Catherine Demirel, AUD PHD| Audiology, Otolaryngology | MedStar Health
About me
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Newborn Hearing Screening Coordinator
Pediatric Audiology Specialty Certification® (PASC)
Clinical areas of focus
- Auditory Evoked Potentials Screening
- Auditory Neuropathy
- Child Speech Disorders
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Ear Infection
- Enlarged Adenoids
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- Hearing Aid Fitting
- Hearing Testing
- Newborn Hearing Loss
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Tinnitus
- Vestibular Disorders
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Auditory Neuropathy
- Child Speech Disorders
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Congenital Ear Deformity
- Congenital Malformations Of Ear
- Congenital Malformations Of Ear Causing Hearing Impairment
- Ear Fullness
- Ear Infection
- Ear Pain
- Earwax Impaction
- Enlarged Adenoids
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- Fluid In The Ears
- Hearing Loss In One Ear
- Meniere's Disease
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Muffled Hearing
- Newborn Hearing Loss
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Otosclerosis
- Perforated Eardrum
- Sensory Processing Disorder
- Tinnitus
- Vertigo
- Vestibular Disorders
- Word Recognition Difficulties
Procedures I perform
- Auditory Brainstem Response Testing
- Auditory Evoked Potentials Screening
- Auditory Implant Candidacy Evaluation
- Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Treatment
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Auditory Rehabilitation
- Baha (BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID) Surgery
- Berard Auditory Integration Therapy
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cochlear Implant Adjustment
- Custom Ear Molds
- Dizziness And Balance Treatment
- Ear Canal Irrigation
- Flash Electroretinography
- Gait And Balance Evaluation
- Hearing Aid Fitting
- Hearing Education
- Hearing Loss Prevention
- Hearing Restoration Surgery
- Hearing Testing
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Laryngeal Function Test
- Mastoidectomy
- Misophonia Education
- Misophonia Treatment
- Muffled Hearing Evaluation
- Otoacoustic Emissions
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Semi-Implantable Hearing Devices
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Sound Desensitization Therapy
- Sound Therapy
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Speech Reading
- Speech Therapy
- Stapedectomy
- Tinnitus Evaluation
- Tympanometry And Reflex Threshold
- Tympanoplasty Without Mastoidectomy With Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
- Vestibular Testing
- Vestibuloplasty
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
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-POS Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Network OA
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna VA Exchange
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Navigate
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- First Health PPO
- IH-POS
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- UHC Passport
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-HMO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Choice POS
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst Administrators
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- TRICARE for Life East
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna HMO
- OA Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst NASCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice POS II
- First Health PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
Education
Board Certification: American Speech Language Hearing Association, Speech Pathology
Graduate: James Madison University (2004)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Demirel, C. E. (2019). Neonatal Hearing Screening. In J. Ramasethu & S. Seo (Eds.), MacDonald's Atlas of Procedures in Neonatology (pp. 482-485). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health.