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
- Chronic Depression
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Dissociative Amnesia
- Dissociative Fugue
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- 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
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attacks
- Paranoid Schizophrenia
- 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
- 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
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- POS OA
- IH-Open POS Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open POS II
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Basic
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- TRICARE for Life East
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Employee Health Plan
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Student Resources
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA PPO
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HighMark
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Medicare Direct
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Network OA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Navigate
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Choice POS
- CIGNA EPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open HMO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2018)
Medical School: Rush University Medical College (2014)
