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
- Bariatric Surgery Nutrition Counseling
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Celiac Disease
- Crohn's Disease And Ulcerative Colitis Related To Diet
- Diabetes In Pregnancy
- Diverticular Disease
- Gastrointestinal Disorders Related To Diet
- Gestational Diabetes
- High Blood Sugar
- High Cholesterol
- Hyperglycemia
- Hyperinsulinemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Insulin Resistance
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity
- Pancreatic Islet Cell Disorder
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Prediabetes
- Proteinuria
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Weight Management
Procedures I perform
- A1c Testing
- Acid-Base Management
- Body Mass Index (BMI) Evaluation
- Calcium Supplementation
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- 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
- Fatigue Management
- Gestational Diabetes Management
- Glucometer Use
- Glucose Control Management
- Hashimoto's Disease Management
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Hypothyroidism Diet Planning
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Insulin Dose Titration
- Insulin Pen Training
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Intermittent Fasting Coaching
- Kidney Function Test
- Meal Planning
- Nutrition Counseling
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Osteoporosis Prevention Treatment
- Pain Medication Management
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Parenteral Nutrition Management
- Personalized Meal Planning
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Prediabetes Management
- Pregnancy Nutrition Planning
- Reproductive Health Management
- Reproductive Medicine
- Surgical Disaster Response
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
- Transplant Regenerative Medicine
- Turbinate Reduction With Radiofrequency
- Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Arthritis Treatment
- Urinary Protein Test
- 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
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Medicare Direct
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Network OA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA EPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Choice POS
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Navigate
- CIGNA PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-POS
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- POS OA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United Student Resources
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- HighMark
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- UHC Passport
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna VA Exchange
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-Open POS II
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- OA Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-HMO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst EPO
- Sentara Health
- Optimum Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
Education
Medical Education: Howard University (1982)