Helen Tressa D'Couto, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine
Languages: English
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.
Helen D’Couto, MD, is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and critical care medicine. She sees patients in clinic for pulmonary conditions with a sub-specialty focus on interstitial lung disease and sarcoidosis. She also attends to patients admitted in the intensive care unit.
Dr. D’Couto is also a successful researcher with numerous peer reviewed publications and presentations at national and international conferences. Her research work is focused on leveraging her clinical expertise in sarcoidosis to conduct clinical research on sarcoidosis and health disparities in pulmonology and sarcoidosis. She also collaborates with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on research to counter the propagation of bias and health disparities in the emerging era of artificial intelligence in healthcare. She also serves as site principal investigator for multi-center national clinical trials in pulmonary medicine.
Dr. D’Couto is active in advocating for patients. She serves as the head of the patient centered care committee for critical care at MedStar Health. She has also published several op eds advocating for patient-centered reforms in health policy. She is a recognized leader in pulmonary medicine and serves as the Vice President of the DC Chapter of the American Thoracic Society.
In addition, Dr. D’Couto is a respected educator and committed to training the next generation of physicians. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Georgetown School of Medicine where she teaches courses in pulmonary medicine. She serves as a core faculty member of the MedStar Georgetown Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship.
Clinical areas of focus
- Asthma
- Bronchoscopy
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Care
- Sarcoidosis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Asthma
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Circadian Rhythm Disorder
- Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome
- Dyspnea (SHORTNESS OF BREATH)
- Hypoxia
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Narcolepsy
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Care
- Rem Sleep Behavior Disorder
- Sarcoidosis
Procedures I perform
- Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome Treatment
- Bronchoscopy
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome Treatment
- Home Sleep Apnea Test
- Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation
- Idiopathic Hypersomnia Treatment
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Polysomnography
- Shift Work Sleep Disorder Treatment
Practice locations
Distance from Change Location Enter your Location
3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla HealthCare Center Ste 5
Washington, DC, 20007
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.
-
List of insurance plans we accept
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-Open POS II
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- UHC Passport
- Choice Fund PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- POS OA
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Choice POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Sentara Health
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Classic 3500
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Navigate
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Beech Street PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- HealthyBlue PPO
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Network OA
- Employee Health Plan
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA EPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- OA Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- HighMark
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital (2023)
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital (2020)
Medical School: Harvard Medical School (2017)