Mayada Akil, MD| Psychiatry, Neurology | MedStar Health
Mayada Akil, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Psychiatry, Neurology
Languages: English, French, Arabic
(202) 944-5404
About me
Mayada Akil, MD, is the Vice Chair for Education and Director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Program. She also serves as the Medical Director of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Clinic. Dr. Akil trained in psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She was on faculty in the departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh from 1989 to 1996 where she was involved in clinical work teaching and research. Dr. Akil joined the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) where she conducted research on the pathophysiology of psychotic disorders then served as a Senior Advisor to the NIMH Director from 2003-2012. She joined the Department of Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in March of 2007. Dr. Akil is nationally known for her work in neuroscience education in psychiatry. She is actively involved in teaching medical students and psychiatry residents
Clinical areas of focus
- Behavioral Disorder Treatment
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression Treatment
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis Treatment
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Factitious Disorders
- Gender Dysphoria
- Impulse Disorder
- Manic Episode
- Mental Health Conditions
- Mood Disorders
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Poisoning
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder
- Suicidal Thought
- Trauma And Stress Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment
- Behavioral Disorder Treatment
- Behavioral Modification
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Restructuring Training
- Conduct Disorder Treatment
- Conflict Resolution
- Coping Skills Training
- Depression Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Family Counseling For Divorce
- Geriatric Anxiety Counseling
- Grief Counseling
- Group Therapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Illicit Drug Overdose Treatment
- Mindfulness Training
- Mood Disorder Counseling
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Online Therapy
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Treatment
- Pain Medication Management
- Parenting Skills Training
- Personality Disorder Treatment
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening
- Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation With Medical Services
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychiatric Medication Adjustment
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis Treatment
- Psychotherapy
- Relationship Therapy
- Relaxation Techniques Training
- Schizophrenia Treatment
- Stress Management Training
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Substance Addiction Treatment
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Trauma-Focused Cbt
- Video Therapy
- Video Therapy Sessions
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
4 N Main
Washington, DC, 20007
2115 Wisconsin Ave NW
Ste 200
Washington, DC, 20007
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
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Sentara Health
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Navigate
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Indemnity
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-HMO
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- POS OA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- OA Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Employee Health Plan
- Network OA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- HighMark
- Choice POS II
- TRICARE for Life East
- TRICARE East Prime
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Student Resources
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open POS Plus
- First Health PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst NASCO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Medicare Direct
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-Open POS II
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA EPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Residency: University of Michigan Health System (1989)
Internship: Henry Ford Hospital (1985)
Medical School: University of Damascus School of Medicine (1982)
Awards
- Elected to the American College of Psychiatrists Elected Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association Achievement in Leadership Award, Department of Psychiatry, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Society for Biological Psychiatry Educator of the Year Award