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 Brainstem Response Testing
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Misophonia Treatment
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Prevention
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Semi-Implantable Hearing Devices
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Speech Reading
- 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
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- UHC Passport
- Network OA
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- First Health PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst EPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Medicare Direct
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Student Resources
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-Indemnity
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Choice Fund PPO
- HighMark
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Optimum Choice
- POS OA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Navigate
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- TRICARE for Life East
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Sentara Health
- OA Plus
- Choice POS II
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open POS Plus
- First Health PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
Education
Board Certification: American Speech Language Hearing Association, Audiology
Graduate: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2019)
Residency: Georgetown University (2019)