Steven Alan Epstein, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine
Languages: English
202-944-5404
About me
Dr. Steve Epstein is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry of the Georgetown University School of Medicine and Chief of Service of the Department of Psychiatry of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He is also Physician Executive Director for Behavioral Health for MedStar Health, a non-profit healthcare organization that includes ten hospitals in DC and Maryland. In this role, he oversees physician recruitment, strategic planning, and quality improvement in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. After completing a residency in psychiatry at Tufts-New England Medical Center, he was a fellow in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Inova Fairfax Hospital. From 1990 to 2000 he directed Georgetown’s Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry service and he became department chair in 2001. He currently directs the Physician Health Committee for the MedStar Health system.
Dr. Epstein has conducted NIH-funded research and published extensively in the area of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. In 2001, he was awarded an RO1 grant from NIMH to study primary care physicians’ decision-making in the evaluation and treatment of depression. He has also been principal investigator on two other NIMH grants in this area. He has been the recipient of four teaching awards from Georgetown psychiatry residents. In 2011 he was elected by his peers to the MAGIS Society of Masters Teachers of the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
In 2016 Dr. Epstein served as President of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, the 1400 member national organization for Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. He recently ended his term as Vice Chair of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Committee of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. In July 2015, he was appointed to a six-year term as a member of the Psychiatry Review Committee for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. For the past seven years he has been a visiting Professor at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya.
Clinical areas of focus
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression Treatment
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Agoraphobia
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Appearance And Behavior Symptoms
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Depression
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depersonalization Disorder
- Depression
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Gallbladder Disease
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Hallucinations
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Late Stage Syphilis
- Mental Health Conditions
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attacks
- Phobia
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Respiratory Disorders
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Sedative, Hypnotic, Or Anxiolytic Related Disorders
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder
- Suicidal Thought
- Trauma
Procedures I perform
- Adjustment Disorder Treatment
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Behavioral Activation
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression Treatment
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Graston Technique
- Grief Counseling
- Group Therapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Hypnotherapy
- Mental Health Assessment
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment
- Pain Medication Management
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation With Medical Services
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychotherapy
- Schizophrenia Treatment
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Supportive Care
- 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
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-HMO
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA EPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Indemnity
- United Student Resources
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Choice POS
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- TRICARE East Select
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- HealthyBlue PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-POS
- IH-PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- HighMark
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Beech Street PPO
- Optimum Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Medicare FFS
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Sentara Health
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- TRICARE for Life East
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Georgetown University Medical Center GME (1990)
Residency: Tufts Medical Center (1989)
Internship: Tufts Medical Center (1986)
Medical School: Perelman School Of Medicine At The University Of Pennsylvania (1985)