About me
Jean Y. Park, MD is an endocrinologist at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital and a practicing physician with MedStar Health Primary Care at MedStar Good Samaritan since 2007. Dr. Park has a special interest in treating diabetes, thyroid disorders, adrenal disorders and pituitary diseases of patients 18 years of age and older.
Dr. Park has been awarded Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance and American Diabetes Association Diabetes Recognition Program (DRP). Clinicians who achieve DRP Recognition are part of an elite group that is publicly recognized for its skill in providing the highest level of diabetes care.
Dr. Park has a role in clinical and research aspects of diabetes, diabetes related conditions, obesity and prediabetes. Her research focuses on optimal treatments for diabetes and prediabetes.
Clinical areas of focus
- Adrenal Disorder Treatment
- Adrenal Venous Sampling
- Glucose Control Management
- Growth Hormone Excess Treatment
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Osteoporosis
- Parathyroid Disorder Management
- Pituitary Tumor Management
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Thyroid Disease Management
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Acquired Absence Of Organs
- Acromegaly
- Adrenal Crisis
- Adrenal Gland Disorders (E.G. CUSHING'S SYNDROME, PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA)
- Adrenal Tumor
- Adrenogenital Disorders
- Benign Neoplasm Of Digestive System
- Bone Density Disorder
- Breast Disorders
- Cushing Syndrome
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Disorders Of Pancreatic Internal Secretion
- Disorders Of Pituitary Gland
- Disorders Of Thyroid
- Drug Or Chemical Induced Diabetes Mellitus
- Endocrine Disorders
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gestational Diabetes
- Grave's Disease
- Growth Hormone Deficiency
- Hashimoto Thyroiditis
- High Cholesterol
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Hyperfunction Of Pituitary Gland
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperprolactinemia
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypertrichosis
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Insulin Resistance
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Male Hypogonadism
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Endocrine Glands
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Multiple Myeloma Of The Spine
- Nonscarring Hair Loss
- Nontoxic Goiter
- Obesity
- Orbit Disorders
- Osteochondropathies
- Osteopenia
- Osteoporosis
- Ovarian Dysfunction
- Parathyroid Disorders
- Personal History Of Medical Treatment
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Polyglandular Dysfunction
- Postprocedural Complications
- Presence Of Functional Implants
- Proteinuria
- Rib And Sternum Fracture
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Testicular Dysfunction
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Goiter
- Thyroid Nodules
- Thyroid Storm
- Thyrotoxic Crisis
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Vitamin Deficiency
Procedures I perform
- Adrenal Cancer Treatment
- Adrenal Disorder Treatment
- Adrenal Gland Surgery
- Adrenal Hormone Level Testing
- Adrenal Hormone Regulation
- Adrenal Insufficiency Treatment
- Adrenal Treatment
- Adrenal Venous Sampling
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Cushing Syndrome Management
- Enterectomy
- Fallopian Tube Removal
- Fine-Needle Aspiration Of Thyroid Nodule
- Ganglion Cyst Excision
- Gastric Surgery
- Glucose Control Management
- Growth Hormone Deficiency Treatment
- Growth Hormone Excess Treatment
- Growth Hormone Level Monitoring
- Growth Hormone Management
- Growth Hormone Screening
- Growth Hormone Stimulation Test
- Growth Hormone Suppression Test
- Growth Hormone Therapy Management
- Growth Hormone Treatment Follow-Up
- Hormone Imbalance Treatment
- Hormone Level Regulation
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hormone Replacement Therapy Management
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Insulin Tolerance Test
- Internal Radiation Therapy
- Lobectomy
- Parathyroid Cancer Treatment
- Parathyroid Disease Management
- Parathyroid Disorder Management
- Parathyroid Disorder Treatment
- Parathyroid Tumor Surgery
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Pituitary Apoplexy Treatment
- Pituitary Cancer Treatment
- Pituitary Disorder Treatment
- Pituitary Treatment Follow-Up
- Pituitary Tumor Embolization
- Pituitary Tumor Management
- Pituitary Tumor Surgery
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Testicular Ultrasound
- Thyroid Biopsy
- Thyroid Cancer Management
- Thyroid Cancer Treatment
- Thyroid Disease Management
- Thyroid Disease Treatment
- Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy
- Thyroid Nodule Ablation
- Thyroid Storm Treatment
- Thyroid Treatment
- Thyroid Treatment Follow-Up
- Thyroidectomy
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
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HighMark
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- TRICARE East Prime
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Medicare Direct
- Navigate
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Network OA
- Employee Health Plan
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Sentara Health
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- OA Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna HMO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Choice POS II
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- POS OA
- CIGNA PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: ,
Residency: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (2004)
Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (2001)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Pittas AG, Dawson-Hughes B, Sheehan P, Ware JH, Knowler WC, Aroda VR, Brodsky I, Ceglia L, Chadha C, Chatterjee R, Desouza C, Dolor R, Foreyt J, Fuss P, Ghazi A, Hsia DS, Johnson KC, Kashyap SR, Kim S, LeBlanc ES, Lewis MR, Liao E, Neff LM, Nelson J, O'Neil P, Park J, Peters A, Phillips LS, Pratley R, Raskin P, Rasouli N, Robbins D, Rosen C, Vickery EM, Staten M; D2d Research Group. Vitamin D Supplementation and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2019 Aug 8;381(6):520-530.
Kuhn, A, Park JY, Ghazi A, Aroda V. Intensifying Treatment Beyond Monotherapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Where Do Newer Therapies Fit? Current Cardiology Reports. (2017) 19: 25.
Park JY, Chong AY, Cochran EK, Kleiner DE, Haller MJ, Schatz DA, Gorden P. Type 1 diabetes associated with acquired generalized lipodystrophy and insulin resistance: the effect of long-term leptin therapy. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2008;93(1):26-31.
Guettier JM, Park JY, Cochran EK, Poitou C, Basdevant A, Meier M, Clément K, Magré J, Gorden P. Leptin therapy for partial lipodystrophy linked to a PPAR-gamma mutation. Clinical Endocrinology (Oxf). 2008;68(4):547-54.
Park JY, Javor ED, Cochran EK, DePaoli AM, Gorden P. Long-term efficacy of leptin replacement in patients with Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy. Metabolism, 2007; 56(4):508-16.
Park JY, Gavrilova O, Gorden P. The clinical utility of leptin therapy in metabolic dysfunction. Minerva Endocrinologica. 2006;31(2):125-31.
Gorden P, Park, JY. The clinical efficacy of the adipocyte-derived hormone leptin in metabolic diseases. Archives of Biochemistry and Physiology, 2006; 112(2):114-8.