About me
Taryn Travis, MD, is an attending physician in The Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and an assistant professor of surgery at Georgetown University School of Medicine. As a burn specialist, Dr. Travis specializes in acute and long-term burn care. Her practice encompasses critical care of the burn patient, surgical intervention for skin injuries, as well as later interventions for the scars that result from burn injury. She has a special interest in LASER scar revision to improve the function, symptoms, and appearance of patients with hypertrophic scarring from a variety of causes.
Dr. Travis received her medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in 2010. She then joined MedStar Washington Hospital Center for a seven-year residency in general surgery, during which she spent two years as a burn surgery research fellow focusing on hypertrophic scarring. During her last year of training, she served as Chief Administrative Resident. Finally, she completed one year of advanced burn care training at MedStar Washington before joining the attending surgeon staff at The Burn Center.
Dr. Travis is involved in the education with regard to burn care of surgical residents, medical students, and other members of the community, including firefighters, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, and other physicians. As a Cura Personalis Fellow at Georgetown, she guides medical students on their journey from student to physician. She is also an instructor for the Advanced Burn Life Support for the American Burn Association and Advanced Trauma Life Support courses for the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Travis is an active member of the American Burn Association and The American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. She also serves with the Emergency Preparedness Working Group of the MedStar Washington Hospital Center and is a member of the Subcommittee on Evaluation and Assessment of the curriculum of Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Philosophy of Care
“My personal experience as a family member of someone who was very badly burned is what has guided me to this specialty. When I was young, my father survived a large, life-threatening burn injury and was able to return to a life of family, hobbies, career, and fulfillment. The ability to empathize with the fear and uncertainty of patients with burn injuries, as well as their families, guides my approach every day.
“I’m dedicated to my profession and to my patients. The team I work with in The Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center accomplishes care I could never accomplish alone. The multidisciplinary approach to caring for burn injuries allows us to succeed in saving the lives of our patients and getting them back to enjoying those very lives.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Burn Contracture Release
- Burn Debridement
- Burn Injuries
- Burn Wound Excision
- Chemical Burns
- Gastrointestinal Trauma Treatment
- Grafting Of Skin
- Laser Treatment For Burn Scars
- Skin Grafting For Burn Wounds
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Open Wound
- Amputation Due To Severe Burn Injury
- Ankle And Foot Burn
- Body Region Injury
- Burn Injuries
- Chemical Burns
- Chest Burn And Corrosion
- Complex Wound Debridement
- Correction Of Burn
- Diabetic Wound Care
- Ear Burn Reconstruction
- Esophageal Injury
- Eyelid Reconstruction
- Face Burn
- Facial Burn Reconstruction
- Facial Burn Scars
- Foot And Ankle Burn Reconstruction
- Hand Burns
- Head And Neck Burn
- Head, Face, And Neck Burn And Corrosion
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Hip And Thigh Open Wound
- Inhalation Injury From Smoke
- Inhalation Injury Treatment
- Laser Treatment For Burn Scars
- Lip And Oral Cavity Burn Reconstruction
- Lower Leg Burn
- Pruritus (ITCHING) Due To Burn Scars
- Respiratory Failure
- Respiratory Tract Inhalation Injury
- Scald Burns From Hot Liquids
- Scar Contracture
- Scar Revision
- Sepsis From Infected Burn Wounds
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Burn Contractures
- Shoulder And Upper Limb Burn
- Skin Grafting For Burn Wounds
- Superficial Frostbite
- Surgical Site Infection
- Tracheal Stenosis From Inhalation Injury
- Trunk Burn Reconstruction
- Venous Leg Ulcer
- Wrist And Hand Burn And Corrosion
Procedures I perform
- Amputation Of Leg Through Tibia And Fibula
- Amputation With Direct Closure
- Autografting
- Back Skin Transfer
- Burn Contracture Release
- Burn Debridement
- Burn Wound Excision
- Buttock Skin Excision
- Cauterization Of Granulation Tissue
- Chemical Facial Peel
- Chest Skin Excision
- Chronic Wound Care
- Decompression Fasciotomy Of Multiple Compartments Of Leg
- Dermabrasion
- Diabetes Foot Care
- Eczema Treatment
- Epidermal Autograft
- Escharotomy
- Escharotomy, Each Additional Incision
- Escharotomy, Initial Incision
- Face Skin Replacement
- Fasciotomy
- Femoral Nerve Transfer
- Flap Reconstruction
- Foot Skin Replacement
- Gastrointestinal Trauma Treatment
- Grafting Of Skin
- Hand Skin Excision
- Hindfoot Amputation
- Hypertrophic Scar Treatment
- Incision And Drainage Of Abscess
- Leg Reconstruction
- Limb Replantation
- Lower Arm Skin Excision
- Mechanical Debridement For Wounds
- Neck Skin Excision
- Nerve Repair Of Hand Or Finger
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Pain Medication Management
- Perineum Skin Replacement
- Perineum Subcutaneous Tissue Excision
- Ptosis Repair
- Release Of Abdomen
- Release Of Chest
- Release Of Face
- Release Of Lower Leg
- Remote Consultation
- Repair Left Lower Leg Subcutaneous Tissue
- Scar Revision
- Shiatsu Massage
- Skin Debridement
- Skin Graft
- Skin Substitute Grafting
- Surgical Wound Exploration
- Toe Amputation
- Topical Fluoride Varnish Application
- Transplant Hepatectomy
- Upper Arm Lift
- Venous Ulcer Treatment
- Wound Care
- Wound Closure
- Z-Plasty
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
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Choice POS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Open HMO
- POS OA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- TRICARE for Life East
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-HMO
- Medicare FFS
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- TRICARE East Prime
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Network OA
- United Student Resources
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Administrators
- Navigate
- Beech Street PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Choice POS II
- IH-PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Sentara Health
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- HighMark
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- UHC Passport
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- OA Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-Indemnity
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Fellowship: Medstar-Washington Hospital Center (2018)
Residency: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2017)
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine at USC (2010)