Evgenia Gourgari, MD| Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Evgenia Gourgari sees patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital and MedStar Montgomery Medical Center in Olney. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric endocrinology. Call 202-295-0547 to schedule an appointment.
Clinical areas of focus
- Diabetes Treatment
- Growth Development Disorder Treatment
- Growth Hormone Deficiency Treatment
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Klinefelter Syndrome Treatment
- Pubertal Development Disorder Treatment
- Puberty Delay Treatment
- Turner Syndrome Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adrenogenital Disorders
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Cushing Syndrome
- Delayed Puberty
- Developmental Delays
- Diabetes (TYPE 1)
- Disorders Of Puberty
- Endocrine Disorders
- Grave's Disease
- Growth Hormone Deficiency
- Hyperfunction Of Pituitary Gland
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Insulin Resistance
- Obesity
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Polyglandular Dysfunction
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Nodules
- Turner Syndrome
- Type 2 Diabetes
Procedures I perform
- Adrenal Gland Disorder Treatment
- Adrenal-Related Disorder Treatment
- Bone Density Study
- Bone Density Testing
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) Treatment
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Cushing's Disease Treatment
- Cushing's Syndrome Treatment
- Diabetes Treatment
- Diabetes-Related Complication Treatment
- Glucose Control Management
- Growth Development Disorder Treatment
- Growth Hormone Deficiency Treatment
- Growth Hormone Excess Treatment
- Growth Hormone Stimulation Test
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hyperthyroidism Treatment
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Insulin-Related Disorder Treatment
- Klinefelter Syndrome Treatment
- Pancreatic Function Tests
- Parathyroid Gland Disorder Treatment
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Treatment
- Prader-Willi Syndrome Treatment
- Prader-Willi Syndrome-Related Disorder Treatment
- Prolactinoma Treatment
- Pubertal Development Assessment
- Pubertal Development Disorder Treatment
- Puberty Delay Treatment
- Puberty-Related Disorder Treatment
- Sex Development Disorder Treatment
- Thyroid Nodule Treatment
- Thyroid-Related Disorder Treatment
- Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Suppression
- Turner Syndrome Treatment
- Turner Syndrome-Related Disorder Treatment
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
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Navigate
- CIGNA EPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Sentara Health
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Student Resources
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- HighMark
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- TRICARE East Select
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- OA Plus
- POS OA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UHC Passport
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Network OA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Choice POS
Education
Board Certification:
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology
Residency: Nicklaus Children's Hospital (2010)
Medical School: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2002)
Awards
- 2019: Most Outstanding Scientific Abstract Award, Medstar Health-Georgetown University Research Symposium
- 2019: Oral presentation for the abstract “Effect of metformin on HDL proteome in youth with T1DM”, PAS conference 2019, Baltimore, MD
- 2018: Oral presentation for the abstract “Low cholesterol efflux capacity and abnormal lipoprotein particles in youth with type 1 diabetes”, ACTS conference 2018, Washington DC
- 2017: Oral presentation for the abstract “Youth with type 1 diabetes have atherogenic lipoprotein particles which correlate with low insulin sensitivity”, ACTS conference 2017, Washington DC
- 2015: Scholarship Award to attend the GHUCCTS Master Program of Science in Clinical and
- Translational Research.
- 2013: Special acknowledgment at the Presidential Poster Reception at Pediatric Endocrine Society Meeting “Catch up growth in pediatric patients after successful treatment of Cushings syndrome due to adrenal or pituitary tumor”.
- 2012: The Endocrine Society travel award at ENDO
- 2012: Outstanding Abstract Award Winner at ENDO: "A novel method for metabolic classification of polycystic ovary syndrome".
- 2012: Presidential Poster Competition Award at ENDO 2012: “A novel method for metabolic classification of polycystic ovary syndrome".
- 2012: NICHD Fellows Intramural Grants Supplement (FIGS) Award