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
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression Treatment
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Mood Disorders
- Pain Medication Management
- Pharmacological Treatment Of Hypertension
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening
- Psychotherapy
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Suicidal Thought
- 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
- 12-Step Program
- 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
- Biofeedback
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Mental Health
- Community Health
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
- 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
- Equine-Assisted Learning For Mental Health
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
- Etoposide Therapy
- Executive Coaching
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Family Systems Therapy For Children
- Float Therapy
- Forensic Evaluation
- Functional Analytic Psychotherapy
- Geriatric Health Coaching
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Gestalt Therapy For Mental Health
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy
- Grief Counseling
- Group Psychotherapy
- Group Therapy
- Guided Imagery For Mental Health
- Hatha Yoga For Mental Health
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Humanistic Therapy For Mental Health
- Hypnosis For Pain
- Hypnotherapy
- I-131 Therapy
- Impulse Control Therapy
- Infusion Therapy
- Job Coaching
- Live-In Care
- 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
- Pediatric First Aid
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Pharmacological Treatment Of Hypertension
- Play Therapy
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening
- Power Yoga For Mental Health
- Professional Development
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- 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
- Resilience Coaching
- Restorative Yoga For Mental Health
- Schema Therapy For Mental Health
- Secondary Trauma Prevention Coaching
- Self-Harm Prevention
- Social Skills Training
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy For Mental Health
- Somatic Experiencing
- Speech Therapy
- Sti Treatment
- Stress Management For Mental Health
- Stress Reduction
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Theater Therapy For Mental Health
- Tobacco Cessation
- Transcendental Meditation For Mental Health
- Trauma-Informed Care For Organizations
- Trauma-Informed Yoga For Mental Health
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Weight Management Program
- Wellness And Prevention
- Wellness Fitness
- Yoga Coaching
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
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Choice POS
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CIGNA Indemnity
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Open POS II
- Beech Street PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- HighMark
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Optimum Choice
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice POS II
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Sentara Health
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Basic
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- POS OA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Employee Health Plan
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- OA Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- First Health PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-POS Plus
- Network OA
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Prime
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Navigate
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
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)