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Core Essential (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Classic 5000
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- HumanaChoice PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Indemnity
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Beech Street PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Sentara Health
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Network OA
- CIGNA EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- POS OA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- First Health PPO
- Navigate
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Administrators
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- HighMark
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2014)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2012)
Medical School: George Washington University (2009)