Gillian Lisa Abrams, MD| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology | MedStar Health
Gillian Lisa Abrams, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology, Pediatrics
Languages: English
About me
Gillian Abrams, MD, is a neonatologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Adams is board certified in both neonatal-perinatal medicine and pediatrics. Dr. Abrams received her medical degree from the University of South Florida School of Medicine. She went on to complete her residency and fellowship at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Clinical areas of focus
- Apnea In Newborns
- Arthrocentesis
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Cranial Ultrasonography
- Plasma Transfusion
- Whole Body Cooling
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Findings On Neonatal Screening
- Apnea In Newborns
- Birth Defects Due To Maternal Conditions
- Bowel Obstruction In Newborns
- Conditions Originating In Perinatal Period
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Malformations Of Great Arteries
- Congenital Malformations Of Musculoskeletal System
- Congenital Obstructive Defects Of Renal Pelvis
- Disturbances Of Cerebral Status Of Newborn
- Feeding Problems In Newborns
- Fetal Growth Restriction
- Hemolytic Disease Of Newborn
- Hypoxia
- Interstitial Emphysema
- Neonatal Aspiration Syndrome
- Neonatal Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease
- Neonatal Infections
- Neonatal Pneumonia
- Neonatal Seizures
- Neonatal Stroke
- Newborn Affected By Complications Of Placenta, Cord And Membranes
- Newborn Complications From Labor And Delivery
- Newborn Complications From Maternal Pregnancy
- Newborn Hypoglycemia
- Newborn Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Perinatal Digestive System Disorders
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Respiratory Conditions
- Respiratory Failure In Newborn
- Retinal Disease
- Syphilis Infection
- Transitory Disorders Of Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Transitory Neonatal Electrolyte And Metabolic Disturbances
Procedures I perform
- Abdominal Ultrasound
- Apnea Of Prematurity Treatment
- Arthrocentesis
- Atrial Line Insertion
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Bilirubin Light Therapy
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Blood Transfusion
- Breastfeeding Assistance
- Bubble Cpap
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Cardioversion
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation
- Cranial Ultrasonography
- Cystitis Management
- Delivery Room Resuscitation
- Diagnostic Laryngoscopy
- Donor Human Milk
- Dopamine Therapy
- Electrocardiographic Monitoring
- Endotracheal Intubation
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Fortified Breast Milk
- Gastrointestinal Tube Placement
- Glucose Control Management
- Grief And Bereavement Support
- Heated Humidified High-Flow Therapy
- High-Density Eeg
- Inhaled Nitric Oxide
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Kangaroo Care
- Lactation Consultation
- Lumbar Puncture
- Nasal Cannula
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Treatment
- Neonatal Circumcision
- Neonatal Dermatology
- Neonatal End-Of-Life Care
- Newborn Initial Hospital Care
- Newborn Initial Stabilization
- Newborn Subsequent Hospital Care
- Non-Invasive Ventilation
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Pain Medication Management
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus Repair
- Perioperative Hemorrhage Management
- Plasma Transfusion
- Platelet Transfusion
- Pulmonary Function Tests
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome Treatment
- Shock Treatment
- Skin Phototherapy
- Surfactant Therapy
- Therapeutic Hypothermia
- Thrombocytapheresis
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
- Trachea Endotracheal Airway Insertion
- Tracheostomy
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Tremor Management
- Variable Flow Cpap
- Ventriculoatrial Shunt
- Vestibular Testing
- Whole Body Cooling
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
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice POS
- IH-HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- First Health PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- OA Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Administrators
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- UHC Passport
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Navigate
- POS OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Basic
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- TRICARE East Select
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- Choice POS II
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Network OA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-POS
- Employee Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Fellowship: Children's National Medical Center (2018)
Residency: Children's National Medical Center (2015)
Medical School: University of South Florida (2012)