About me
Katie A. Cormier is a board-certified family nurse practitioner at MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She specializes in volunteer bone-marrow and stem-cell donations to treat acute leukemia, sickle cell, multiple myeloma, lymphoma, and other blood disorders. She also is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society – Arlington Chapter.
Katie’s approach to care centers on nurturing respectful and compassionate relationships that prioritize the overall well-being of volunteer donors. Katie performs medical exams that include physicals, lab work, and imaging screenings. At these appointments, she begins by empathetically listening to donors and clearly answering all their questions. She then collaborates with an experienced team of clinicians to collect stem cells using apheresis (outpatient blood draw) or bone marrow (surgical soft-tissue removal) procedures. During every step of the donation process, she provides comprehensive follow-up care and insightful education.
Katie is dedicated to advancing the use of mindfulness and other self-relaxation techniques to support donors’ mental health. She is particularly interested in treatments for blood disorders using cellular therapies. These types of therapies can lead to personalized treatments, improved outcomes, and even cures. She also is proud to be a part of one of the largest bone-marrow collection centers in the country for non-related donors. Referring physicians should know that Katie is committed to providing high-quality and timely grafts to ensure better patient outcomes.
Philosophy of care
“People who volunteer to provide stem cells or bone marrow share invaluable gifts. Such life-saving offerings strengthen not only recipients but also their families and communities. That’s why I’m passionate about ensuring the care, safety, and mental health of donors. They are true inspirations.
In my free time, I enjoy reading books and exploring the outdoors. These hobbies are linked to my interests in expanding knowledge and appreciating nature. In my profession, stem-cell therapy is like a book of endless possibilities just waiting to be discovered. Every day, I look forward to contributing to the next chapter of this exciting branch of medicine.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Bladder Cancer Surgery
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Colorectal Cancer Surgery
- Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant Preparation
- Kidney Resection
- Lung Cancer Surgery
- Lung Mass Treatment
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Pleural Cancer Treatment
- Prostate Cancer Surgery
- Thymoma Treatment
Procedures I perform
- Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant
- Bladder Cancer
- Bladder Cancer Surgery
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Bone Cancer Staging
- Bone Marrow Aspiration
- Cancer Pain Management
- Colorectal Cancer Surgery
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Esophageal Cancer Surgery
- Fallopian Tube Removal
- Genetic Counseling
- Genomic Testing For Cancer
- Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant Preparation
- Immunotherapy
- Kidney Cancer
- Kidney Resection
- Leukopenia Treatment
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Lung Cancer Surgery
- Lung Mass Treatment
- Lung Metastasis Treatment
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplant
- Mesothelioma Treatment
- Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment
- Pancreas Cancer Surgery
- Penile Cancer
- Penile Cancer Treatment
- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Pleural Cancer Treatment
- Prostate Cancer Surgery
- Pulmonary Nodule Treatment
- Rectal Cancer Surgery
- Red Blood Cell Transfusion
- Seminoma Treatment
- Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment
- Stomach Cancer Surgery
- Testicular Cancer
- Testicular Cancer Treatment
- Thrombocytapheresis
- Thymoma Treatment
- Thymus Cancer Treatment
- Transitional Cell Carcinoma Treatment
- White Blood Cell Transfusion
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Concentrated Care Center 5th Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-4214Fax 202-444-3263
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
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-POS Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- OA Plus
- Aetna HMO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Navigate
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-POS
- TRICARE East Prime
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Network OA
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-Open HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- POS OA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- HighMark
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Choice POS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Basic
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Sentara Health
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- TRICARE for Life East
- UHC Passport
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice POS II
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
Education
Board Certification: American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Graduate: George Mason University (2018)