Carolina Rumbo, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery
Languages: English, French, Spanish
About me
Dr. Rumbo is the medical director of the Pediatric Small Bowel program at MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. She has 24 years of experience in the fields of pediatric hepatology and bowel disease. She treats patients between birth and the age of 21 and her areas of special interest and expertise include:
- Short bowel syndrome
- Congenital bowel anomalies
- Intestinal failure associated liver disease
- Pre- and post-liver transplant care
- Biliary atresia
- Cholestatic liver disease
- Autoimmune liver disease
- Fatty liver disease
- Feeding tube management
- Endoscopy
Dr. Rumbo earned her medical degree at National University of La Plata, School of Medicine in Buenos Aires, Argentina and completed her residency at Hospital de Niños “Sor Maria Ludovica” in La Plata, Argentina. She completed a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology, nutrition, and liver diseases at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
In her professional career, Dr. Rumbo has held significant positions, including her current role as the Medical Director of the Pediatric Bowel Program at MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. Her previous appointments at Fundación Favaloro in Argentina and Mount Sinai School of Medicine have equipped her with a wealth of clinical and academic experience. Dr. Rumbo’s leadership in these roles has been instrumental in advancing pediatric liver and intestinal transplant programs, demonstrating her ability to manage complex medical cases and lead multidisciplinary teams effectively.
Dr. Rumbo has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles on topics ranging from short bowel syndrome to immunosuppression protocols in pediatric liver transplantation. Her work has been published in prestigious journals such as JPEN (J Parenteral Enteral Nutrition) and Liver Transplantation, reflecting her commitment to advancing medical knowledge and improving patient outcomes. Her recent studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on intestinal rehabilitation and transplant patients highlight her ability to address contemporary challenges in her field. She is also the author of book chapters.
Dr. Rumbo is fluent in English, Spanish, and French.
Outside of her professional commitments, she dedicates her time to several enriching pursuits. She values spending quality time with her family, fostering strong relationships and creating cherished memories. Her enthusiasm for the outdoors is reflected in her passion for hiking and trekking, where she engages with nature and embraces physical challenges. Additionally, she takes great pleasure in gardening, cultivating plants, and maintaining tranquil green spaces.
Clinical areas of focus
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Hepatitis C
- Intestinal Atresia
- Liver Transplant For Fatty Liver Disease
- Pediatric Liver Transplant
- Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Transplant Immunosuppression Management
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Liver Function Tests
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Biliary Tract Obstruction
- Caroli Disease
- Choledochal Cyst
- Chronic Liver Failure
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Liver Fibrosis
- Congenital Malformations Of Gallbladder, Bile Ducts And Liver
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Disorders Of Branched
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gallbladder Disease
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Immunodeficiencies
- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Intestinal Atresia
- Intestinal Infections
- Intestinal Stenosis
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Failure
- Liver Fibrosis
- Malabsorption
- Newborn Feeding Problems
- Perinatal Digestive System Disorders
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
- Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Wilson Disease
Procedures I perform
- Ascites Treatment
- Biliary Disease In Pregnancy Treatment
- Bleeding Ulcer Treatment
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Cholelithiasis Treatment
- Cholestasis Treatment
- Chronic Liver Disease Treatment
- Coagulopathy Management
- Colonoscopy
- Deceased Donor Transplant
- Endoscopy
- Enteroscopy
- Gastrointestinal Endoscopy With Biopsy
- Gastrointestinal Rehabilitation
- Gastrointestinal Varices Treatment
- Hepatic Encephalopathy Management
- Hepatitis C Treatment After Transplant
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Immune System Modulator Therapy
- Intestinal Biopsy
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Cyst Treatment
- Liver Mass Treatment
- Liver Transplant
- Liver Transplant For Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma
- Liver Transplant For Fatty Liver Disease
- Liver Transplant For Hemangiosarcoma
- Liver Transplant For Liver Failure
- Liver Transplant For Viral Hepatitis
- Liver Transplant In Liver Cancer
- Living Donor Transplant
- Nutrition Counseling
- Pancreas Transplant Malfunction
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Pediatric Liver Disease Treatment
- Pediatric Liver Transplant
- Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
- Portal Hypertension Treatment
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) Treatment
- Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC) Treatment
- Short Bowel Syndrome Management
- Short Bowel Syndrome Treatment
- Small Bowel Transplant In Children
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplant For Biliary Atresia
- Transplant For Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Transplant For Short Bowel Syndrome
- Transplant Immunosuppression Management
- Transplant Serology
- Variceal Band Ligation
- Vein Sclerotherapy
- Viral Load Monitoring
- Wilson Disease Test
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
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- MultiPlan, Inc
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- First Health PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Administrators
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Sentara Health
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna HMO
- UHC Passport
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Student Resources
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- OA Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- POS OA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- First Health PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-POS
- Choice POS II
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice POS
- Network OA
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Police and Fire Clinic
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Medicare Direct
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Tricare Reserve Select
- TRICARE East Prime
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
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Education
Fellowship: Icahn at Mount Sinai Beth Israel-Gastroenterology (2003)
Residency: La Plata Integrated Healthcare-Axis Healthcare System (2000)
Medical School: Universidad Nacional de la Plata (1997)
Awards
- 2003
- American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award. July 1, 2003.
- Third position, award in oral presentations, annual meeting ILAS/ASPEN Clinical Nutrition Week. Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease in intestinal transplant candidates. Chicago. February 2008.
- Second Position Basic Research, Transplant Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (STALYC). Indicators of immunological activation in the intestinal graft mucosa. Cartagena de Indias. March 2011.
- Second Price in Basic Research, Transplant Society in Latin America and the Caribbean- SOCIEDAD DE TRASPLANTES EN LATINOAMERICA Y EL CARIBE (STALYC). Gene expression analysis in mucosal immune activation indicators in intestinal graft mucosa. Cartagena de Indias. March 2011.
- Best Abstract Award. XIV International Small Bowel Transplant Symposium. A Comprehensive Meeting on Intestinal Failure, Rehabilitation and Transplantation. Utility of APRI to Predict Liver Fibrosis in Intestinal Failure Associated Liver Disease in Pediatric Patients. Buenos Aires. July 2015.
- Best Abstract Award. TTS-IRTA Congress Scientific Award. XV International Congress of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Association (IRTA). Paneth and Stem Cells Are Not Affected During Initial Stages of Acute Cellular Rejection in Small Bowel Transplantation in Humans. New York, June 2017.
- Best Abstract Award. TTS-IRTA Congress Scientific Award. XVI International Congress of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Association (IRTA) Long term results of a series of pediatric patients with short bowel syndrome treated at an Intestinal Failure, Rehabilitation and Transplant Program. Paris, 2019.