Lorraine P Giangrandi, RD| Dietetics, Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Adrenal Health Nutrition Counseling
- Diabetes Self-Care Planning
- Hyperthyroidism
- Insulin Resistance
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Nutrition Counseling
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis Nutrition Counseling
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Treatment
- Prediabetes
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Thyroid Health Nutrition Counseling
- Weight Management Program
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adrenal Crisis
- Blood Sugar Disorder
- Bone Density Loss
- Cushing Syndrome
- Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Dyslipidemia
- Gallbladder Disease
- Grave's Disease
- Hashimoto Thyroiditis
- High Blood Sugar
- High Cholesterol
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypocalcemia
- Insulin Resistance
- Malnutrition
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Pituitary Disorders
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Prediabetes
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Thyroid Disorders
- Thyroid Goiter
- Thyroid Nodules
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Underweight
- Vitamin Deficiency
- Weight
- Weight Loss Resistance
Procedures I perform
- Adrenal Health Nutrition Counseling
- Alcohol Detoxification
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Celiac Disease Nutrition Counseling
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Cleansing Counseling
- Community Health Education
- Diabetes Self-Care Planning
- Dietary Assessment
- Dietary Supplement Counseling
- Digestive Health Nutrition Counseling
- Electrolyte Replacement
- Food Addiction Counseling
- Functional Medicine Nutrition Counseling
- Geriatric Nutrition Counseling
- Grocery Shopping Assistance
- Gut Health Nutrition Counseling
- Health Leadership
- Healthy Weight Loss Guidance
- Herbal Medicine Counseling
- Holistic Nutrition Counseling
- Hypothyroidism Diet Planning
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Integrative Nutrition Counseling
- Ketogenic Diet Planning
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Lactose Intolerance Management
- Low Fodmap Diet Planning
- Meal Planning
- Microbiome Analysis
- Mind-Body Nutrition Counseling
- Nutrient Deficiency Screening
- Nutrient Interaction Counseling
- Nutrition Counseling
- Osteoporosis Nutrition Counseling
- Pediatric Nutrition Counseling
- Personalized Meal Planning
- Pituitary Health Nutrition Counseling
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Treatment
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Potassium Level Management
- Prebiotic Counseling
- Pulmonary Exercise Testing
- Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) Testing
- Skin Allergy Testing
- Spiritual Nutrition Counseling
- Sports Nutrition Counseling
- Sports Psychology Counseling
- Thyroid Health Nutrition Counseling
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
- Vaccinations
- Vegan Nutrition Counseling
- Vegetarian Nutrition Counseling
- Weight Management Program
- Yoga Coaching
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 Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- POS OA
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Direct
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- TRICARE for Life East
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- OA Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Choice POS
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-PPO
- First Health PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- BlueChoice Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst EPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
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Education
Board Certification:
Allied Health Education: Eastern Michigan University (2011)
