Melissa G Blumgart, AUD| Otolaryngology, Audiology | 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)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- POS OA
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- HealthyBlue PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Navigate
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Choice POS
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- 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
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Network OA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- 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
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Sentara Health
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-HMO
- United Student Resources
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UHC Passport
- IH-Open POS Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-Open HMO
- HighMark
- CIGNA PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Employee Health Plan
- TRICARE East Select
- First Health PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Medicare Direct
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- Beech Street PPO
- 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
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- 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
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-EPO Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- 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)