About me
Dr. Virginia Steen is a Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine and is the Chief of Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She did her medical school at the University of Pittsburgh, Internal medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and her rheumatology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh where she stayed on the faculty until moving to Georgetown in 1995.
Dr Steen is an internationally recognized expert in Systemic Sclerosis and has been involved in research and clinical trials for scleroderma throughout her career. She co-established the Pittsburgh Scleroderma Database which has resulted in more than 200 publications about all aspects of scleroderma. She led a nationwide study on pulmonary hypertension in scleroderma and has been a leader in the exciting clinical trials in scleroderma and Raynaud’s over the last 20 years. She has been the rheumatology representative for several pulmonary guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary fibrosis and was on the Pregnancy Guidelines for Rheumatic Diseases.
She is a Master of the American College of Rheumatology and received an award for Excellence in Investigational Mentoring also from the ACR. She has received multiple awards from the National Scleroderma Foundation including Doctor of the Year, several educational awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Steen is a member of the Magis Society at Georgetown University, Excellent in Teaching, as well as she received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Georgetown Women in Medicine.
Awards
- Master of American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
- Life Time Achievement Award for Scleroderma Foundation
- Excellence in Investigative Mentoring - ARC
- Outstanding Achievement Award – Georgetown University Department of Medicine
Research
Clinical areas of focus
- Abnormal Autoantibodies In Autoimmune Diseases
- Dermatomyositis
- Eosinophilic Fasciitis
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Raynaud's Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Undifferentiated Connective Disease
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Autoantibodies In Autoimmune Diseases
- Connective Tissue Disorders
- Dermatomyositis
- Eosinophilic Fasciitis
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Interstitial Pneumonitis With Autoimmune Features (IPAF)
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Raynaud's Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Undifferentiated Connective Disease
Procedures I perform
- Arthrocentesis
- Modified Rodnan Skin Score (IN SCLERODERMA)
- Nailfold Capillaroscopy (EVALUATION OF RAYNAUD’S DISEASE)
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 6th Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-7547Fax 202-444-7797
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
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Network OA
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- OA Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- POS OA
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Prime
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Employee Health Plan
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Beech Street PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Student Resources
- IH-PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- TRICARE East Select
- HighMark
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Medicare Direct
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst NASCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- First Health PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1980)
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System (1977)
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1975)