Shawn Tejiram, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Burn Surgery, Trauma Surgery, General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Critical Care Medicine
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
Practice locations
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110 Irving St NW
Ste 3B55
Washington, DC, 20010
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
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Student Resources
- IH-POS
- TRICARE for Life East
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Navigate
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Basic
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Indemnity
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Network OA
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-EPO Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- POS OA
- CIGNA PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- OA Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- HighMark
- First Health PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Choice POS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Choice POS II Open Access
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)