Samantha Kate Matuella, MD| Psychiatry, Neurology | MedStar Health
Samantha Kate Matuella, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Psychiatry, Neurology
Languages: English
About me
Samantha Matuella, MD is an attending psychiatrist on the 5W inpatient psychiatry unit, as well as in the adult outpatient clinic with an emphasis on Women’s Mental Health. Dr. Matuella received her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia with a BA in Neuroscience and Biology. She completed her medical degree at the George Washington University. She then joined our department as a general psychiatry resident in 2018 and served as the Education Chief during her PGY-4 year. As a resident, she completed subspecialized training in Women’s Mental Health.
Clinical areas of focus
- Adolescent Psychiatry
- Anxiety Management
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Management
- Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation With Medical Services
- Psychiatric Medication Adjustment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adult And Child Abuse, Neglect And Maltreatment
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Region Injury
- Chronic Depression
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Gender Dysphoria
- Gender Identity Disorders
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Hypomania
- Impulse Disorder
- Insomnia
- Manic Episode
- Maternal Diseases
- Mood Disorders
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Parkinson's Disease
- Personal Risk Factors
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Phobic Anxiety Disorder With Agoraphobia
- Poisoning
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Problems Related To Psychosocial Circumstances
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Sedative, Hypnotic, Or Anxiolytic Related Disorders
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder
- Suicidal Thought
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Procedures I perform
- Adolescent Psychiatry
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Anxiety Management
- Assertive Community Treatment
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment
- Case Management
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Conflict Resolution
- Crisis Management
- Developmental Therapy
- Drug Testing
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Family Education
- Grief Counseling
- Group Psychotherapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Loss Therapy
- Mental Wellness Programs
- Monti Procedure
- Mood Disorder Counseling
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder Treatment
- Neonatal Grief Counseling
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Online Therapy
- Opioid Agonist Treatment
- Pain Medication Management
- Parent Management Training
- Personality Disorder Treatment
- Play Therapy
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Management
- Psychiatric Day Treatment
- Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation With Medical Services
- Psychiatric Medication Adjustment
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychopathy Treatment
- Psychotherapy
- Psychotic Disorder Treatment
- Schizophrenia Treatment
- Social Skills Training
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Trauma Therapy
- Video Therapy Sessions
- Wellness And Prevention
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
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Beech Street PPO
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- First Health PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Choice POS II
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Navigate
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- POS OA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-POS
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CIGNA EPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- OA Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Administrators
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Network OA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- HighMark
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- TRICARE East Prime
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Choice POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2022)
Medical School: George Washington University (2018)