Mary Christine Finkbone, AUD| Otolaryngology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Mary Finkbone is a clinical audiologist serving adult and pediatric patients at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Finkbone earned her undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders with a minor in American Sign Language at the University of Iowa. She achieved her doctorate in audiology at Gallaudet University, while continuing to immerse herself in American Sign Language and Deaf Culture to better work alongside her Deaf patients. Dr. Finkbone is certified by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA, CCC-A) and licensed to practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia. She is a member of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA).
At MGUH, her experience includes adult and pediatric diagnostic evaluations, electrophysiologic measures, vestibular assessment, acoustic and bone-anchored amplification, and cochlear implantation. Dr. Finkbone particularly focuses on MedStar Georgetown's philosophy of caring for the whole person, always considering the patient's lifestyle and personal needs when providing recommendations. She provides patients all the information and treatment options available to help them make the best decision as a team.
Clinical areas of focus
- Auditory Brainstem Response Testing
- Auditory Implant Candidacy Evaluation
- Cochlear Implant Adjustment
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Flash Electroretinography
- Hearing Aid Feedback
- Hearing Testing
- Newborn Hearing Loss
- Otoacoustic Emissions
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Tinnitus
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Testing
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Child Speech Disorders
- Cochlear Implant Complications
- Cochlear Implants
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Congenital Ear Deformity
- Congenital Malformations Of Ear
- Congenital Malformations Of Face And Neck
- Ear Effusion
- Ear Fullness
- Ear Infection
- Ear Pain
- Eardrum Perforation
- Earwax Buildup
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Fungal Otitis Externa
- Hearing Aid Feedback
- Inner Ear Diseases
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Muffled Hearing
- Newborn Hearing Loss
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Otitis Media
- Otosclerosis
- Presence Of Functional Implants
- Sensory Processing Disorder
- Thalassemia
- Tinnitus
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Vestibular Disorders
- Word Recognition Issues
Procedures I perform
- Asymmetrical Hearing Loss Treatment
- Auditory Brainstem Response Testing
- Auditory Implant Candidacy Evaluation
- Auditory Rehabilitation
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Compatibility Testing
- Cochlear Implant Adjustment
- Custom Ear Molds
- Dizziness And Balance Treatment
- Ear Impressions
- Ear Infection Treatment
- Electroencephalogram
- Flash Electroretinography
- Gait And Balance Evaluation
- Hearing Aid Fitting
- Hearing Restoration Surgery
- Hearing Testing
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Laryngeal Function Test
- Middle Ear Infection Treatment
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Otoacoustic Emissions
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Semi-Implantable Hearing Devices
- Sound Therapy
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Tinnitus Evaluation
- Tympanoplasty Without Mastoidectomy With Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
- Vestibular Testing
- Vestibuloplasty
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
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- OA Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open POS II
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- POS OA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA PPO
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- TRICARE for Life East
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA EPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- BlueChoice Open Access
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Network OA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst EPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS
- CareFirst NASCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
Education
Board Certification: American Speech Language Hearing Association, Speech Pathology
Graduate: Gallaudet University (2017)