Colin Stewart, MD| Psychiatry, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry | MedStar Health
Colin Stewart

Colin Stewart, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Psychiatry, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry

Languages: English

202-944-5402

About me

Colin Stewart, MD, is the training director for the Child and Adolescent Residency Training Program as well as the clerkship director for the Georgetown University School of Medicine’s psychiatry clerkship. He also provides clinical care at both Georgetown and Mary's Center, a non-profit community health center that serves a primarily Central American immigrant population. At Georgetown, he also sees couples, individuals and families for psychotherapy. Dr. Stewart both teaches and supervises medical students, psychiatry residents, and child and adolescent psychiatry fellows at both Georgetown and Mary's Center. He is also very involved with promoting diversity and inclusion in medical education and currently serves on the AADPRT Diversity and Inclusion Committee, the MedStar GME Working Group for Racial Justice, and the Department of Psychiatry's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee and previously served on the Georgetown School of Medicine's Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Committee, the AAMC’s Group for Diversity and Inclusion and AACAP’s Diversity and Culture Committee. His academic scholarship has focused on implementing holistic review in GME, promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process, and competency-based assessment in medical education.

Clinical areas of focus

  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Autism
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Depression
  • Developmental Assessment
  • Developmental Delay
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Eating Disorders
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Mental Health
  • Mood Disorders
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Self Harming Behaviors
  • Substance Addiction
  • Substance Dependence
  • Trauma
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Acute Stress Disorder
  • Addiction Disorders
  • Adjustment Disorder
  • Agitation
  • Alcohol Dependency
  • Anger Issues
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Autism
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • 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
  • Developmental Delay
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Disruptive Behavior
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Dysthymia
  • Eating Disorders
  • Executive Function Disorder
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Hallucinations
  • Hoarding Disorder
  • Hypochondriasis
  • Hypomania
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Intermittent Explosive Disorder
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Learning Disorders
  • Mania
  • Mood Disorders
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  • Novel Coronavirus Related Mental Health Conditions
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
  • Panic Attack
  • Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
  • Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
  • Perinatal Mood Disorders
  • Persistent Depressive Disorder
  • Personality Disorder
  • Phobia
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Psychosis
  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
  • Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
  • Psycho Oncology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Psychosis
  • Psychosomatic Disorders
  • Repetitive Behaviors
  • Schizoaffective Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Self Harming Behaviors
  • Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Social Media Addiction
  • Somatic Symptom Disorder
  • Somatoform Disorders
  • Substance Addiction
  • Substance Dependence
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Thought Disorder
  • Trauma
  • Treatment Resistant Depression
  • Trichotillomania
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Procedures I perform

  • Adult Psychiatry
  • Behavior Counseling
  • Children Of Incarcerated Parents Counselling
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Couples Therapy
  • Developmental Assessment
  • Family Therapy
  • Grief And Loss Counseling
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • LGBTQ+ Health
  • Men's Mental Health
  • Mental Health
  • Neuropsychiatry
  • Online Psychiatrist
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Psychotherapy
  • Transplant Psychiatry
  • Trauma Focused Psychotherapy
  • Virtual Care
  • Women's Mental Health
  • Work Reintegration Therapy
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Practice locations

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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
4 N Main
Washington, DC, 20007

202-444-8930

Fax 855-771-6849

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2115 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest
Suite 200
Washington, DC, 20007

202-944-5400

Fax 855-771-6849

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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.

  • 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
    • First Health PPO
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine (2013)

Residency: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (2011)

Medical School: University of Texas at San Antonio (2008)

Awards

    • Faculty Teaching Award, Georgetown Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2019
    • Louis F. Rittlemeyer, Jr., M.D. Teacher of the Year Award, Georgetown Psychiatry Residency, 2018
    • Dr. Michael Adams Medical Student Mentoring Award, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2016
    • Faculty Teaching Award, Georgetown Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2014
    • PGY-3 Medical Student Teaching Award, Adult Psychiatry Residency, UCSF, 2011
    • PGY-1 Medical Student Teaching Award, Adult Psychiatry Residency, 2009

News and publications

  • Young JQ, Hasser C, Hung EH, Kusz M, O’Sullivan PS, Stewart CE, Weiss A, Williams N. Developing End-of-Training Entrustable Professional Activities for Psychiatry: Results and Methodological Lessons. Academic Medicine. 2017 Nov 21. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002058. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29166349
  • Sadhu JM, Lee PC, Stewart CE, Carson N, Usher C, Maneta E, Kitts R, Sharma N, Adams A, Hazen EP, Thwin Myint M, Lee ES, Vasa RA, Randall TL, Leong S, Jacobson SL. Lessons from the Launch: Program Directors Reflect on Implementing the CAP Milestones. Academic Psychiatry. 2017 Dec 1. doi: 10.1007/s40596-017-0852-8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29196980
  • Hung, E.K., Jibson, M., Sadhu, J., Stewart, C.E., Walker, A., Wichser, L., Young, J.Q. Wresting with Implementation: a Step-By-Step Guide to Implementing Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in Psychiatry Residency Programs. Acad Psychiatry (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01341-7
  • Vijay A, Salmon MR, Stewart CE (2018). Chapter: Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Pediatric Psychiatry for Primary Care: A Clinician’s Guide. pp. 33–46. Editors: Vinson & Vinson. Publisher: Springer Books. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90350-7_4
  • Schlechter AD, O'Brien KH, Stewart C. The Positive Assessment: A Model for Integrating Well-Being and Strengths-Based Approaches into the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinical Evaluation. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2019 Apr;28(2):157-169. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2018.11.009. Review. PMID: 30832950