Melissa Ann Crist, MS PA| Plastic Surgery | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Wall Defects
- Basal Cell Carcinoma Of Skin
- Benign Neoplasm Of Skin
- Bone Cancer
- Bone Disorders
- Breast Asymmetry
- Breast Deformity
- Breast Disorders
- Cleft Lip And Palate
- Congenital Breast Deformities
- Congenital Deformities Of Feet
- Congenital Ear Deformity
- Congenital Foot Deformity
- Congenital Malformations Of Breast
- Congenital Malformations Of Face And Neck
- Congenital Musculoskeletal Deformities
- Congenital Musculoskeletal Deformities Of Chest
- Congenital Musculoskeletal Deformities Of Face
- Congenital Neck Deformities
- Dorsalgia
- Excess Skin After Weight Loss
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eyelid Lacerations
- Facial Birthmarks
- Facial Paralysis
- Gender Identity Disorders
- Hand Deformity
- Hypertrophic Skin Disorders
- Inflammatory Skin Disorders
- Keloid Scarring
- Muscle Disorders
- Muscle Weakness
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Scar Contracture
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Amputation
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Cancer (BASAL CELL, SQUAMOUS CELL, MELANOMA)
- Skin Lesion
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Tendinous Disorders
- Tissue Defects
Procedures I perform
- Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
- Alar Base Reduction
- Alar Rim Grafting
- Bilateral Breast Augmentation
- Body Contouring
- Bone Transport
- Botox Injection
- Breast Augmentation
- Breast Cyst Removal
- Breast Deformity Correction
- Breast Implant Revision
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Reduction
- Brow Lift
- Browlift
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Chemical Facial Peel
- Cleft Lip And Palate Treatment
- Clitoroplasty
- Collagen Injection
- Corner Mouth Lift
- Earlobe Repair
- Essure Removal
- Eye Socket Surgery
- Eyebrow Lift
- Facelift
- Facial Cosmetic Surgery
- Facial Fat Grafting
- Facial Implants
- Facial Nerve Repair
- Facial Plastic Surgery
- Fibula Osteotomy
- Fractional Co2 Laser Skin Resurfacing
- Hernia Repair
- Hyaluronic Acid Infusions
- Inverted Nipple Correction
- Iontophoresis For Medication Delivery
- Keloid Removal
- Ligament Augmentation
- Lip Augmentation
- Lip Repair
- Lipectomy
- Liposuction
- Lower Body Lift
- Maxillomandibular Advancement
- Mini Face Lift
- Montgomery Gland Excision
- Muscle Flap
- Nasal Valve Repair
- Neck Rhytidectomy
- Nipple Areola Complex Reconstruction
- Nipple Reconstruction
- Nipple Reduction
- Nose Reshaping
- Orthognathic Surgery
- Ostectomy
- Osteotomy
- Pectoral Lift
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Scar Revision
- Serratus Anterior Flap Breast Reconstruction
- Skin Graft
- Skin Graft Urethroplasty
- Suction Assisted Lipectomy, Trunk
- Tissue Expansion
- Turbinate Reduction With Radiofrequency
- Upper Arm Lift
- Uvulopalatoplasty
- Vaginal Laser Rejuvenation
- Vaginoplasty
- Vestibuloplasty
- Vibroplasty
- Visian Icl
- Vocal Cord Suspension
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
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Choice POS II
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CIGNA PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- POS OA
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- HighMark
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Sentara Health
- Navigate
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna HMO
- IH-EPO Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open POS II
- Network OA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- Beech Street PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- First Health PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Choice POS
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
Education
Board Certification: National Committee on Certification of Physician Assistants, Certification of Physician Assistants
Graduate: Towson University (2012)
