Sergio A Lizama-Hernandez, MD| Endocrinology, Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Disorders Of Thyroid
- Gender Affirming Care
- Lipid Disorders
- Obesity
- Obesity Treatment
- Transgender Care
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adrenal Mass
- Bone Disorders
- Cushing Syndrome
- Diabetes Management
- Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Diabetes (TYPE 1)
- Disorders Of Thyroid
- Endocrine Hypertension
- Gender Affirming Care
- Grave's Disease
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperprolactinemia
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Insulin Pump Management
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Lipid Disorders
- Obesity
- Pituitary Adenoma
- Primary Hyperparathyroidism
- Testicular Dysfunction
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Nodules
- Toxic Goiter
- Transgender Care
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Procedures I perform
- Adrenal Disease Treatment
- Adrenal Insufficiency Treatment
- Aldosteronoma Management
- Automated Insulin Delivery
- Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
- Cushing's Syndrome Treatment
- Endocrine Disorders Treatment
- Grave's Disease Treatment
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Treatment
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hypercalcemia Treatment
- Hyperthyroidism Treatment
- Hypoparathyroidism Treatment
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Obesity Treatment
- Parathyroid Disease Treatment
- Pituitary Tumor Treatment
- Primary Hyperparathyroidism Treatment
- Prolactinoma Treatment
- Thyroid Cancer Treatment
- Thyroid Disease Management
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
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Navigate
- Choice POS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA PPO
- Choice POS II
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open HMO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst NASCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Sentara Health
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- OA Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Beech Street PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Choice Fund PPO
- HighMark
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optimum Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Network OA
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- POS OA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- TRICARE for Life East
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna VA Exchange
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center (2020)
Residency: St. Agnes Healthcare-GME (2018)
Medical School: Universidad Del Mayab (2011)