About me
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Philosophy of care
Dr. Iqbal's philosophy of care includes devoting all of her attention to her patients because she believes that listening to and gaining a thorough understanding of the patient is the key to diagnosis and successful management. Dr. Iqbal is actively involved in the diagnosis and management of high-risk pregnancies, as well as providing prenatal diagnosis with genetic counseling, ultrasound and amniocentesis. She takes interest in treating patients with high-risk issues, such as intrauterine growth restriction, chronic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, second trimester losses and other medical complications that require close surveillance during pregnancy. She lets her patients know that she is dedicated to their well being and has the experience and expertise to provide proper education and treatment of their condition. Dr. Iqbal considers the most rewarding part of her job to be delivering a baby after supporting the mother throughout her high-risk pregnancy. It is Dr. Iqbal's goal as a maternal-fetal medicine subspecialist to provide each patient with her utmost attention, making sure each patient has the opportunity to voice their concerns.
Academic background
Sara N. Iqbal, MD, is the Division Chief of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) and Program Director for MFM and the MFM/Genetics Fellowship, MedStar Washington Hospital Center. In addition, she is a clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob/Gyn), Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Dr. Iqbal specializes in high-risk pregnancy. She is actively involved in the diagnosis and management of high-risk pregnancies such as diabetes, hypertension, intrauterine growth restriction, preterm labor, history of premature delivery and other medical complications that require close surveillance during pregnancy. Services she provides to her patients include comprehensive ultrasound screening, amniocentesis and genetic counseling.
Dr. Iqbal completed her medical school education at Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi, Pakistan. She then completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC, and pursued further specialization in high-risk obstetrics with the completion of a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. During her fellowship, Dr. Iqbal studied human immunodeficiency virus in pregnancy and intrauterine growth restriction.
Medical education and research development also interest Dr. Iqbal. She is the chair of the Ob/Gyn Research Development and Review (RDR) Committee, and she supervises the monthly RDR meetings at MedStar Washington and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. In addition, she is the director for the High-Risk Obstetrics Conferences and Morbidity and Mortality Conferences at MedStar Washington. She also serves on the committees for graduate medical education, Ob/Gyn residency education and Ob/Gyn practice.
Dr. Iqbal reviews manuscripts for the American Journal of Perinatology, the American Journal of Perinatology Reports, and the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, and the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Iqbal is a fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is board certified in both Ob/Gyn and maternal-fetal medicine. To further her knowledge and collaborations with other professionals, she maintains memberships in the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
Research interests
Dr. Iqbal's research interests include the following
Clinical areas of focus
- Cervical Insufficiency
- Fetal Growth Restriction
- Hypertension In Pregnancy, Including Preeclampsia
- Placental Disorders
- Pregnancy Hemorrhage And Placenta Previa
- Preterm Labor
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Antenatal Screening Abnormalities
- Cervical Insufficiency
- Cervix Uteri Disorders
- Complications Of The Puerperium
- Diabetes In Pregnancy
- False Labor
- False Labor Pain
- Fetal Growth Restriction
- Gestational Hypertension
- High Risk Pregnancy
- Hypertension In Pregnancy, Including Preeclampsia
- Labor Complications And Umbilical Cord Problems
- Late Pregnancy Complications
- Maternal Care For Fetal Problems
- Maternal Diseases
- Maternal Infections
- Multiple Gestations
- Obstetric Trauma
- Placental Disorders
- Polyhydramnios
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Pregnancy Hemorrhage And Placenta Previa
- Pregnancy Nausea
- Premature Placenta Separation
- Premature Rupture Of Membranes
- Preterm Labor
- Uterine Prolapse
- Uti (URINARY TRACT INFECTION) During Pregnancy
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
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CIGNA PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Beech Street PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Administrators
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Core Essential (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Network OA
- Sentara Health
- United Student Resources
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-POS Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna HMO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Optimum Choice
- First Health PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- OA Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- POS OA
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-POS
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Medicare Direct
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Medicare FFS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-HMO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
Education
Board Certification: ,
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center (2008)
Residency: Howard University Hospital (2005)
Medical School: Dow University Of Health Sciences (1996)