Andrew Frazier Shorr, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Languages: English
202-291-0386
About me
As a Board Certified/Board eligible critical care physician, all conditions requiring intensive care in the medical, surgical, or neurosciences ICU are treated.
Andrew Shorr, MD, MPH, MBA is Section Head of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. In addition, he is Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Shorr earned a medical degree from the University of Virginia; completed an MPH in Health, Policy, and Ethics at Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore; and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C, and a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, also at Walter Reed. He finished his MBA at the Darden School at the University of VIrginia.
A prolific author, Dr. Shorr has published over 300 original investigations plus numerous peer-reviewed articles, literature reviews, book chapters, editorials, case reports, and letters. In addition, he serves as a reviewer, editorial board member, and editorial advisory board member for several peer-reviewed journals, including Chest,Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Annals of Internal Medicine. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Critical Care.
His numerous awards include a Fulbright Award, the Alfred Soffer Research Award from the American College of Chest Physicians, and Outstanding Teacher from Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He has won the ACP educator award as well. Dr. Shorr is a frequent invited lecturer and regularly presents his work at professional meetings. He international expert on topics ranging from ventilator-associated pneumonia to resistant antibiotic infections.
Dr. Shorr is certified in Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Bronchoscopy
- Emphysema
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
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 Healthcare Choice
- United Student Resources
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HumanaChoice PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst NASCO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Choice POS
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Navigate
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open HMO
- Network OA
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-POS
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- OA Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HighMark
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Employee Health Plan
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- MultiPlan, Inc
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease/Pulmonary Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine/Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: National Capitol Consortium (2000)
Residency: Walter Reed National Medical Center (1997)
Medical School: University of Virginia (1994)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Recent Journal Articles
"The Role for Optical Density in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Cohort Study." Chest. 2015
"Clostridium difficile recurrence is a strong predictor of 30-day re-hospitalization among patients in intensive care." Infect Control Hospital Epidemiology. 2015
"Analysis of the phase 3 ESTABLISH trials of tedizolid versus linezolid in acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections." Antimicrob Agents Chemotherapy. 2015
Dr. Shorr's quick thinking helped save the life of the husband of Dr. Sandra Swain.