Hala Ashraf, DO| Emergency Medicine, Hospice And Palliative Medicine | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Supportive Care
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Ascites
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Bone Cancer Pain
- Bone Metastasis
- Brain Tumor
- Breast Cancer Complications
- Colon Cancer
- Dementia
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Dysphagia
- Dyspnea
- Dyspnea (SHORTNESS OF BREATH)
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer Pain
- Fatigue
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastric Cancer Pain
- Heart Failure
- Hypercalcemia (ELEVATED CALCIUM LEVELS)
- Hypercalcemia Of Malignancy
- Hypoxia
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cancer Pain
- Liver Metastases
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Cancer Pain
- Lymphedema
- Lymphoma
- Malignant Ascites
- Malignant Pleural Effusion
- Melanoma
- Mesothelioma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Muscle Weakness
- Nausea
- Neck Pain
- Neuropathic Pain
- Oral Cancer
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer Pain
- Pancreatic Cancer Pain
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pediatric Cancer Pain
- Pleural Effusion
- Pleuritic Pain
- Pneumonia
- Prostate Cancer
- Prostate Cancer Pain
- Pruritus
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Radiation Enteritis
- Radiation Mucositis
- Rectal Cancer
- Rectal Cancer Pain
- Rectal Pain
- Respiratory Failure
- Severe Parkinson's Disease
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Shortness Of Breath
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Skin Cancer
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Terminal Illness
- Throat Cancer
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Uncontrolled Pain
- Unintentional Weight Loss
- Urothelial Cancer
- Vertebral Compression Fracture
- Vomiting
- Weight Loss
- Xerostomia (DRY MOUTH)
Procedures I perform
- Advance Care Planning Consultation
- Alternative Therapies
- Assisted Living Placement
- Biofeedback
- Blood Transfusion
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Care Coordination Consultation
- Case Management
- Chaplaincy Services
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Comfort Care
- Counseling For Coping With Loss
- Delirium Prevention
- Deprescribing
- Dignity Therapy
- Durable Medical Equipment
- Durable Power Of Attorney Discussion
- Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care Discussion
- Dying Care Consultation
- Family Education
- Family Meeting
- Family Support Consultation
- Geriatric Care
- Geriatric Care Management
- Goals Of Care Discussion
- Grief Counseling
- Group Therapy
- Home Health Aide Services
- Hospice Care By A Consultant
- Hospice Care Consultation
- Hospice Care For Dementia Patients
- Hospice Care Research And Quality Improvement
- Hypnosis
- Infusion Therapy
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Intrathecal Pump Management
- Lymphedema Management
- Massage Therapy
- Memory Care
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions
- Multidisciplinary Team Care
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions
- Nutrition Counseling
- Ostomy Care
- Pain Management Consultation
- Pain Rehabilitation
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Care And Hospice Care
- Palliative Care At Home
- Palliative Care By A Consultant
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Palliative Care Education
- Palliative Care For Neurological Conditions
- Palliative Sedation
- Palliative Sedation Consultation
- Pet Therapy
- Physician Orders For Life-Sustaining Treatment
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Recreational Therapy
- Reflexology
- Shared Decision Making
- Speech Therapy
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Supportive Care
- Symptom Management Consultation
- Tai Chi
- Terminal Care Consultation
- Terminal Sedation Consultation
- Withdrawal Of Life-Sustaining Treatments Consultation
- Wound Care
Practice locations
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110 Irving St NW Room 1A-50A Washington, DC, 20010
202-877-2835
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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
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- OA Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Navigate
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Sentara Health
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Network OA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Optimum Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Choice POS II
- Beech Street PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CIGNA PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- First Health PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- HighMark
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Basic
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst NASCO
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- POS OA
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna HMO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Employee Health Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Open POS II
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (2025)
Fellowship: Virginia Commonwealth University (2022)
Residency: University of Illinois at Peoria College of Medical (2021)
Medical School: Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (2018)