About me
Dr. Sean Whelton is a board-certified rheumatologist and academic leader with a clinical and scholarly focus on inflammatory autoimmune diseases. He cares for patients with a wide range of rheumatic conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, sarcoidosis, IgG4-related disease, and vasculitis.
Dr. Whelton earned his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Duke University and his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Rheumatology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
A committed educator, Dr. Whelton served as Director of the Internal Medicine Clerkship from 2004 to 2016. Since 2016, he has led the Internal Medicine Residency Program as Program Director and currently serves as Vice Chair for Medical Education in the Department of Medicine. As the Allen J. Goody Professor of Medicine, he upholds the Jesuit value of cura personalis, care for the whole person, in his work with patients, trainees, and colleagues.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Whelton enjoys spending time with his wife and their four children.
Clinical areas of focus
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoporosis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arthritis
- Behcet's Disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Igg4-Related Disease
- Inflammatory Arthritis
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Myositis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Vasculitis
Procedures I perform
- Trigger Finger Injection
- Trigger Point Injection
- Ultrasound-Guided Injections
- Vaccinations
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 6th Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-7547Fax 202-444-7797
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
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Student Resources
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-POS
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Basic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-HMO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open HMO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Navigate
- Medicare Direct
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- HighMark
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-EPO Plus
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Medicare FFS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- UHC Passport
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Network OA
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Sentara Health
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2002)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2000)
Medical School: Tulane University Office GME (1997)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025