Lewis Phillip Rubin, MD| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology | MedStar Health
Lewis Phillip Rubin, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology, Pediatrics
Languages: English
About me
Lewis P. Rubin, MPhil, MD, is Professor and Vice Chair (Research) of Pediatrics at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington. Dr. Rubin is a recognized authority on intensive care of premature babies and infants who have complex metabolic, cardiorespiratory, or neurodevelopmental disorders or multiple congenital anomalies. He has been an international consultant in women’s and infant care and organization of healthcare services. His scientific research focuses on pregnancy and newborn nutrition and development, nutritional neuroscience, developmental epigenetics and genomics, and clinical trials. Dr. Rubin received his M.Phil. and M.D. from Yale University and trained in pediatrics, newborn medicine, and molecular endocrinology at Harvard. Before being recruited to Georgetown in 2018, he was a faculty member at Brown University/ Women & Infants’ Hospital of Rhode Island, and professor and chief of neonatology at the Cleveland Clinic, University of South Florida, and Texas Tech University. He holds leadership positions in the American Pediatric Society, American Society for Nutrition, and International Carotenoid Society and has been listed in Best Doctors in America annually since 2007.
Clinical areas of focus
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Body Cooling Therapy
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation
- Cystitis Management
- Dopamine Therapy
- Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Management
- Non-Invasive Ventilation
- Therapeutic Hypothermia
Procedures I perform
- Atrial Line Insertion
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Body Cooling Therapy
- Cardioversion
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Congenital Heart Disease Management
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation
- Cystitis Management
- Delivery Room Resuscitation
- Dopamine Therapy
- Endotracheal Intubation
- Enterocele Repair
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Gastric Surgery
- Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Management
- Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Treatment
- Newborn Initial Hospital Care
- Newborn Initial Stabilization
- Newborn Subsequent Hospital Care
- Non-Invasive Ventilation
- Perinatal Asphyxia Treatment
- Phototherapy
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome Treatment
- Retinopathy Of Prematurity Treatment
- Skin Phototherapy
- Surfactant Therapy
- Therapeutic Hypothermia
- Trachea Endotracheal Airway Insertion
- Tracheostomy Management
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Veno-Venous Ecmo
- Vital Sign Monitoring
- Whole Body Cooling
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
- Medicare FFS
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- POS OA
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- OA Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- HighMark
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- HumanaChoice PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-HMO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS
- IH-Open HMO Option
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Sentara Health
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Navigate
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst NASCO
- Network OA
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Medicare Direct
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-POS
- Choice POS II
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Fellowship: Brigham and Womens Hospital (1989)
Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center (1987)
Residency: Boston University Medical Center (1985)
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine (1982)
Awards
- Best Doctors in America, annually from 2006 Fellow, American Pediatric Society Inaugural Fellow, International Carotenoid Society