Ronald Matthias Beaulieu, MD| Infectious Diseases | MedStar Health
Ronald Matthias Beaulieu

Ronald Matthias Beaulieu, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

5 out of 5 (40 reviews)

Specialties: Infectious Diseases

Languages: English

877-665-8072

About me

Dr. Beaulieu joined the Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in July 2020 upon completion of Infectious Diseases fellowship training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His clinical expertise is in the management of complex musculoskeletal infections. He works collaboratively with the MedStar Center for Wound Healing, the Limb Salvage Team, and the Divisions of Orthopedic and Neurosurgery in the care of patients with limb threatening wound infections. 

His research interests include reduction of surgical site infections, implementation of rapid diagnostic tests and accountability programs for improving antimicrobial utilization.

Clinical areas of focus

  • Cellulitis
  • Clostridium Difficile
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  • Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
  • Mycobacterial Infection
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Prosthetic Joint Infection
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
  • Staphylococcus Infections
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
  • Antibiotic Resistant Infections
  • Aspergillosis Infection
  • Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
  • Atypical Mycobacteria Infection
  • Bacterial Endocarditis
  • Bacterial Meningitis
  • Candidiasis
  • Cellulitis
  • Cerebral Toxoplasmosis
  • Chlamydia
  • Chronic Osteomyelitis
  • Clostridium Difficile
  • Cryptococcosis
  • Cytomegaloviral Infection
  • Empyema
  • Encephalitis
  • Enterococcus Infections
  • Fever Of Unknown Origin
  • Fungemia
  • Gangrene
  • Genital Herpes, Male
  • Giardiasis
  • Gonorrhea
  • Hepatitis
  • Herpes
  • Herpes Zoster
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  • Infection From A Cat (BITE-SCRATCH)
  • Intraspinal Abscess
  • Invasive Fungal Sinusitis
  • Joint Infection
  • Legionnaires Disease
  • Leptospirosis
  • Leukocytosis
  • Listeriosis
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Meningitis
  • Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
  • Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus
  • Mucormycosis
  • Mycobacterial Infection
  • Mycobacterium Avium Complex
  • Mycoplasma Infection
  • Mycosis
  • Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
  • Needle Stick Exposure
  • Neutropenia
  • Norovirus
  • Novel Coronavirus
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Parasitic Diseases
  • Pneumocystis Carinii
  • Pneumonia
  • Prosthetic Joint Infection
  • Pyelonephritis
  • Q Fever
  • Rickettsia Infection
  • Salmonella Infection
  • Sepsis
  • Septic Arthritis
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
  • Staphylococcus Infections
  • Streptococcal Infections
  • Syphilis
  • Tick Borne Infections
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Transplant Related Infection
  • Varicella
  • Viral Encephalitis
  • Viral Infections
  • Viral Meningitis
  • Wound Infection
  • Zoonosis
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Procedures I perform

  • HIV Testing
  • Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)
  • Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP)
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Practice locations

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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 5th Fl
Washington, DC, 20007

202-444-0086

Fax 877-665-8072

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

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2020)

Residency: LSU Shreveport Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (2018)

Medical School: Louisiana State University (2015)

News and publications

  • Changes in antimicrobial utilization during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic after implementation of a multispecialty clinical guidance team. Milner B. Staub, Ronald M Beaulieu, John A. Graves, George E. Nelson
  • The Clinical Impact of the FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel on Antimicrobial Utilization in a Tertiary Hospital Setting. Morgan Walker, Katie Taylor, Ronald Beaulieu, Morgan Laurent, Diana Hamer, Catherine O’Neal
  • Risk Factors for Mortality and Progression to Severe COVID-19 Disease in the Southeast United States (US): A Report from the SEUS Study Group. Athena L V Hobbs, Nicholas A Turner, Imad Omer, Morgan Walker, Ronald M Beaulieu, Muhammad Sheikh, Steven S Spires, Christina T. Fiske, Ryan K Dare, Salil Goorha, Priyenka Thapa, John W. Gnann, Jeffrey Wright, George E. Nelson
  • Optimizing Use of COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment among Resident Physicians at a Veterans Affairs Hospital Beaulieu, R.M., Kimball, J., Bailin, S., Lowry, M., Werthman, J., Gettler, E., Gorsline, C., Lumpkins, K., Ni, B., Volpe, K., Harris, B., Hulgan, T., Person, A., Fiske, C., Staub, M.
  • Implementation of a Resource-Efficient Indirect Handshake Stewardship Model at an Academic Medical Center Beaulieu, R.M., Staub, M., Talbot,T.R., Greene, M.H., Satyanarayana, G., Wright, P.W., Nesbitt, W.J., Meyers, A., Nelson, G.E.
  • Clinical Team Distribution and AU Patterns at a Tertiary Care Academic Medical Center Choudhury, R., Beaulieu, R.M., Talbot, T.R., Nelson, G.E.
  • Misdiagnosis of Mycobacterium marinum Infection Beaulieu, R.M., O’Neal, C.S
  • Implementation of In-house PCR Testing for Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis: Impact on Patient Acyclovir Exposure Beaulieu, R.M., Veron, K., Hamer, D., O’Neal, C.S., O’Neal, H.R.

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    5
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    5
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    5
  • Provider included you in decisions

    5
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    5
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    5
  • Jan 2, 2025

    Dr. Beaulieu is an outstanding advocate for this patient great deal of patience & very comforting bedside manner.

  • Dec 20, 2024

    A++++.

  • Nov 27, 2024

    Great listener. He answered and explained my care where I could know & understand my current situation and what to lookout for. His care has been very informative.