William L. Cohen, MD| Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry | MedStar Health
William L. Cohen, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry
Languages: English
202-944-5404
About me
William Cohen, MD, is an assistant professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He provides clinical care in the emerging adult Launch Clinic, Child and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic, and Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Unit at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. His clinical and teaching interests are focused around the developmental considerations of identity, interpersonal relationships, and neurobiology, especially as pertaining to transitional age youth and their families coping with emotional and cognitive problems. Dr. Cohen completed a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Georgetown University and a General Psychiatry Residency in The Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia. He earned his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, and prior to medical school he earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Wesleyan University and then worked with adolescents as a wilderness therapy field instructor in Utah.
Clinical areas of focus
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- 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)
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anxiety
- Appearance And Behavior Symptoms
- Behavioral Problems
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Region Injury
- Child Abuse Trauma
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depression
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Gender Identity Disorders
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Hypomania
- Impulse Control Disorder
- Impulse Disorder
- Insomnia
- Learning Disability
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Manic Episode
- Maternal Diseases
- Mental Disorders Due To Physiological Condition
- Mental Health Conditions
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Odd (OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER)
- Panic Attacks
- Personal Risk Factors
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Phobia
- Poisoning
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Problems Related To Psychosocial Circumstances
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Scholastic Skills Disorder
- School Refusal
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Sedative, Hypnotic, Or Anxiolytic Related Disorders
- Separation Anxiety
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder
- Specific Phobia
- Substance Abuse
- Suicidal Thought
- Tic Disorder
- Trauma
- Women's Mental Health Issue
Procedures I perform
- Adjustment Disorder Treatment
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment
- Behavioral Modification
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Depression Treatment
- Drug Testing
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Grief Counseling
- Group Psychotherapy
- Group Therapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Mental Health Assessment
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment
- Pain Medication Management
- Parent Management Training
- Personality Disorder Treatment
- Play Therapy
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation With Medical Services
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychotherapy
- Relationship Therapy
- Schizophrenia Treatment
- Social Skills Training
- Stress Reduction
- 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
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-EPO Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- First Health PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Sentara Health
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- OA Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Network OA
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Navigate
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- POS OA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HighMark
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst EPO
- Choice POS
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Medicare FFS
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- UHC Passport
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2016)
Residency: Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia (2014)
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College (2010)