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