About me
As a Board-Certified and dual licensed Physician Assistant in the state of VA as well as DC I am responsible for managing, diagnosing, treating, and aiding in the preventative management of all MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute patients alongside my colleagues. I additionally provide education and outreach activities within the community.
My interest in public education/outreach has led me to chair the Liver Life Walk DC charity event in conjunction with the American Liver Foundation 2017-2020. This event has raised well over $100,000 for continued liver research with the goal to stomp out liver disease by 2030.
I further play a vital role in the Free Liver Screening program at MGTI of which brings hepatitis awareness to the public, screening those at risk for hepatitis linking them to point of care and treatment. This program attended the NBC 4 Health and Fitness Expo 2020 screening over 830 people. A new role I have taken on in 2021 is that of the chair to our APP Outreach and Wellness Counsel providing wellness to APPs within the MGTI community as well as outreach to the whole DMV community virtually through social media.
Furthermore, I remain actively involved in ongoing research protocols through the transplant institute. I am a current and upstanding member of the AAPA, AASLD, CLDF and GHAPP. I currently serving as the anchor provider within our Northern Virginia clinical office.
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Liver Failure
- Liver Metastases
- Liver Surgery
- Liver Transplant
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Metabolic Liver Disease
- Necrosis Of Liver
- Partial Hepatectomy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Cirrhosis
- Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis
- End Stage Liver Disease
- Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Failure
- Liver Metastases
- Metabolic Liver Disease
- Necrosis Of Liver
- Novel Coronavirus
- Portal Hypertension
- Portopulmonary Hypertension
Procedures I perform
- Cadaveric Transplant
- Combined Transplant (KIDNEY-LIVER)
- Heterotopic Liver Transplant
- Liver Surgery
- Liver Transplant
- Liver Transplant (HIV POSITIVE)
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Multi Organ Transplant
- Novel Coronavirus Testing
- Novel Coronavirus Vaccine
- Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Booster
- Organ Donation
- Partial Hepatectomy
- Pretransplant Clearance
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 Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Student Resources
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Golden Rule
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- D-SNP)
- I-SNP
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Choice Plus
- United Choice
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- Virginia Premier
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Optimum Choice
- United Navigate
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Tricare for Life East
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Tricare East Select
- Tricare East Prime
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Carefirst EPO
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
Videos
Education
Allied Health Education: Daemen College (2010)
Awards
- Chair of the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute Advanced Practice Providers Outreach and Wellness Counsel Chair of the American Liver Foundation; Liver Life Walk, DC 2019 Presented by MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute 2018 Top Doctor Awards Chair of the American Liver Foundation; Liver Life Walk, DC 2018 Presented by MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute 2018 Inductee as Top Physician Assistant in Annandale, VA as part of The International Association of HealthCare Professionals Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare Chair of the American Liver Foundation; Liver Life Walk, DC 2017 Presented by MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute 2013 4-star winner of “Talk of the Town” Excellence in Customer Satisfaction for Health Care and Medical Practices
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Pre-Treatment Education and Treatment Completion in Patients with Hepatitis C (HCV)
Treated with Boceprevir (BOC) or Telaprevir (TVR). November 2013. Lead Author:
Debbie Mercier (SLU) Senior Author: Joy Peter (UF)
Podcasts
https://www.youtube.com/embed/6-mXVqKe5V0