Shawn Tejiram, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Burn Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, Surgical Critical Care, General Surgery
Languages: English
202-877-7302
About me
Shawn Tejiram, MD is an attending surgeon at The Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in the Division of Trauma and Burn Surgery.
Dr. Tejiram specializes in burn injury, thermal injury to the skin, cold injury to the skin, electrical and chemical injuries, trauma to the skin, complex wounds, and major skin disorders with resultant skin loss such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis that requires significant wound care and ICU level care.
Dr. Tejiram received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida in 2008. He returned to complete his medical degree at the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida in 2012. From there, he completed his General Surgery residency at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center in 2018. During his residency, he participated in a research fellowship at the Firefighter’s Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory at The Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center where he developed his interest in burn injury and burn related care. From there, he went to northern California to pursue a Burn Surgery Fellowship at the University of California Davis Medical Center and Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California. He then followed this up with additional training in a second fellowship in Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at the University of California Davis Medical Center.
It was during his time as a research fellow at The Burn Center that Dr. Tejiram developed an interest in burn related care. He had the opportunity to study blood clot formation in burned patients and observed changes in scar healing following pressure therapy. His other research projects included examining the safety profile of transfusion strategies in pediatric burn patients and used machine learning as a new technique to examine utilization during massive transfusion activations in trauma. Experiences like these have culminated in an extensive list of published academic work, including multiple manuscripts, book chapters, and academic presentations both domestically and internationally. He has been published in many reputable journals such as the Journal of Burn Care and Research, Journal of Surgical Research, and Surgical Infections. He is an active member of the American Burn Association.
Dr. Tejiram hopes that these experiences will help contribute to furthering advancements and new developments in burn care for burn injured patients.
Philosophy of Care
“During my training taking care of burn injured patients, I appreciated the multidisciplinary approach necessary to ensure good outcomes and healing following burn injury. I realized the acute surgical management, critical care, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of burn injured patients must all work in tandem during all parts of a patient’s care.
I remain dedicated to my patients to ensure that they receive the care that they need. I cannot do it alone - I am grateful to the multidisciplinary team that assists me with caring for every burn injured patient that comes through our program. We believe in a wholistic approach to care and recovery after these devastating injuries.”
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Incision And Drainage Of Abscess
- Incision And Drainage Of Infected Wound
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
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Student Resources
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- POS OA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- OA Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- HighMark
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS II
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Navigate
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Basic
- Employee Health Plan
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Sentara Health
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Choice POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Choice POS II Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-HMO
- UHC Passport
- TRICARE for Life East
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Optimum Choice
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Network OA
- IH-Open HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Fellowship: University of California Davis Health (2020)
Residency: Medstar Washington Hospital Center (2018)
Medical School: University of South Florida (2012)