About me
Elizabeth (Beth) Strand is a board-certified oncology nurse practitioner who specializes in breast cancer. Beth currently practices at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Prior to moving to the Washington, D.C. area in 2018, she worked at the Gillette Center for breast cancer at Massachusetts General Hospital. She enjoys symptom management and patient education. Her philosophy involves assisting women to not just survive breast cancer but to thrive.
Beth works collaboratively with the breast oncologists and helps patients understand their individual treatment plan. Her approach to care focuses on taking time to carefully assess concerns and side effects both during active treatment and beyond. She applies evidenced based strategies for maximizing symptom management, whether during chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, post treatment, or in metastatic disease, so that patients can maximize their quality of life and minimize interruptions to their daily lives.
She has a strong interest in cancer survivorship, having published in this area, and is dedicated to improving the quality of life and outcome of cancer patients through important lifestyle interventions including exercise, diet, and psycho-social interventions. Beth enjoys connecting patients to integrative therapies and community resources. As a gymnast in her early years, she has an interest in how maintaining physical strength enhances overall health. In addition, her background in religious studies informs her approach and led her into oncology where the cancer experience often invites questions of meaning and purpose.
Philosophy of care
"A breast cancer diagnosis is a life-changing experience. It generates feelings of anxiety and uncertainty for patients and their loved ones. I see my job first as listening and then offering innovative and evidence-based strategies to minimize symptoms and enhance well-being throughout the experience of breast cancer and beyond."
About the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute
MedStar Georgetown is part of the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute, which combines medical expertise, the latest therapies, and research across MedStar Health. Our research engine, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in the Washington, D.C., region. This partnership means we provide access to cutting-edge clinical trials and the latest breakthroughs in cancer care.
Clinical areas of focus
- Fish Testing For Breast Cancer
- Genomic Expression Profiling For Breast Cancer
- Mammaprint Breast Cancer Test
- Radioembolization Of Breast Cancer
Procedures I perform
- A1c Testing
- Blood Banking
- Blood Transfusion
- Breast Biopsy
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer And Fertility
- Breast Cancer Follow-Up Care
- Breast Cancer Risk Reduction
- Breast Cancer Screening
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Breast Cancer Tumor Marker Testing
- Breast Reconstruction
- Cancer Survivorship Care
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Clinical Trials For Breast Cancer Treatment
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) Surgery
- Fish Testing For Breast Cancer
- Foundationone Cdx
- Genomic Expression Profiling For Breast Cancer
- Guardant360 Cdx
- Hepatic Artery Infusion
- Intravenous (IV) Fluids
- Invitae Multi-Cancer Panel
- Liquid Biopsy For Breast Cancer With Guardant360 Cdx
- Mammaprint Breast Cancer Test
- Mammaprint Testing
- Myriad Myrisk Hereditary Cancer Test
- Pharmacogenetic Testing For Breast Cancer
- Radioembolization Of Breast Cancer
- Removal Of Central Venous Access Device
- Transitional Cell Carcinoma Treatment
- Tumor Immunohistochemistry
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Lombardi Cancer Center
Washington, DC, 20007
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
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- First Health PPO
- HighMark
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-HMO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- UHC Passport
- Choice POS II
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Beech Street PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Optimum Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna VA Exchange
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Medicare Direct
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- TRICARE East Select
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- OA Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-POS
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Administrators
- Network OA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
Education
Board Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Graduate: Yale University (1992)