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