Ronald Matthias Beaulieu, MD| Infectious Disease | MedStar Health
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Ronald Matthias Beaulieu

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

4.9 out of 5 (65 reviews)

Specialties: Infectious Disease

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

  • Bone And Joint Infections
  • Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
  • Cellulitis Treatment
  • Joint Infection (SEPTIC ARTHRITIS)
  • Osteomyelitis Treatment
  • Prosthetic Joint Infection Treatment
  • Sepsis
  • Surgical Site Infection
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Bone And Joint Infections
  • Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
  • Cellulitis Of The Leg
  • Joint Infection (SEPTIC ARTHRITIS)
  • Sepsis
  • Staphylococcal Infection
  • Surgical Site Infection
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Procedures I perform

  • Antibiotic Therapy
  • Cellulitis Treatment
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Screening
  • Osteomyelitis Treatment
  • Prosthetic Joint Infection Treatment
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Practice locations

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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
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
    • CIGNA PPO
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • Network OA
    • First Health PPO
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • Choice POS
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • Aetna HMO
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • First Health PPO
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • IH-PPO
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • HighMark
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • United Student Resources
    • IH-POS Plus
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Employee Health Plan
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • Beech Street PPO
    • CIGNA EPO
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • IH-HMO
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • Optimum Choice
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • Medicare Direct
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • Aetna Basic
    • OA Plus
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • UHC Passport
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • IH-POS
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • TRICARE East Select
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • POS OA
    • Navigate
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • Choice POS II
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • Sentara Health
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • IH-Open POS II
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • Medicare FFS
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • CareFirst EPO
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2020)

Residency: LSU Shreveport Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (2018)

Medical School: Louisiana State University (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.

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    5
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.9
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.9
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.9
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.9
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.9
  • May 21, 2026

    Very knowledgeable. Felt comfortable with asking him questions. Confident with his answers and explanations.

  • May 20, 2026

    The doctor was extremely concerned and professional.

  • Jul 30, 2025

    Dr Beaulieu was excellent, I appreciated his explanations.