Stephen William Peterson, MD| Psychiatry | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Depression Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Pain Medication Management
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Suicidal Thought
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Alcoholism
- Amnesia
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Appearance And Behavior Symptoms
- Asperger Syndrome
- Asphyxiation
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Region Injury
- Cardiovascular Disorders Of Newborn
- Chronic Anxiety
- Chronic Depression
- Clinical Depression
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Disorders Of Personality And Behavior
- Disorders Of Social Functioning
- Dystonia
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Emotional State Symptoms (MOOD SWINGS)
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Family History Of Specific Disorders
- Gallbladder Disease
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Hallucinations
- Head Injury
- Hypochondria
- Impulse Disorder
- Insomnia
- Kleptomania
- Loneliness
- Manic Episode
- Maternal Diseases
- Mental Breakdown
- Mental Disorders Due To Physiological Condition
- Mental Health Conditions
- Migraine
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Obesity
- Panic Attacks
- Personal Risk Factors
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Phobia
- Poisoning
- Postpartum Depression
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Secondary Hypertension
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Sedative, Hypnotic, Or Anxiolytic Related Disorders
- Social Anxiety
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Subcortical Infarction
- Suicidal Thought
- Tic Disorder
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vascular Dementia
Procedures I perform
- Adjustment Disorder Treatment
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Modification
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Depression Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Graston Technique
- Grief Counseling
- Group Psychotherapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- I-131 Therapy
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Pain Medication Management
- Pharmacological Treatment Of Hypertension
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation With Medical Services
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Therapeutic Activities
- 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
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- TRICARE for Life East
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-POS
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Medicare Direct
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-EPO Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Sentara Health
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Choice Fund PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Network OA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- HighMark
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Navigate
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice POS
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Employee Health Plan
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-POS Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Student Resources
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- First Health PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- POS OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Blue Choice Advantage
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- Optimum Choice
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- First Health PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Residency: St. Elizabeth's Hospital (1978)
Internship: St. Elizabeth's Hospital (1974)
Medical School: University of Tennessee (1974)