Sarah D Whitehead, MSN NP| Palliative Medicine | MedStar Health

Sarah D Whitehead, MSN NP
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Palliative Medicine

Languages: English

Clinical areas of focus

  • Supportive Care
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Ascites
  • Bile Duct Cancer
  • Bone Cancer Pain
  • Bone Metastasis
  • Brain Tumor
  • Breast Cancer Complications
  • Colon Cancer
  • Dementia
  • Diabetic Neuropathy
  • Dysphagia
  • Dyspnea
  • Dyspnea (SHORTNESS OF BREATH)
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Esophageal Cancer Pain
  • Fatigue
  • Gastric Cancer
  • Gastric Cancer Pain
  • Heart Failure
  • Hypercalcemia (ELEVATED CALCIUM LEVELS)
  • Hypercalcemia Of Malignancy
  • Hypoxia
  • Liver Cancer
  • Liver Cancer Pain
  • Liver Metastases
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lung Cancer Pain
  • Lymphedema
  • Lymphoma
  • Malignant Ascites
  • Malignant Pleural Effusion
  • Melanoma
  • Mesothelioma
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Multiple System Atrophy
  • Muscle Weakness
  • Nausea
  • Neck Pain
  • Neuropathic Pain
  • Oral Cancer
  • Orthostatic Hypotension
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Ovarian Cancer Pain
  • Pancreatic Cancer Pain
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Pediatric Cancer Pain
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Pleuritic Pain
  • Pneumonia
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer Pain
  • Pruritus
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Radiation Enteritis
  • Radiation Mucositis
  • Rectal Cancer
  • Rectal Cancer Pain
  • Rectal Pain
  • Respiratory Failure
  • Severe Parkinson's Disease
  • Short Bowel Syndrome
  • Shortness Of Breath
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Skin Cancer
  • Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Small Intestine Cancer
  • Terminal Illness
  • Throat Cancer
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Uncontrolled Pain
  • Unintentional Weight Loss
  • Urothelial Cancer
  • Vertebral Compression Fracture
  • Vomiting
  • Weight Loss
  • Xerostomia (DRY MOUTH)
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Procedures I perform

  • Advance Care Planning Consultation
  • Alternative Therapies
  • Assisted Living Placement
  • Biofeedback
  • Blood Transfusion
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • Care Coordination Consultation
  • Case Management
  • Chaplaincy Services
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Comfort Care
  • Counseling For Coping With Loss
  • Delirium Prevention
  • Deprescribing
  • Dignity Therapy
  • Durable Medical Equipment
  • Durable Power Of Attorney Discussion
  • Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care Discussion
  • Dying Care Consultation
  • Family Education
  • Family Meeting
  • Family Support Consultation
  • Geriatric Care
  • Geriatric Care Management
  • Goals Of Care Discussion
  • Grief Counseling
  • Group Therapy
  • Home Health Aide Services
  • Hospice Care By A Consultant
  • Hospice Care Consultation
  • Hospice Care For Dementia Patients
  • Hospice Care Research And Quality Improvement
  • Hypnosis
  • Infusion Therapy
  • Inpatient Palliative Care
  • Intrathecal Pump Management
  • Lymphedema Management
  • Massage Therapy
  • Memory Care
  • Mindfulness-Based Interventions
  • Multidisciplinary Team Care
  • Non-Pharmacological Interventions
  • Nutrition Counseling
  • Ostomy Care
  • Pain Management Consultation
  • Pain Rehabilitation
  • Palliative Care
  • Palliative Care And Hospice Care
  • Palliative Care At Home
  • Palliative Care By A Consultant
  • Palliative Care Consultation
  • Palliative Care Education
  • Palliative Care For Neurological Conditions
  • Palliative Sedation
  • Palliative Sedation Consultation
  • Pet Therapy
  • Physician Orders For Life-Sustaining Treatment
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Reflexology
  • Shared Decision Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • Supportive Care
  • Symptom Management Consultation
  • Tai Chi
  • Terminal Care Consultation
  • Terminal Sedation Consultation
  • Withdrawal Of Life-Sustaining Treatments Consultation
  • Wound Care
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Practice locations

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102 Irving St. NW
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-1000
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110 Irving St. NW
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-7000
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Education

Board Certification: American Association of Nurse Practitioners,

Residency: Washington DC VA Medical Center GME (2018)

Graduate: George Washington University (2017)

Hospital affiliations