Lediya Cheru, MD| Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism, Internal Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Cheru sees patients at:
18109 Prince Philip Dr
Suite B200
Olney, MD 20832
301-774-4529
Lediya Cheru, MD, is board-certified in internal medicine as well as in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. She completed her medical education at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, followed by an internship and residency at Albany Medical Center. Dr. Cheru then pursued fellowship training in endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. After completing her fellowship, she joined the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as an assistant professor of medicine. Later, she transitioned to MedStar Health Endocrinology to focus more on her clinical work while being closer to her family.
Dr. Cheru has extensive experience managing patients with thyroid disorders, including Graves' disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and thyroid nodules. She also specializes in metabolic disorders, such as obesity, hyperlipidemia, prediabetes, and diabetes. Her additional areas of expertise include adrenal insufficiency, adrenal tumors, and pituitary disorders. Furthermore, Dr. Cheru addresses reproductive disorders, including polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), premature ovarian insufficiency, menopause, hypogonadism, and Klinefelter syndrome.
Clinical areas of focus:
- Graves’ disease
- Hashimoto thyroiditis
- Type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus
- PCOS
- Menopause
- Premature ovarian insufficiency
- Hypogonadism
- Pituitary disorders
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Adrenal tumors
- Obesity
- Insulin resistance
- Prediabetes
- Osteoporosis
- Hyperparathyroidism
Clinical areas of focus
- Adrenal Disorder Treatment
- Cushing's Syndrome Treatment
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism Treatment
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis Prevention Treatment
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Treatment
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acromegaly
- Adrenal Crisis
- Adrenal Gland Disorders (E.G. CUSHING'S SYNDROME, PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA)
- Adrenal Mass
- Adrenal Tumor
- Benign Neoplasm Of Adrenal Gland
- Bone Density Disorder
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Cushing Syndrome
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Disorders Of Pituitary Gland
- Disorders Of Thyroid
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Gallbladder Disease
- Hashimoto Thyroiditis
- High Cholesterol
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Hyperfunction Of Pituitary Gland
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Insulin Resistance
- Low Testosterone Levels
- Male Hypogonadism
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Endocrine Glands
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Nontoxic Goiter
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Panhypopituitarism
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Postprocedural Complications
- Prediabetes
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Testicular Dysfunction
- Thyrotoxic Crisis
- Turner Syndrome
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Vitamin Deficiency
Procedures I perform
- Acromegaly Treatment
- Adrenal Disorder Treatment
- Adrenal Insufficiency Treatment
- Calcium And Vitamin D Management
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Cushing's Disease Treatment
- Cushing's Syndrome Treatment
- Dexamethasone Suppression Test
- Diabetes Eye Care
- Diabetes Foot Care
- Diabetes Prevention
- Enterectomy
- Gestational Diabetes Management
- Gland Surgery
- Glucose Control Management
- Grave's Disease Treatment
- Growth Hormone Deficiency Treatment
- Growth Hormone Stimulation Test
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Treatment
- High Cholesterol Management
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hyperaldosteronism Treatment
- Hyperprolactinemia Treatment
- Hyperthyroidism Treatment
- Hypoparathyroidism Treatment
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Nutrition Counseling
- Obesity Treatment
- Osteoporosis Prevention Treatment
- Osteoporosis Risk Assessment
- Parathyroid Tumor Surgery
- Pheochromocytoma Treatment
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Pituitary Apoplexy Treatment
- Pituitary Tumor Treatment
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Treatment
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Prediabetes Management
- Testicular Ultrasound
- Thyroid Cancer Treatment
- Thyroid Nodule Treatment
- Thyroid Storm Surgery
- Thyroid Storm Treatment
- Thyroidectomy
- Weight Management Program
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 Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- POS OA
- Police and Fire Clinic
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Student Resources
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Tricare Reserve Select
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Direct
- IH-HMO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Navigate
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Sentara Health
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Blue Choice Advantage
- First Health PPO
- HighMark
- OA Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital (2019)
Residency: Albany Medical Center (2016)
Internship: Albany Medical Center Hospital (2014)
Medical School: University of Virginia (2013)