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