About me
Swati Chanani, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist working with transition age adolescents and in school-based mental health. She completed a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University and a psychiatry residency at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Chanani received her medical degree from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Prior to that, she graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis earning an A.B. in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology.
Clinical areas of focus
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Developmental Assessment
- Developmental Delay
- Developmental Disabilities
- Eating Disorders
- Learning Disabilities
- Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Trauma
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Addiction Disorders
- Adjustment Disorder
- Agitation
- Alcohol Dependency
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Disorders
- 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
- Developmental Delay
- Developmental Disabilities
- Disruptive Behavior
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Executive Function Disorder
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Grief
- Hallucinations
- Hoarding Disorder
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypomania
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Learning Disabilities
- Mania
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Novel Coronavirus Related Mental Health Conditions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
- Panic Attack
- Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Personality Disorder
- Phobia
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Postpartum Anxiety
- Postpartum Psychosis
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Psycho Oncology
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychosomatic Disorders
- Repetitive Behaviors
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Social Media Addiction
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Somatoform Disorders
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide Attempt
- Thought Disorder
- Trauma
- Treatment Resistant Depression
- Trichotillomania
Procedures I perform
- Adult Psychiatry
- Behavior Counseling
- Children Of Incarcerated Parents Counselling
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Developmental Assessment
- Grief And Loss Counseling
- LGBTQ+ Health
- Men's Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Neuropsychiatry
- Online Psychiatrist
- Psychotherapy
- Transplant Psychiatry
- Trauma Focused Psychotherapy
- Virtual Care
- Women's Mental Health
- Work Reintegration Therapy
Practice locations
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1601 16th Street Southeast Anacostia Wellness Center Washington, DC, 20020
202-444-5543Fax 202-444-4315
4301 13th Street Northwest GHU Kids Mobile Medical Clinic Program LLC Washington, DC, 20011
202-444-5437Fax 202-444-4315
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 MD IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Choice Plus
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- United Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna EPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Innovation Health: POS
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- United Student Resources
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Tricare East Prime
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Medicaid - Virginia
- United Golden Rule
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- United Navigate
- United Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- I-SNP
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Cigna Network Open Access
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- WellPoint Maryland
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Tricare for Life East
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Virginia Premier
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Signature
- Carefirst EPO
- Cigna Indemnity
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- D-SNP)
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Tricare East Select
- CareFirst Administrators
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry
Fellowship Program: Johns Hopkins Hospital (2020)
Residency Program: Washington University Medical Center (2018)
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2014)