Maria Veronica Bautista, MD| Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology | MedStar Health
About me
Maria V. Bautista, MD, is head of the Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine. She is an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Bautista joined MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Department of Pediatrics in 2004 and established the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Bautista is skilled in all areas of pediatric pulmonology, including bronchoscopy and sleep disorders in children. She has special interest and expertise in early childhood asthma, chronic lung disease of prematurity, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, aerodigestive disorders and sleep apnea.
Dr. Bautista is board certified in pediatric pulmonology, general pediatrics, and sleep medicine. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American Thoracic Society and American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Acne Education
- Asthma
- Bedwetting Education
- Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
- Bronchiectasis
- Central Sleep Apnea
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Cough Management
- Chronic Lung Disease Of Infancy (BPD)
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystitis Treatment
- Inhaled Prostaglandin Therapy
- Palliative Care Program Development
- Pneumonia
- Rhinitis Treatment
- Shortness Of Breath
- Shortness Of Breath Treatment
- Spirometry Test
- Wheezing
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Alimentary Tract Foreign Body
- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchitis
- Bronchomalacia
- Central Sleep Apnea
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Lung Disease Of Infancy (BPD)
- Chronic Lung Disease Of Prematurity
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Congenital Malformations Of Trachea And Bronchus
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Pleural Effusion
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Shortness Of Breath
- Snoring Disorders
- Upper Airway Obstruction
- Vocal Cord Disorder
- Wheezing
Procedures I perform
- Acne Education
- Airway Clearance Techniques
- Airway Dilation
- Asthma Medication Management
- Bedwetting Education
- Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
- Bronchial Challenge Test
- Bronchitis Treatment
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Central Sleep Apnea Treatment
- Cerebral Oxygen Consumption Index Measurement
- Chest Physiotherapy
- Chest X-Ray
- Chronic Cough Management
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Congenital Heart Disease Management
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation
- Cough Assist Device
- Cystitis Treatment
- Flexibility Exercises
- Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide
- Gastrointestinal Therapy
- Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Management
- Impedance Plethysmography
- Incentive Spirometry
- Inhaled Prostaglandin Therapy
- Jejunostomy Care
- Lung Diagnostic Endoscopic Drainage
- Lung Volume Measurements
- Metabolic Rate Scan
- Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) Therapy
- Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation
- Motion Fluoroscopic Evaluation
- Nasal Cannula
- Nebulizer Therapy
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Palliative Care Program Development
- Peak Flow Monitoring
- Polysomnography
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Exercise Testing
- Pulmonary Function Tests
- Pulmonary Hygiene
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Recruitment Maneuvers
- Rhinitis Treatment
- Shortness Of Breath Treatment
- Skin Allergy Testing
- Sleep Study
- Spirometry Test
- Sweat Collection By Iontophoresis
- Total Lung Capacity
- Vocal Cord Nodule Treatment
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
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Sentara Health
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- United Healthcare Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Student Resources
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-POS
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS II
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- HighMark
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-Open POS Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- POS OA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Open HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Medicare FFS
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-POS Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- First Health PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UHC Passport
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Beech Street PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst NASCO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Navigate
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- First Health PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Sleep Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Children's National Medical Center (2000)
Residency: St. Mary's Hospital-Waterbury (1997)
Medical School: University of Santo Tomas (1991)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025