Deepa Grace Lazarous, MD| Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchoscopy
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Interventional Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Lung Mass
- Mycobacterial Infection
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Sarcoid
- Sleep Disorders
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracoscopy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Bronchitis
- Airway Disorders
- Airway Obstruction
- Airway Scarring
- Allergic Aspergillosis
- Allergic Pneumonitis
- Allergic Wheezing
- Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Asbestos Lung
- Aspiration Pneumonitis
- Asthma
- Asthmatic Bronchitis
- Atelectasis
- Autoimmune Pleuritis
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchitis
- Bronchospasm
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Lung Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Chronic Respiratory Failure
- Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
- Diaphragmatic Disorders
- Drug Induced Pulmonary Disease
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Emphysema
- Empyema
- Exercise Intolerance
- Hemoptysis
- Hepatic Hydrothorax
- Hypercarbia
- Hypoventilation Syndrome
- Hypoxia
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Laryngotracheitis
- Lung Abscess
- Lung Disease
- Lung Infiltrate
- Lung Mass
- Maternal Respiratory Disease
- Mycobacterial Infection
- Occupational Lung Injury
- Pertussis
- Pleural Diseases
- Pleural Effusion
- Pleural Thickening
- Pleural Tuberculosis
- Pleurisy
- Pleuritic Pain
- Pneumoconiosis
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonitis
- Post Infectious Cough
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Pulmonary Bullae
- Pulmonary Complications Of Neurological Diseases
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Granuloma
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Infections
- Pulmonary Nodule
- Pulmonary Sarcoid
- Radiation Pneumonitis
- Reactive Airway Disease
- Recurrent Lung Infections
- Restrictive Lung Disease
- Rheumatoid Lung
- Shortness Of Breath (SOB)
- Silicosis
- Sleep Disorders
- Smoker Cough
- Stridor
- Tobacco-Related Diseases
- Tracheal Mass
- Tracheal Stenosis
- Tracheobronchitis
- Tuberculosis
- Wheezing
Procedures I perform
- Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
- Bronchoscopy
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- Home Sleep Study
- Interventional Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Pulmonary And Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Pulmonary Clearance For Surgery
- Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT)
- Pulmonary Stent Placement
- Pulmonary Therapy
- Spirometry
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracoscopy
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
- Virginia Premier
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- United Golden Rule
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- United Select Plus (POS)
- I-SNP
- United Navigate
- Innovation Health: POS
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Tricare East Prime
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Choice Plus
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Tricare East Select
- CareFirst Administrators
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United Student Resources
- WellPoint Maryland
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Tricare for Life East
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- D-SNP)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- United Optimum Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna Indemnity
- Kaiser Select
- Cigna Network Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- United Choice
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Signature
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Carefirst EPO
- Cigna EPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna HMO
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Medicaid - Virginia
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Other Certification: United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, -
Fellowship Program: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2006)
Residency Program: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2003)
Medical School: Medical College Trivandrum (1999)