Ronald Matthias Beaulieu, MD| Infectious Diseases | MedStar Health

Ronald Matthias Beaulieu, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Infectious Diseases

Languages: English

877-665-8072

About me

Dr. Beaulieu joined the Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in July 2020 upon completion of Infectious Diseases fellowship training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His clinical expertise is in the management of complex musculoskeletal infections. He works collaboratively with the MedStar Center for Wound Healing, the Limb Salvage Team, and the Divisions of Orthopedic and Neurosurgery in the care of patients with limb threatening wound infections. 

His research interests include reduction of surgical site infections, implementation of rapid diagnostic tests and accountability programs for improving antimicrobial utilization.

Clinical areas of focus

  • Cellulitis
  • Clostridium Difficile
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  • Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
  • Mycobacterial Infection
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Prosthetic Joint Infection
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
  • Staphylococcus Infections
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
  • Antibiotic Resistant Infections
  • Aspergillosis Infection
  • Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
  • Atypical Mycobacteria Infection
  • Bacterial Endocarditis
  • Bacterial Meningitis
  • Candidiasis
  • Cellulitis
  • Cerebral Toxoplasmosis
  • Chlamydia
  • Chronic Osteomyelitis
  • Clostridium Difficile
  • Cryptococcosis
  • Cytomegaloviral Infection
  • Empyema
  • Encephalitis
  • Enterococcus Infections
  • Fever Of Unknown Origin
  • Fungemia
  • Gangrene
  • Genital Herpes, Male
  • Giardiasis
  • Gonorrhea
  • Hepatitis
  • Herpes
  • Herpes Zoster
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  • Infection From A Cat (BITE-SCRATCH)
  • Intraspinal Abscess
  • Invasive Fungal Sinusitis
  • Joint Infection
  • Legionnaires Disease
  • Leptospirosis
  • Leukocytosis
  • Listeriosis
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Meningitis
  • Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
  • Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus
  • Mucormycosis
  • Mycobacterial Infection
  • Mycobacterium Avium Complex
  • Mycoplasma Infection
  • Mycosis
  • Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
  • Needle Stick Exposure
  • Neutropenia
  • Norovirus
  • Novel Coronavirus
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Parasitic Diseases
  • Pneumocystis Carinii
  • Pneumonia
  • Prosthetic Joint Infection
  • Pyelonephritis
  • Q Fever
  • Rickettsia Infection
  • Salmonella Infection
  • Sepsis
  • Septic Arthritis
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
  • Staphylococcus Infections
  • Streptococcal Infections
  • Syphilis
  • Tick Borne Infections
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Transplant Related Infection
  • Varicella
  • Viral Encephalitis
  • Viral Infections
  • Viral Meningitis
  • Wound Infection
  • Zoonosis
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Procedures I perform

  • HIV Testing
  • Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)
  • Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP)
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Practice locations

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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 5th Fl
Washington, DC, 20007

202-444-0086

Fax 877-665-8072

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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.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
    • Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
    • UHC Community Plan of MD
    • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
    • Medicare Fee for Service
    • Kaiser Virginia Premier
    • Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
    • Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
    • CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
    • CFBCBS EPO
    • Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • Aetna HMO
    • Open POS II
    • Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
    • Choice POS & Choice POS II
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Open EPO Plus
    • Opoen HMO Option
    • Open HMO
    • Innovation Health: POS
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • Innovation Health: POS Plus
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • Innovation Health: PPO
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Innovation Health: Indemnity
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • PPO and PPO Plus
    • CIGNA EPO
    • POS OA & OA Plus
    • Network OA
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • United Student Resources
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
    • Tricare Prime
    • MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • FIRST HEALTH
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • First Health PPO
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
    • CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
    • CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

Fellowship Program: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2020)

Residency Program: Louisiana State University Health Center (2018)

Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans (2015)

News and publications


  • Changes in antimicrobial utilization during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic after implementation of a multispecialty clinical guidance team. Milner B. Staub, Ronald M Beaulieu, John A. Graves, George E. Nelson

  • The Clinical Impact of the FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel on Antimicrobial Utilization in a Tertiary Hospital Setting. Morgan Walker, Katie Taylor, Ronald Beaulieu, Morgan Laurent, Diana Hamer, Catherine O’Neal

  • Risk Factors for Mortality and Progression to Severe COVID-19 Disease in the Southeast United States (US): A Report from the SEUS Study Group. Athena L V Hobbs, Nicholas A Turner, Imad Omer, Morgan Walker, Ronald M Beaulieu, Muhammad Sheikh, Steven S Spires, Christina T. Fiske, Ryan K Dare, Salil Goorha, Priyenka Thapa, John W. Gnann, Jeffrey Wright, George E. Nelson

  • Optimizing Use of COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment among Resident Physicians at a Veterans Affairs Hospital Beaulieu, R.M., Kimball, J., Bailin, S., Lowry, M., Werthman, J., Gettler, E., Gorsline, C., Lumpkins, K., Ni, B., Volpe, K., Harris, B., Hulgan, T., Person, A., Fiske, C., Staub, M.

  • Implementation of a Resource-Efficient Indirect Handshake Stewardship Model at an Academic Medical Center Beaulieu, R.M., Staub, M., Talbot,T.R., Greene, M.H., Satyanarayana, G., Wright, P.W., Nesbitt, W.J., Meyers, A., Nelson, G.E.

  • Clinical Team Distribution and AU Patterns at a Tertiary Care Academic Medical Center Choudhury, R., Beaulieu, R.M., Talbot, T.R., Nelson, G.E.

  • Misdiagnosis of Mycobacterium marinum Infection Beaulieu, R.M., O’Neal, C.S

  • Implementation of In-house PCR Testing for Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis: Impact on Patient Acyclovir Exposure Beaulieu, R.M., Veron, K., Hamer, D., O’Neal, C.S., O’Neal, H.R.