Shilpa Saroop, PHD| Psychology, Psychiatry | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Saroop is a licensed psychologist in the Women's Mental Health Program, Department of Psychiatry. She specializes in women's perinatal mental health and treats mood and anxiety disorders during pregnancy and postpartum. Dr. Saroop also provides support for women as they transition to motherhood. She conducts individual, couples, and family therapy. Another area of focus for Dr. Saroop includes providing support to families of babies receiving care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She developed the Two Hearts Mental Health and Wellness Program in the NICU which provides mental health and wellness support to NICU families and NICU staff. She provides onsite consultation to treatment providers and brief interventions, assessments, and referrals for individuals and families who have a child receiving care in the NICU. She also provides wellness support to NICU staff. Dr. Saroop also participates in the training of psychiatry residents at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Clinical areas of focus
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Depression Treatment
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Stress
- Depression
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Female Sexual Dysfunction
- Gallbladder Disease
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Manic Episode
- Maternal Diseases
- Memory Disorder
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attacks
- Postpartum Depression
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Suicidal Thought
- Trauma
- Women's Mental Health Issue
Procedures I perform
- Affective Regulation
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Modification
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Coping Skills Training
- Depression Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Goal-Setting
- Grief Counseling
- Group Therapy
- Habit Training
- Health Behavior Change
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Learning Disabilities Treatment
- Lifestyle Modification
- Meditation And Mindfulness
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Pain Medication Management
- Parenting Skills Training
- Pediatric Psychology
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Relationship Therapy
- Relaxation Training
- Self-Esteem Enhancement
- Social Skills Training
- Stress Reduction
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
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
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- POS OA
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open HMO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Sentara Health
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Medicare Direct
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Navigate
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- HighMark
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Network OA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst EPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Open POS II
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- OA Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Medicare FFS
- Choice POS II
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
Education
Graduate: Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School (2003)
Awards
- Certificate of Appreciation for services provided in the NICU from NICU Families and Caregivers The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2019 The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2020 The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2021
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
June 26, 2020
Check Presentation: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Awarded Funding from The Juliet Grace Smith Foundation and The Ava Potter Pilcher Foundation for Mental Health and Wellness Support in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)