Elizabeth Mulaikal Cifra, MD| Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
As a Board Certified/Board eligible critical care physician, all conditions requiring intensive care in the medical, surgical, or neurosciences ICU are treated.
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
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 Worker's Compensation Network
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Network OA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Navigate
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE East Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- First Health PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- First Health PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-HMO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- HighMark
- IH-Open POS II
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Medicare Direct
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Student Resources
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-POS
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Medicare FFS
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice POS II
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- OA Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Choice POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
Education
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2014)
Residency: Georgetown University Hospital (2011)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2008)