Elspeth Ritchie, MD| Psychiatry | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Behavioral Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression
- Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation
- Women's Mental Health
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Addiction Disorders
- Adjustment Disorder
- Agitation
- Alcohol Addiction
- Alcohol Dependency
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Disorders
- Behavioral Issues In Dementia
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Complicated Bereavement Disorder
- Compulsive And Addictive Behaviors
- Conversion Disorder
- Cyclothymic Disorder
- Delusional Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Disruptive Behavior
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Executive Function Disorder
- Gender Dysphoria
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Grief
- Hallucinations
- Hoarding Disorder
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypomania
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Mania
- Mental Health Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attack
- Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Personality Disorder
- Phobia
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Psycho Oncology
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychosomatic Disorders
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Somatoform Disorders
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide Attempt
- Thought Disorder
- Trichotillomania
Procedures I perform
- Adult Psychiatry
- Anger Management
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Men's Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Neuropsychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Transplant Psychiatry
- Women's Mental Health
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 Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Student Resources
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Tricare for Life East
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Administrators
- Carefirst EPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Tricare East Prime
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Signature
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- I-SNP
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Choice Plus
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna EPO
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- D-SNP)
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Cigna Indemnity
- Innovation Health: POS
- United Golden Rule
- Tricare East Select
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- United Choice
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Kaiser Select
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Navigate
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst NASCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Optimum Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Virginia Premier
- 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
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry
Graduate Education: Uniformed Services Univ of Health Science (2004)
Fellowship Program: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (1994)
Residency Program: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (1990)
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine (1986)