Hawa M Osime, MD| Pediatrics, Internal Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Areas of clinical interest
- Adolescent health
- Behavioral health
- Chronic disease management
- Weight loss and nutrition
- Well child care
Certifications and professional associations
- Board certified, American Board of Internal Medicine and American Board of PediatricsMember, American Academy of Pediatrics Member, American College of Physicians
Philosophy of care
“I enjoy spending extra time with patients to better understand their health concerns, and collaborate on setting realistic goals and plans for improved health.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Acute Illness Treatment
- Chronic Disease Management
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Preventative Care
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Blood
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Serum Enzyme Levels
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Allergies
- Anemia
- Angina
- Anus And Rectum Diseases
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrioventricular Block
- Back Pain
- Bladder Disorders
- Bleeding Disorders
- Bone Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Breast Lump
- Candidiasis
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cellulitis
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Colitis
- Colon Cancer
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Cough
- Cutaneous Abscess, Furuncle And Carbuncle
- Cystitis
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Digestive System Diseases
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Diseases Of Esophagus
- Diseases Of Lip And Oral Mucosa
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Diverticulitis
- Dyslipidemia
- Dyspnea
- Emphysema
- Endocrine Disorders
- Enlarged Prostate
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Gallstones
- Gastritis
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Gout
- Headache
- Heart Disease
- Hematuria
- Hemorrhoids
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hip Pain
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypotension
- Influenza
- Kidney Stones
- Knee Pain
- Migraine
- Muscle Disorders
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Obesity
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Pneumonia
- Polyuria
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Rash
- Respiratory Disorders
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Skin Swelling And Lumps
- Sleep Disorders
- Sore Throat
- Specified Health Status
- Tachycardia
- Thyroid Disorders
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Vein Disorders
- Venous Embolism
- Weight Loss
Procedures I perform
- 24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening
- Acute Illness Treatment
- Advance Directive Planning
- Anxiety Treatment
- Asthma Management
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cholesterol Screening
- Chronic Disease Management
- Copd Management
- Diabetes Screening
- Electrocardiogram
- Flu Shot
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Hypertension Treatment
- Immunization Administration
- Lipid Profile
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions
- Pre-Operative Clearance
- Preventative Care
- Rash Treatment
- Respiratory Infection Treatment
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Urinary Tract Infection 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
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-EPO Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CIGNA EPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HighMark
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Student Resources
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Network OA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- POS OA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Choice POS II
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Navigate
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst NASCO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Choice POS
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- OA Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna HMO
- IH-POS
- Sentara Health
Education
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University (2005)
Medical Education: Wayne State University School Of Medicine (2004)