Chavalia Joan Breece, ANP-BC| Counseling, Addiction Counseling | MedStar Health
Chavalia Joan Breece

Chavalia Joan Breece, ANP-BC
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Counseling, Addiction Counseling

Languages: English

About me

Joan Breece, RN, is a nurse practitioner who is board-certified in adult geriatrics and acute care at MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She specializes in tobacco cessation counseling and lung cancer screenings. She also is a member of the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence.

Joan’s approach to care centers on providing compassionate and comprehensive services.  She begins by engaging in thoughtful conversations with patients to fully understand their conditions and empathetically address their concerns. For those who need lung cancer screenings, she thoroughly conducts physical examinations and clearly explains test results. For others who are in the Smoking Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Program, she offers evidence-based educational tools and medication management assistance to maximize treatment effectiveness and minimize side effects. In collaboration with experienced interventional pulmonologists, she supports patients during every step towards healthier and nicotine-free lives.

Joan is dedicated to raising awareness about the evolving criteria for lung cancer screenings among current and former smokers. One such screening is the low-dose CT scan – a safe, painless, and brief 10-minute procedure that captures detailed images of the lungs to detect nodules or abnormal growths. She also is passionate about new strategies to address the use of smokeless tobacco or vape pens. In addition to containing nicotine, these products are addictive and linked to cancer. Referring physicians should know that she is dedicated to keeping them well informed about their patients’ progress while delivering prompt and coordinated care.

Philosophy of Care

“It’s not always easy to get and stay healthy. When linked with tobacco-smoking habits, it can be even harder. That’s why I applaud patients – without judgement – throughout their journeys toward freedom from nicotine. And at every turn, I’m ready to help them identify actionable solutions to physical, social, and emotional barriers.”

Clinical areas of focus

  • Adenocarcinoma Of Lung
  • Pulmonary Nodule

Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Adenocarcinoma Of Lung
  • Lung Mass
  • Pulmonary Nodule
  • Tobacco Use Disorder
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Procedures I perform

  • Lung Cancer Screening
  • Tobacco Smoking Counseling
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Practice locations

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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
Lombardi Cancer Center
Washington, DC, 20007

202-444-2223

Fax 202-444-1229

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miles away

Fax 202-444-1229

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.

    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)

    • Innovation Health: Network Only Plus

      Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)

      Innovation Health: Indemnity

      Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA

      Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus

      Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)

      Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)

      Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network

      Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)

      Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus

      Aetna Student Health Insurance

      Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus

      Innovation Health: Open POS II

      Innovation Health: PPO

      Aetna Open Choice (PPO)

      Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA

      Innovation Health: POS Plus

      Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)

      Aetna HMO

      Innovation Health: Open POS Plus

      Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II

      Innovation Health: POS

      Aetna Managed Choice (POS)

      Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA

      Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans

    • Kaiser Select-Added Choice

      Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select

      Kaiser Signature

      Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member

      Virginia Premier

      Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice

      Kaiser Medicare Plus

      Kaiser Flexible Choice

      Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO

      Kaiser Select

    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)

    • Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO

      CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity

      Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access

      CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)

      Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)

      CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)

      CareFirst Administrators

      HealthyBlue PPO

      CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO

      Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access

      Carefirst BlueChoice HMO

      CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage

      Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)

      CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced

      CareFirst MedStar PPO

      Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)

      CareFirst NASCO

      CareFirst MedStar Select PPO

      Carefirst EPO

      Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)

    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)

      Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)

      Cigna POS/Network POS

      Cigna HMO Open Access

      Cigna EPO

      Cigna Choice Fund PPO

      Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)

      Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)

      Cigna Preferred Medicare

      Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |

      Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus

      Cigna Network Open Access

      Cigna PPO and PPO Plus

      Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)

      Cigna Indemnity

      Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA

    • United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)

      United Navigate

      United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)

      United Select Plus (POS)

      United Golden Rule

      United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program

      United Mamsi Life & Health

      United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose

      UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans

      United Optimum Choice

      United Core Essential (HMO)

      United Erickson Advantage Plans

      United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia

      United AARP Medicare Complete

      United Student Resources

      United MD IPA (HMO)

      United Group Medicare Advantage Plans

      United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP

      I-SNP

      United Select HMO - EPO/NPP

      United Choice

      United Choice Plus

      United MD IPA Preferred (POS)

      D-SNP)

    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance

      MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families

      MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice

    • Tricare East Select

      Tricare Reserve Select

      Tricare for Life East

      Tricare East Prime

    • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)

    • WellPoint Maryland

    • Medicaid - Maryland

      Medicaid - District of Columbia

      Medicaid - Virginia

    • HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO

      HumanaChoice PPO

    • Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers

      Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers

      Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus

    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice

    • Police and Fire Clinic

    • Traditional Medicare Fee for Service

    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)

    • Beech Street PPO

    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network

    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO

      First Health PPO

      Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO

      Coventry Health Care of Virginia

Education

Other Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center, -

Graduate Education: George Mason University (1999)

Awards

  • 2013 Nursing Excellence Award in Shared Decision Making-MedStar Washington Hospital Center

News and publications

  • The NP Role in the Smoking Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Clinic, GUMC Update, 2021
  • Lung Cancer Screening Patients’ Perceptions of Their Abnormal Results: A Qualitative Study, presented at MedStar Health’s Annual Research Symposium, 2019
  • Achieving Healthy Cancer Survivorship Through Integrated Tobacco Control: The Smoking Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Program, presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2020
  • Achieving Healthy Cancer Survivorship Through Integrated Tobacco Control: Development of the Oncology Smoking Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Clinical Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center, presented at MedStar Health’s Annual Research Symposium, 2018-2021

Philips JG, Cordon M, Lobo T, Friberg J, Breece CJ, Beplat M, Kim C, Veytsman I, Russell E, Cusaac L, Ahmed W, Ponder MC, Schilstra P, King L, Goswami D, Wheeley J, Taylor, KL. (2021).  Achieving healthy cancer survivorship through integrated tobacco control: development of the oncology Smoking Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Clinical Program at MGUH and MWHC (2018-2021).  Presented at the MedStar Annual Research Symposium, Washington DC. 

Taylor KL, Fallon S, Subramaniam D, Davis KM, To C, Lobo T, Philips, J, Tercyak K, Friberg J, Tynan M, Russell E, Ahmed W, Ponder MC, Cusaac L, Thompson J, Gardner K, Breece J, Kim C, Weiner LM.  (2020). Achieving healthy cancer survivorship through integrated tobacco control:  The Smoking Treatment and Recovery (STAR) program.  Presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Orleans LA.   

 Fallon S, Stephens J, Kim E, Eyestone E, Breece CJ, Anderson E,  Taylor KL, and the LSTH Trial Team (2019).  Lung cancer screening patients’ perceptions of their abnormal results: A qualitative study.  Presented at the MedStar Annual Research Symposium, Washington DC. 

2020-present Ongoing presentations to faculty, residents, and students in the Departments of
Medicine, Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology on Lung Cancer Screening and
Smoking Cessation.  Presentations given by Joan Breece, NP,  Drs. Eric Anderson, Randi Williams, and Kathryn Taylor.