Melissa G Blumgart, AUD| Audiology, Otolaryngology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Melissa Blumgart achieved her Doctorate in Audiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilites (LEND) fellowship training. She received her Bachelor of Science in Speech-Pathology and Audiology from Towson University. Dr. Blumgart is also fluent in American Sign Language.
At MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Dr. Melissa Blumgart performs diagnostic hearing evalautions for patients of all ages, including Auditory Brainstem Response evaluations. Dr. Blumgart recommends and programs pediatric and adult hearing aids, bone conduction hearing systems, and cochlear implants. She also performs vestibular evaluations.
Clinical areas of focus
- Auditory Implant Candidacy Evaluation
- Auditory Nerve Damage
- Auditory Osseointegrated Devices
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Issues
- Bone Conduction Hearing Aids
- Child Speech Disorders
- Cochlear Implant Adjustment
- Cochlear Implant Complications
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Ear Infection
- Eardrum Perforation
- Earwax Blockage
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Hearing Aid Fitting
- Hearing Restoration Surgery
- Hearing Testing
- Newborn Hearing Loss
- Otalgia
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Tinnitus
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Testing
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Auditory Nerve Damage
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Issues
- Child Speech Disorders
- Cochlear Implant Complications
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Ear Fullness
- Ear Infection
- Ear Pain
- Eardrum Perforation
- Earwax Blockage
- Earwax Buildup
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Fungal Otitis Externa
- Hearing Aid Feedback
- Hearing Loss Due To Head Trauma
- Meniere's Disease
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Muffled Hearing
- Newborn Hearing Loss
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Otalgia
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Otitis Media
- Otosclerosis
- Speech Sound Disorder
- Tinnitus
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Vestibular Disorders
- Word Recognition Difficulties
Procedures I perform
- Analog Hearing Aids
- Auditory Brainstem Response Testing
- Auditory Implant Candidacy Evaluation
- Auditory Osseointegrated Devices
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Auditory Rehabilitation
- Bone Conduction Device
- Bone Conduction Hearing Aids
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cochlear Implant Adjustment
- Custom Ear Molds
- Dizziness And Balance Treatment
- Ear Canal Irrigation
- Ear Impressions
- Eardrum Repair
- Flash Electroretinography
- Fm System Fitting
- Gait And Balance Evaluation
- Hearing Aid Counseling
- Hearing Aid Fitting
- Hearing Assistance Technology
- Hearing Restoration Surgery
- Hearing Testing
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Laryngeal Function Test
- Mastoidectomy
- Misophonia Treatment
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Prevention
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Semi-Implantable Hearing Devices
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Speech Reading
- Stapedectomy
- Stapes Surgery
- Tinnitus Evaluation
- Tympanic Membrane Repair
- 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
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE for Life East
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- POS OA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Navigate
- Choice POS
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open HMO Option
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Network OA
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Administrators
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Sentara Health
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-HMO
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- UHC Passport
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- First Health PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- HighMark
- CIGNA PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Employee Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- TRICARE East Prime
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Medicare FFS
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Basic
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
Education
Board Certification: American Speech Language Hearing Association, Speech Pathology
Residency: Georgetown University (2019)
Graduate: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2019)