Sarah Jensen, MD| Internal Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Areas of clinical interest
- Anxiety and depression
- Chronic disease diagnosis and management
- Geriatrics
- Nutrition and weight management
- Preventative medicine
- Sexual health (STI testing, PrEP)
- Substance use treatment (smoking cessation and alcohol use)
- Women’s health (PAP smears and family planning)
Philosophy of care
“My philosophy of care focuses on creating a warm and inclusive environment where each person feels seen, heard, and valued. Your care is approached holistically, recognizing the interconnection between physical, mental, and social well-being. Using evidence-based medicine, I strive to support patients in making informed healthcare decisions that align with their unique values and goals.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Acute Illness Treatment
- Chronic Disease Management
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Preventative Care
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Blood
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Serum Enzyme Levels
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Allergies
- Anemia
- Angina
- Anus And Rectum Diseases
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrioventricular Block
- Back Pain
- Bladder Disorders
- Bleeding Disorders
- Bone Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Breast Lump
- Candidiasis
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cellulitis
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Colitis
- Colon Cancer
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Cough
- Cutaneous Abscess, Furuncle And Carbuncle
- Cystitis
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Digestive System Diseases
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Diseases Of Esophagus
- Diseases Of Lip And Oral Mucosa
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Diverticulitis
- Dyslipidemia
- Dyspnea
- Emphysema
- Endocrine Disorders
- Enlarged Prostate
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Gallstones
- Gastritis
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Gout
- Headache
- Heart Disease
- Hematuria
- Hemorrhoids
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hip Pain
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypotension
- Influenza
- Kidney Stones
- Knee Pain
- Migraine
- Muscle Disorders
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Obesity
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Pneumonia
- Polyuria
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Rash
- Respiratory Disorders
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Skin Swelling And Lumps
- Sleep Disorders
- Sore Throat
- Specified Health Status
- Tachycardia
- Thyroid Disorders
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Vein Disorders
- Venous Embolism
- Weight Loss
Procedures I perform
- 24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening
- Acute Illness Treatment
- Advance Directive Planning
- Anxiety Treatment
- Asthma Management
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cholesterol Screening
- Chronic Disease Management
- Copd Management
- Diabetes Screening
- Electrocardiogram
- Flu Shot
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Hypertension Treatment
- Immunization Administration
- Lipid Profile
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Pre-Operative Clearance
- Preventative Care
- Rash Treatment
- Respiratory Infection Treatment
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
Practice locations
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1133 21st St NW
Ste 600
Washington, DC, 20036
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
- POS OA
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Student Resources
- OA Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Navigate
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Choice POS II
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- TRICARE East Select
- HumanaChoice PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- HighMark
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Network OA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst NASCO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice POS II Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-POS Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- First Health PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna VA Exchange
- First Health PPO
Education
Residency Program: Boston Medical Center (2024)
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (2021)