Claudia Morrison, RD| Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism, Dietetics | MedStar Health
About me
Areas of Clinical Interest:
- Continuous glucose monitoring
- Diabetes management
- Gestational Diabetes
- Insulin pump management
- Medical nutrition therapy
"My philosophy of care includes using a personal approach to connect with my patients concerning good nutrition and self-care. My goal is to empower patients to identify how they can incorporate healthy behaviors in their life to reduce the risk of disease and complications, thus promoting a healthy lifestyle for thesmelves and their families."
Clinical areas of focus
- Celiac Disease
- High Blood Sugar
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Bariatric Surgery Nutrition Counseling
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Celiac Disease
- Crohn's Disease And Ulcerative Colitis Related To Diet
- Diabetes In Pregnancy
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Disorders Of Pancreatic Internal Secretion
- Diverticular Disease
- Drug Or Chemical Induced Diabetes Mellitus
- Eating Disorders
- Food Allergies And Intolerances
- Gastrointestinal Disorders Related To Diet
- Gestational Diabetes
- High Blood Sugar
- High Cholesterol
- Hyperglycemia
- Hyperinsulinemia
- Hypertension
- Hypoglycemia
- Insulin Deficiency
- Insulin Resistance
- Malnutrition
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Ovarian Dysfunction
- Pancreatic Islet Cell Disorder
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Prediabetes
- Proteinuria
- Sports Nutrition And Performance
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Weight Management
Procedures I perform
- A1c Testing
- Accessibility Education
- Acid-Base Management
- Acute Kidney Injury Treatment
- Affective Regulation
- Alternative Medicine
- Alternative Therapies
- Anxiety Management
- Asthma Management
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Management
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Management
- Biofeedback
- Blood Pressure Goal Setting
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Body Mass Index (BMI) Evaluation
- Calcium Supplementation
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Care Coordination Consultation
- Child Care
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Community Health Education
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Coping Skills
- Dance Therapy
- Dermatological Care
- Diabetes Complications Prevention
- Diabetes Foot Care
- Diabetes Self-Management
- Diabetes Treatment
- Diabetic Foot Exam
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis Risk Assessment
- Dietary Assessment
- Eating Disorder Treatment And Management
- Endocrinology Care
- Endurance Sports Nutrition
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Fatigue Management
- Float Therapy
- Fluid Management
- Food Addiction Treatment
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Gastrointestinal Cancer Management
- Gastrointestinal Care
- Gastrointestinal Therapy
- Geriatric Care
- Geriatric Care Management
- Gestational Diabetes Management
- Glucometer Use
- Glucose Control Management
- Grief Counseling
- Grocery Shopping
- Hashimoto's Disease Management
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Heart Disease Prevention
- Heart Healthy Lifestyle Counseling
- Hematological Care
- Herbal Therapy
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Hypothyroidism Diet Planning
- Incontinence Care
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Insulin Dose Titration
- Insulin Pen Training
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Integumentary Care
- Intermittent Fasting Coaching
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome Management
- Kidney Function Test
- Lifestyle Modification
- Meal Planning
- Mental Health Medication Management
- Mental Status Exam
- Mood Disorder Counseling
- Motivational Interviewing
- Movement Screening
- Musculoskeletal Care
- Naturopathic Therapy
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Newborn Care
- Nutrient Deficiency Screening
- Nutrition Counseling
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Osteoporosis Prevention Treatment
- Ostomy Care
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Care Services
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Parenteral Nutrition Management
- Pediatric Nutrition
- Pediatric Trauma Care
- Peer Support Groups
- Personalized Meal Planning
- Pharmacological Therapy
- Physical Activity Counseling
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Postpartum Care
- Postpartum Support
- Prediabetes Management
- Pregnancy Nutrition Planning
- Probiotic Therapy
- Pulmonary Care
- Recipe Development And Meal Planning For Special Diets
- Recreational Therapy
- Relapse Prevention
- Renal Care
- Reproductive Health Management
- Reproductive Medicine
- Respiratory Care
- Seasonal Allergy Management
- Skin Allergy Testing
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) Testing
- Sports Nutrition
- Sti Treatment
- Supplement Counseling
- Surgical Disaster Response
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
- Transplant Regenerative Medicine
- Travel Safety Advice
- Turbinate Reduction With Radiofrequency
- Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Arthritis Treatment
- Urinary Protein Test
- Vaccinations
- Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
- Weight Management Program
- Weight Measurement
- Well Baby Care
- Wireless Event Recorder Monitoring
- Wound Care
- Yoga Coaching
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
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Basic
- POS OA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open HMO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Sentara Health
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- UHC Passport
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Choice Fund PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Medicare Direct
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Network OA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- OA Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Medicare FFS
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- HighMark
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- IH-POS
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Choice POS II Open Access
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Choice POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-POS Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Choice POS II
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
Education
Board Certification:
Allied Health Education: Howard University (1982)