About me
Dr. Joel Selanikio (@jselanikio) is an award-winning physician, epidemiologist, TED speaker, futurist, and emergency responder working in the fields of technology, healthcare, entrepreneurship, innovation, artificial intelligence, big data, child health, global health, and disaster response.
He is the winner of the Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for Healthcare, and the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainable Innovation, and a founding member of the World Health Organization Digital Health Roster of Experts.
A frequent keynote speaker, Dr. Selanikio speaks and consults on the intersection of technology, health, and healthcare, identifying ways in which advances in technologies such as artificial intelligence will alter healthcare, global health, the pharmaceutical industry, and our personal health.
He has consulted and/or spoken at Davos, Foo Camp, Nasdaq, WHO, UNICEF, IFRC, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Google, DARPA, CNN, Fox News, the Clinton Global Initiative, the Royal Society of Medicine, and for many leading organizations in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry – and has been profiled by the Guardian, Wired, Forbes, TED, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, the BBC, NPR, Information Week, and the Washington Post, among many other publications.
An emergency responder and former CDC epidemiologist and outbreak investigator, he served as a consultant epidemiologist to the DC Department of Health and to FEMA for the COVID-19 response over 2020 to 2021. In December 2014 to January 2015, he was the lead physician at the IMC Ebola Treatment Center at Lunsar, Sierra Leone. As an officer of the Public Health Service, Dr. Selanikio served as Chief of Operations for the HHS Secretary's Emergency Command Center after the 9/11 attacks. In 2005, he was given the Haverford Award for Humanitarian Service for his work in treating tsunami victims in Aceh, Indonesia. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife and son, and continues to practice pediatrics at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Clinical areas of focus
- Adhd Assessment
- Breastfeeding Assistance
- Ear Infection Treatment
- Formula Feeding Advice
- Infant Feeding Consultation
- Newborn Care
- Newborn Feeding Problems
- Pediatric Autism Screening
- Sleep Disorders
- Vaccinations
- Wellness Exams
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Breathing
- Acne
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Adverse Effects
- Asthma
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Bronchiolitis
- Candidiasis
- Clubfoot
- Conditions Originating In Perinatal Period
- Congenital Malformations Of Pharynx
- Contact With Communicable Diseases
- Cough In Children
- Cradle Cap (SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS)
- Dermatophytosis (RINGWORM)
- Developmental Delays
- Ear Infection
- Eccrine Sweat Disorders
- Endocrine Disorders
- Eyelid Disorders
- Failure To Thrive
- Feeding Problems In Newborns
- Fever
- Fungal Otitis Externa
- Gastroenteritis In Children
- General Symptoms
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Head Injury
- Headache In Children
- Herpes
- Immunization Not Carried Out And Underimmunization Status
- Impetigo
- Joint Disorder
- Kids' Migraines
- Knee And Leg Open Wound
- Lacrimal Gland Disorders
- Mesothelioma
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Nasopharyngitis
- Newborn Feeding Problems
- Newborn Hypoglycemia
- Noninfective Gastroenteritis
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Overweight Children
- Pediatric Hip Dysplasia
- Perinatal Digestive System Disorders
- Personal Risk Factors
- Persons Encountering Health Services
- Pink Eye (CONJUNCTIVITIS)
- Problems Related To Primary Support Group
- Reflux In Infants
- Scoliosis In Children
- Seasonal Allergies In Kids
- Skin Rashes In Children
- Sleep Disorders
- Sleep Disorders In Children
- Sore Throats In Children
- Syncope
- Synovium And Tendon Disorder
- Underweight In Kids
- Urological Disorders
- Viral Infection
- Vision Disturbances
- Vomiting And Nausea
- Vomiting In Children
- Vulva And Perineum Disorders
- Well Child Exam
Procedures I perform
- Absence Management
- Acne Treatment
- Adenoidectomy
- Adhd Assessment
- Antibiotic Prescription
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Asthma Management
- Bipap Therapy
- Booster Shots
- Breastfeeding Assistance
- Chronic Cough Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cough Medicine Prescription
- Daycare Physical
- Dietary Guidance
- Distance Stereoacuity Test
- Ear Infection Treatment
- Ear Tube Insertion
- Eczema Treatment
- Endocrinology Care
- Fever Reduction
- Fever Treatment
- Flu Shot Administration
- Formula Feeding Advice
- Fracture Treatment
- Fungal Infection Treatment
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Groin Strain Treatment
- Growth Development Screening
- Hearing Testing
- Immunization Administration
- Infant Feeding Consultation
- Long Leg Splint Application
- Menstrual Disorder Treatment
- Milk Allergy Treatment
- Newborn Care
- Nutrition Counseling
- Pain Management Counseling
- Pain Medication Management
- Pediatric Autism Screening
- Pediatric Sick Visit
- Puberty Counseling
- School Physical
- Shock Treatment
- Skin Allergy Testing
- Skin Infection Treatment
- Sleep Study
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Sports Physicals
- Staple Removal
- Suture Removal
- Tonsillectomy
- Traction Application
- Travel Health Consultation
- Vaccinations
- Vision Screening
- Wart Treatment
- Wellness Exams
- Yeast Infection Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8751Fax 866-990-5516
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
- TRICARE East Select
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- POS OA
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Sentara Health
- Optimum Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- United Healthcare Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Choice POS
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Classic 5000
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Choice POS II
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Open HMO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Navigate
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
Videos
Education
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine (1995)
Graduate: Brown University (1992)
Awards
- Brown Medical Alumni Association Ruth B. Sauber Distinguished Alumni Lecture Award
- Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainable Innovation
- Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for Healthcare
- Tech Museum Award for Health
- US Public Health Service Meritorious Service Medal
- US Army Meritorious Service Medal
- US Public Health Service Crisis Response Service Award
- HHS Secretary's Award for Outstanding Service