About me
As a reproductive geneticist and high risk obstetrician, Dr. Fries recognizes the privilege of caring for those whose road to motherhood has been difficult and uncertain. Mothers with genetic conditions, such as brittle bone disease, or problems, such as repaired congenital heart anomalies, have special risks in pregnancy. She is committed to providing the most compassionate and experienced care for these high risk women and their infants--comprehensive, honest, and committed care from preconception to postpartum. Dr. Fries works as part of a multidisciplinary and regional involvement of the adult physicians at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and the Fetal Program at Children's National Medical Center. This inclusiveness allows women who may have doubted their chance for a healthy and successful pregnancy to realize their dreams.
Dr. Fries has spent over 30 years in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. She trained at the Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences, and did her OB/GYN residency at Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center and fellowship in reproductive genetics at University of California-San Francisco. After 26 years in the Air Force, Dr. Fries retired from the military and joined the faculty at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She presently serves as the Director of the Special Moms/Special Babies program, the Clinical Executive Director of the DC Perinatal Quality Collaborative, and is a member of the DC Maternal Mortality Committee.
Additional Practice Location:
18101 Prince Philip Dr
Ste 5100
Olney, MD 20832
Phone: (301) 570-7424
Fax: (301) 570-7425
Clinical areas of focus
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Huntington's Disease
- Marfan Syndrome
- Neurofibromatosis
- Prenatal Care
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Thalassemia
- Turner Syndrome
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Cesarean Delivery
- Fetal Monitoring
- Pregnancy Ultrasound
- Prenatal Care
Practice locations
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106 Irving St NW Perinatal Center Ste 108 South Tower Washington, DC, 20010
202-877-6093Fax 202-877-8695
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
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Optimum Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Medicare FFS
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- POS OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-HMO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Student Resources
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Basic
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Employee Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Prime
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- TRICARE for Life East
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Choice POS
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst NASCO
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Network OA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Navigate
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Choice POS II
- IH-EPO Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Sentara Health
- OA Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
Education
Board Certification: ,
Board Certification: ,
Fellowship: University of California Hospital & Medical Center (1992)
Residency: Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgery Center (1988)
Internship: Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgery Center (1985)
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (1984)