Shaheja S. Bandealy, MD| Psychiatry | MedStar Health
About me
Shaheja Bandealy, MD, is a psychiatrist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Bandealy received her medical degree at Rush University Medical College and completed a residency at MedStar Georgetown. Dr. Bandealy is board certified in psychiatry.
Clinical areas of focus
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression Treatment
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Pain Medication Management
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening
- Psychotherapy
- Wellness And Prevention
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Agoraphobia
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Appearance And Behavior Symptoms
- Bipolar Disorder
- Cardiovascular Disorders Of Newborn
- Chronic Depression
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Coccydynia
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Dissociative Amnesia
- Dissociative Fugue
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Gallbladder Disease
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Impulse Control Disorder
- Impulse Disorder
- Insomnia
- Kleptomania
- Manic Episode
- Maternal Diseases
- Mental Disorders Due To Physiological Condition
- Mental Health Conditions
- Mood Disorders
- Obesity
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Pain Disorder
- Panic Attacks
- Paranoid Schizophrenia
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Personality Disorders (MULTIPLE TYPES)
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Phobia
- Poisoning
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Problems Related To Upbringing
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Scholastic Skills Disorder
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Sleep Disorders
- Sleepwalking Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder
- Specific Phobia
- Subcortical Infarction
- Substance Abuse
- Suicidal Thought
- Tic Disorder
- Trauma
- Trichotillomania
- Vascular Dementia
Procedures I perform
- Addiction Recovery Coaching
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Animal-Assisted Learning For Mental Health
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Art Therapy For Mental Health
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment
- Autogenic Training For Mental Health
- Behavioral Activation
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Mental Health
- Dance Therapy For Mental Health
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Depression Treatment
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy For Mental Health
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy For Substance Abuse
- Drug Testing
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy For Mental Health
- Emotion-Focused Therapy For Trauma
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
- Etoposide Therapy
- Executive Coaching
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Family Systems Therapy For Children
- Functional Analytic Psychotherapy
- Gestalt Therapy For Mental Health
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy
- Grief Counseling
- Group Psychotherapy
- Group Therapy
- Guided Imagery For Mental Health
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Humanistic Therapy For Mental Health
- Hypnosis For Pain
- Hypnotherapy
- Impulse Control Therapy
- Loving-Kindness Meditation For Mental Health
- Mental Health Case Management
- Mental Performance Coaching
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Movement Therapy For Mental Health
- Multifamily Therapy
- Music Therapy For Mental Health
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Pain Medication Management
- Parent Management Training
- Play Therapy
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening
- Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation With Medical Services
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychodynamic Therapy For Mental Health
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Relapse Prevention
- Relapse Prevention Therapy
- Self-Harm Prevention
- Social Skills Training
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy For Mental Health
- Somatic Experiencing
- Stress Management For Mental Health
- Stress Reduction
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Trauma-Informed Care For Organizations
- Trauma-Informed Yoga For Mental Health
- Wellness And Prevention
- Wellness Fitness
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
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Medicare FFS
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- TRICARE for Life East
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- HighMark
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Choice Fund PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Medicare Direct
- Sentara Health
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- POS OA
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Student Resources
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UHC Passport
- Network OA
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice POS
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-Open HMO
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Basic
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Choice POS II
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Navigate
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Administrators
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2018)
Medical School: Rush University Medical College (2014)