Hala Ashraf, DO| Palliative Medicine, Hospice And Palliative Medicine | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Supportive Care
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)
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
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- 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
Practice locations
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110 Irving St NW Room 1A-50A Washington, DC, 20010
202-877-2835
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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.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Navigate
- IH-PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA PPO
- Network OA
- Beech Street PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA EPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Administrators
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- OA Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-POS Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Employee Health Plan
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Sentara Health
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HighMark
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- POS OA
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Choice Fund PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (2025)
Fellowship: Virginia Commonwealth University (2022)
Residency: University of Illinois at Peoria College of Medical (2021)
Medical School: Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (2018)