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