About me
Mounika Gangireddy, MD, is a fellowship-trained medical oncologist and hematologist at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. While experienced in treating all types of malignancies, she is a specialist in caring for patients with uterine, cervical, and ovarian cancers, as well as breast cancer and blood cancers. Her clinical interests include research into biomarker-driven therapies and immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer.
Dr. Gangireddy is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, the American Board of Internal Medicine, and the American College of Physicians. In addition, she has been published in multiple peer-reviewed publications and has presented at numerous medical meetings. She earned her medical degree at Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Telangana, India followed by a residency in internal medicine at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center Pinnacle in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and a fellowship in hematology/oncology, at Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. She is proficient in Telugu and Hindi as well as English.
Philosophy of care
“My philosophy of care is to treat patients with compassion and be supportive during difficult times in their lives. I believe building trust is key for a good patient-physician relationship, and that a multidisciplinary approach is essential to developing the best treatment plan.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Adrenal Neoplasm
- Bone Sarcoma
- Endocrine Carcinoma
- Ewings Sarcoma
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Stromal Tumors
- Osteosarcoma
- Paraganglioma
- Pheochromocytoma
- Sarcoma
- Synovial Sarcoma
- Uterine Sarcoma
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adrenal Neoplasm
- Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma
- Angiomyxoma
- Angiosarcoma
- Bone Sarcoma
- Cardiac Sarcoma
- Chondrosarcoma
- Clear Cell Chondrosarcoma
- Clear Cell Sarcoma
- Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma
- Dendritic Cell Sarcoma
- Dermatofibrosarcoma Protruberans
- Desmoid Tumors
- Desmoplastic Small Cell Tumor
- Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors
- Endocrine Carcinoma
- Endometrial Sarcoma
- Endovascular Papillary Angioendothelioma
- Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma
- Epithelioid Sarcoma
- Ewings Sarcoma
- Extrarenal Rhabdoid Tumor
- Extraskeletal Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma
- Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma
- Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma
- Fibrosarcoma
- Fibrosarcoma Of The Head & Neck
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Stromal Tumors
- Granulation Cell Sarcoma
- Hemangioendothelioma
- Hemangiopericytoma
- Intimal Sarcoma
- Kaposi Sarcoma
- Leiomyosarcoma
- Leiomyosarcoma Of Uterus
- Liposarcoma
- Low Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma
- Lymphangiosarcoma
- Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma (MFH)
- Malignant Glomus Tumor
- Malignant Granular Cell Tumor
- Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
- Malignant Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET)
- Malignant Schwannoma
- Malignant Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor
- Myoepithelioma/Mixed Tumor Of Soft Tissue
- Myofibroblastic Sarcoma
- Myxofibrosarcoma
- Myxoinflammatory Fibroblastic Sarcoma
- Neuroectodermal Tumor
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Neurofibrosarcoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Paraganglioma
- Parosteal Osteosarcoma
- Pecoma
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pleomorphic Liposarcoma
- Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Sarcoma
- Solitary Fibrous Tumor
- Spindle Cell Sarcoma
- Synovial Sarcoma
- Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma
- Uterine Sarcoma
- Well Differentiated Liposarcoma
Procedures I perform
- Adjuvant Chemotherapy
- Biological Targeted Therapy
- Cancer Chemotherapy
- Cancer Genomics
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Chemoradiation
- Early Detection Of Cancer
- Sarcoma Genomics
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
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Cigna EPO
- United Optimum Choice
- Tricare East Prime
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- United Navigate
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- D-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Tricare for Life East
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Choice
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Tricare East Select
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna Network Open Access
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Virginia Premier
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- United Golden Rule
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- I-SNP
- Carefirst EPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Select
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Cigna Indemnity
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Signature
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Choice Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship Program: Lankenau Hospital (2023)
Residency Program: UPMC Harrisburg Hospital (2020)
Medical School: Kakatiya Medical College (2016)