About me
Selena Heman-Ackah Briggs, MD, MBA, PhD, FACS, is the Vice Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Briggs is a neurotologist-skull base surgeon. She completed her medical degree at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, followed by a surgical internship and otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency at the University of Minnesota, and a fellowship in neurotology at New York University. Dr. Briggs earned an MBA from the University of Cincinnati. She also earned a doctorate in otolaryngology from the University of Minnesota for her research on prevention and management of age-related hearing loss. She previously served as the director of Otology, Neurotology and Audiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and as an assistant professor of otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Briggs is a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Georgetown University and a Wellness Champion.
Dr. Briggs treats patients with a wide variety of ear and skull base-related concerns. She has a clinical interest in cochlear implantation and hearing loss (congenital and acquired), treatment of chronic ear disease and cholesteatoma, management of ear canal atresia or stenosis, repair of encephalocele and meningocele of the middle ear and mastoid, management of temporal bone fractures, care of vestibular and balance disorders, and treatment of tumors of the skull base (e.g. schwannomas, meningiomas, chordoma, etc.). In caring for patients with these concerns, she strives to provide each patient with the individualized, personalized and caring treatment that they deserve. Dr. Briggs maintains that it is critical to listen, to understand and to take the time to provide holistic care that prioritizes the patient's individual goals for their own best exceptional outcome, optimized care and quality of life.
Clinical areas of focus
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Cholesteatoma
- Cochlear Implants
- Facial Nerve Palsy
- Hearing Loss
- Meniere's Disease
- Otosclerosis
- Pulsatile Tinnitus
- Sudden Deafness
- Superior Canal Dehiscence
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acoustic Nerve Injury
- Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
- Cholesteatoma
- Cochlear Nerve Damage
- Disorder Of Balance
- Dizziness
- Ear And Temporal Bone Cancer
- Ear Anomalies
- Ear Canal Cancer
- Ear Canal Lesions
- Ear Cyst
- Ear Drainage
- Ear Mass
- Ear Pressure
- Earache
- Facial Nerve Disease
- Facial Nerve Injury
- Facial Nerve Palsy
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Foreign Body (EAR)
- Hearing Loss
- Hearing Loss (ASYMMETRICAL)
- Hearing Loss (CENTRAL)
- Hearing Loss (CONDUCTIVE)
- Hearing Loss (MIXED)
- Hearing Loss (NEURAL)
- Labyrinthitis
- Malignant Otitis Externa
- Mastoiditis
- Meniere's Disease
- Meningioma
- Missing Eardrum
- Neurofibromatosis
- Osteoma
- Otitis Externa
- Otosclerosis
- Ototoxicity
- Positional Vertigo
- Pulsatile Tinnitus
- Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
- Ruptured Eardrum
- Sudden Deafness
- Superior Canal Dehiscence
- Temporal Bone Fracture
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation (TMP)
- Vertigo
- Vestibular And Balance Disorders
- Vestibular Neuritis
- Vestibular Neuronitis
Procedures I perform
- Acoustic Neuroma Removal
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Surgery
- Cochlear Implants
- Ear And Temporal Bone Cancer Surgery
- Encephalocele Repair
- Eustachian Tube Balloon Dilation
- Middle Ear Exploration
- Myringotomy
- Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
- Tympanoplasty/Mastoidectomy
Practice locations
Distance from Enter your Location
106 Irving Street Northwest
POB Ste 2700 North Tower
Washington,
DC,
20010
Fax 202-877-8439
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
- BEECH STREET
Beech Street PPO
- JOHNS HOPKINS HEALTHCARE
Employee Health Plan (EHP)
Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- UNITED HEALTHCARE (UHC)
United Mamsi Life & Health
United Student Resources
United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
D-SNP)
United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
United Core Essential (HMO)
United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
United Navigate
United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
United Erickson Advantage Plans
United MD IPA (HMO)
United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
United Golden Rule
United Choice
United Choice Plus
United Optimum Choice
I-SNP
United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
United AARP Medicare Complete
United Select Plus (POS)
- CAREFIRST
HealthyBlue PPO
CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
CareFirst Administrators
CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
CareFirst MedStar PPO
Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
CareFirst NASCO
Carefirst EPO
Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- AETNA
Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
Innovation Health: POS
Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Innovation Health: Indemnity
Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
Aetna Student Health Insurance
Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
Innovation Health: PPO
Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
Innovation Health: POS Plus
Innovation Health: Open POS II
Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
Aetna HMO
- KAISER PERMANENTE
Kaiser Select-Added Choice
Virginia Premier
Kaiser Select
Kaiser Signature
Kaiser Flexible Choice
Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
Kaiser Medicare Plus
- VETERAN'S AFFAIRS COMMUNITE CARE NETWORK (VA CCN)
Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (HSCSN)
Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- CIGNA HEALTH CARE
Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
Cigna Indemnity
Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
Cigna EPO
Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
Cigna HMO Open Access
Cigna Network Open Access
Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
Cigna Choice Fund PPO
Cigna Preferred Medicare
Cigna POS/Network POS
Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- POLICE AND FIRE CLINIC (PFC, INC.)
Police and Fire Clinic
- AMERIGROUP
WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- MEDICAID (MD, DC, VA)
Medicaid - Maryland
Medicaid - District of Columbia
Medicaid - Virginia
- HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE
HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
HumanaChoice PPO
- HUMANA MILITARY (TRICARE EAST)
Tricare Reserve Select
Tricare for Life East
Tricare East Select
Tricare East Prime
- MEDSTAR FAMILY CHOICE
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HEALTH PARTNERS
Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- WELLPOINT MARYLAND
WellPoint Maryland
- PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC. (PHCS)
Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- MEDICARE
Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- COVENTRY HEALTH NETWORK
First Health PPO
Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- BEECH STREET
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Fellowship: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2012)
Residency: University of Minnesota (2010)
Internship: University of Minnesota (2006)
Medical School: University of Cincinnati (2005)
Medical School: University of Cincinnati (2004)
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania (2000)
Hospital affiliations
Podcasts
<ul> <li><p><a href="http://www.medstarwashington.org/podcastlibrary/#q={}#q={}">Cochlear Implantation for Hearing Loss</a></p></li></ul>