Samantha Kate Matuella, MD| Psychiatry, Neurology | MedStar Health
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
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gender Dysphoria
- Gender Identity Disorders
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hypomania
- Impulse Disorder
- Insomnia
- Manic Episode
- Maternal Diseases
- Mood Disorders
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Obesity
- Parkinson's Disease
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- 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
- Subcortical Infarction
- Suicidal Thought
- Toxic Effect Of Metals
- 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 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.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 3500
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Beech Street PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Employee Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Medicare FFS
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-HMO
- Sentara Health
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- OA Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- POS OA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Classic 5000
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Navigate
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Administrators
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice POS
- Network OA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- HighMark
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-POS
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA Connect EPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2022)
Medical School: George Washington University (2018)