Stephen William Peterson, MD| Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine | MedStar Health
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Stephen William Peterson

Stephen William Peterson, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine

Languages: English

(855) 778-6874

Clinical areas of focus

  • Bipolar Disorder Treatment
  • Depression Treatment
  • Existential Group Therapy
  • Mood Disorder Treatment
  • Pain Medication Management
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Suicidal Ideation Treatment
  • Women's Mental Health Treatment
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Adult And Child Abuse, Neglect And Maltreatment
  • Mood Disorders
  • Sleep Disorders
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Procedures I perform

  • Adjustment Disorder Treatment
  • Alcohol Abuse Counseling
  • Anxiety Disorder Treatment
  • Anxiety Management
  • Behavioral Activation
  • Behavioral Modification
  • Bipolar Disorder Treatment
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Depression Treatment
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy
  • Existential Group Therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
  • Graston Technique
  • Grief Counseling
  • Group Psychotherapy
  • Health Promotion Counseling
  • Mood Disorder Treatment
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Neuropsychological Testing
  • Pain Medication Management
  • 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
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Practice locations

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216 Michigan Ave NE
2nd Fl
Washington, DC, 20017

202-877-6333

Fax 855-778-6874

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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.

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

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Education

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry

Residency: St. Elizabeth's Hospital (1978)

Internship: St. Elizabeth's Hospital (1974)

Medical School: University of Tennessee (1974)