Karen Swarer, MD| Obstetrics And Gynecology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Birth Control
- Cervical Dysplasia
- Endometrial Hyperplasia
- Endometriosis Surgery
- Enterectomy
- Ovarian Cysts
- Pap Smear
- Prenatal Care
- Sterilization
- Tubal Ligation
- Tubal Pregnancy
- Uterine Adenomyosis
- Uterine Fibroid Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Pain
- Antenatal Screening Abnormalities
- Bartholin Gland Cyst
- Bartholin's Gland Diseases
- Cervical Dysplasia
- Cervix Uteri Disorders
- Complications Of The Puerperium
- Diabetes In Pregnancy
- Endometrial Hyperplasia
- False Labor
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Female Genital Pain
- Female Genital Tract Polyp
- Female Genital Tract Polyps And Growths
- Female Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Female Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Gestational Hypertension
- High Risk Pregnancy
- Hypertension In Pregnancy, Including Preeclampsia
- Labor Complications And Umbilical Cord Problems
- Late Pregnancy Complications
- Leiomyoma Of Uterus
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Cervix Uteri
- Maternal Care For Fetal Problems
- Maternal Diseases
- Menstrual Disorders
- Multiple Gestations
- Obstructed Labor
- Ovarian Cysts
- Ovarian Cysts And Benign Neoplasms
- Ovarian Dysfunction
- Ovary, Fallopian Tube And Broad Ligament Disorders
- Painful Urination
- Perineal Laceration During Delivery
- Polyhydramnios
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Pregnancy Hemorrhage
- Pregnancy Hemorrhage And Placenta Previa
- Pregnancy Nausea
- Pregnant State
- Premature Placenta Separation
- Premature Rupture Of Membranes
- Preterm Labor
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Spontaneous Abortion
- Tubal Pregnancy
- Uterine Adenomyosis
- Uterine And Vaginal Bleeding Abnormalities
- Uterus Disorders And Abnormalities
- Uterus Problems
- Uti (URINARY TRACT INFECTION) During Pregnancy
- Vagina And Vulva Inflammation And Infections
- Vulva And Perineum Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Birth Control
- Cervical Biopsy
- Cesarean Delivery
- Colposcopy
- C-Section
- Endometrial Biopsy
- Endometriosis Surgery
- Enterectomy
- Fetal Monitoring
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
- Oophorectomy
- Pap Smear
- Pelvic Exam
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Treatment
- Pregnancy Ultrasound
- Prenatal Care
- Recurrent Miscarriage Treatment
- Sterilization
- Tubal Ligation
- Uterine Fibroid Treatment
- Well Woman Exams
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
- First Health PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Blue Choice Advantage
- IH-POS
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE for Life East
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-HMO
- POS OA
- TRICARE East Select
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Basic
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- POS OA
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CIGNA EPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Choice POS II
- CIGNA PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Sentara Health
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- Choice POS II
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- First Health PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Open HMO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- OA Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS II
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Network OA
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Navigate
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Choice POS
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- TRICARE for Life East
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HighMark
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Employee Health Plan
- Employee Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Choice POS
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Sentara Health
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Residency: Case Western Reserve University (2019)
Medical School: University of Oklahoma (2015)