Maria Veronica Bautista, MD| 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
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
- Chronic Cough
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT)
- Shortness Of Breath (SOB)
- Sleep Apnea
- Wheezing
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Chest Ct Scan
- Acute Bronchiolitis Due To Other Infectious Organisms
- Acute Bronchitis
- Airway Disorders
- Airway Obstruction
- Airway Scarring
- Allergic Aspergillosis
- Allergic Pneumonitis
- Allergic Wheezing
- Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Anti Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
- Asbestos Lung
- Aspiration Pneumonitis
- Asthma
- Asthmatic Bronchitis
- Atelectasis
- Atypical Mycobacteria Infection
- Autoimmune Pleuritis
- Beryllium Disease
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchiolitis
- Bronchitis
- Bronchomalacia
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
- Bronchopulmonary Sequestration
- Bronchospasm
- Bronchus Deformity
- Candidiasis Of Lung
- Central Airway Obstruction
- Chest Wall Abscess
- Chest Wall Disorder
- Chest Wall Lump
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Lung Disease
- Chronic Lung Diseases Of Infancy
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Chronic Pulmonary Embolus
- Chronic Respiratory Failure
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Ciliary Dyskinesia
- Congenital Alveolar Dysplasia
- Congenital Anomalies Of The Respiratory Tract
- Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome
- Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
- Congenital Cystic Lung
- Contusion Of Chest Wall
- Cough
- Croup
- Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
- Cyanosis
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Diaphragmatic Disorders
- Drug Induced Pulmonary Disease
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Emphysema
- Empyema
- Epiglottitis
- Exercise Intolerance
- Exposure To Secondhand Smoke
- Foreign Body (AIRWAY)
- Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
- Hemoptysis
- Hepatic Hydrothorax
- Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
- Hypercarbia
- Hypoventilation Syndrome
- Hypoxia
- Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Influenza
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Kussmauls
- Laryngeal Cleft
- Laryngotracheitis
- Lung Abscess
- Lung Disease
- Lung Infiltrate
- Lung Involvement In Systemic Sclerosis
- Lung Mass
- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
- Maternal Respiratory Disease
- Noisy Breathing
- Occupational Lung Injury
- Pertussis
- Pleural Diseases
- Pleural Effusion
- Pleural Thickening
- Pleural Tuberculosis
- Pleurisy
- Pleuritic Pain
- Pneumoconiosis
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonitis
- Post Infectious Cough
- Pulmonary Amyloid
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Pulmonary Bullae
- Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis
- Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis
- Pulmonary Complications Of Neurological Diseases
- Pulmonary Congestion
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Granuloma
- Pulmonary Hemorrhage
- Pulmonary Hemosiderosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Hypoplasia
- Pulmonary Infections
- Pulmonary Nodule
- Pulmonary Sarcoid
- Pulmonary Veno Occlusive Disease
- Radiation Pneumonitis
- Reactive Airway Disease
- Recurrent Lung Infections
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Respiratory Failure
- Restrictive Lung Disease
- Rheumatoid Lung
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- Shortness Of Breath (SOB)
- Silicosis
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep-Related Hypoventilation
- Smoker Cough
- Snoring
- Sputum Production
- Stridor
- Subglottic Stenosis
- Tobacco-Related Diseases
- Tracheal Mass
- Tracheal Stenosis
- Tracheobronchitis
- Tracheomalacia
- Transient Tachypnea Of The Newborn
- Tuberculosis
- Ventilator Dependent
- Wheezing
Procedures I perform
- Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
- Bullectomy
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- Ct Of The Chest
- Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy
- High Altitude Simulation Test
- Home Sleep Study
- Home Ventilation
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Lung Transplant
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Pulmonary And Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Pulmonary Clearance For Surgery
- Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT)
- Pulmonary Stent Placement
- Pulmonary Therapy
- Right Heart Catheterization
- Spirometry
- Thoracentesis
- Vo2 Measurement
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 Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- CFBCBS EPO
- Open POS II
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: PPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Choice Fund PPO
- Open EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Open HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Choice
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Tricare Prime
- FIRST HEALTH
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Sleep Medicine
Fellowship Program: Childrens National Medical Center (2000)
Residency Program: St. Marys Hospital (1997)
Internship Program: Santo Tomas University Hospital (1992)
Medical School: University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (1991)