Shilpa Saroop, PhD| Psychology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Saroop is a licensed psychologist in the Women's Mental Health Program, Department of Psychiatry. She specializes in women's perinatal mental health and treats mood and anxiety disorders during pregnancy and postpartum. Dr. Saroop also provides support for women as they transition to motherhood. She conducts individual, couples, and family therapy. Another area of focus for Dr. Saroop includes providing support to families of babies receiving care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She developed the Two Hearts Mental Health and Wellness Program in the NICU which provides mental health and wellness support to NICU families and NICU staff. She provides onsite consultation to treatment providers and brief interventions, assessments, and referrals for individuals and families who have a child receiving care in the NICU. She also provides wellness support to NICU staff. Dr. Saroop also participates in the training of psychiatry residents at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Clinical areas of focus
- Behavioral Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression
- Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation
- Women's Mental Health
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Addiction Disorders
- Adjustment Disorder
- Agitation
- Alcohol Addiction
- Alcohol Dependency
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Disorders
- Behavioral Issues In Dementia
- 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
- Disruptive Behavior
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Executive Function Disorder
- Gender Dysphoria
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Grief
- Hallucinations
- Hoarding Disorder
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypomania
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Mania
- Mental Health Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attack
- Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Personality Disorder
- Phobia
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Psycho Oncology
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychosomatic Disorders
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Somatoform Disorders
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide Attempt
- Thought Disorder
- Trichotillomania
Procedures I perform
- Adult Psychiatry
- Anger Management
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Men's Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Neuropsychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Transplant Psychiatry
- Women's Mental Health
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
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Cigna EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Innovation Health: POS
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- United Choice
- Cigna Network Open Access
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Choice Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Cigna Indemnity
- Tricare for Life East
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- I-SNP
- Beech Street PPO
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Virginia Premier
- Kaiser Select
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Signature
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Tricare East Select
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Tricare East Prime
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- D-SNP)
- United Navigate
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- United Student Resources
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- United Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Carefirst EPO
- United Golden Rule
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
Education
Graduate Education: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (2003)
Awards
- Certificate of Appreciation for services provided in the NICU from NICU Families and Caregivers The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2019 The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2020 The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2021
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
June 26, 2020
Check Presentation: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Awarded Funding from The Juliet Grace Smith Foundation and The Ava Potter Pilcher Foundation for Mental Health and Wellness Support in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)