About me
As a reproductive geneticist and high risk obstetrician, Dr. Fries recognizes the privilege of caring for those whose road to motherhood has been difficult and uncertain. Mothers with genetic conditions, such as brittle bone disease, or problems, such as repaired congenital heart anomalies, have special risks in pregnancy. She is committed to providing the most compassionate and experienced care for these high risk women and their infants--comprehensive, honest, and committed care from preconception to postpartum. Dr. Fries works as part of a multidisciplinary and regional involvement of the adult physicians at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and the Fetal Program at Children's National Medical Center. This inclusiveness allows women who may have doubted their chance for a healthy and successful pregnancy to realize their dreams.
Dr. Fries has spent over 30 years in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. She trained at the Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences, and did her OB/GYN residency at Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center and fellowship in reproductive genetics at University of California-San Francisco. After 26 years in the Air Force, Dr. Fries retired from the military and joined the faculty at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She presently serves as the Director of the Special Moms/Special Babies program, the Clinical Executive Director of the DC Perinatal Quality Collaborative, and is a member of the DC Maternal Mortality Committee.
Additional Practice Location:
18101 Prince Philip Dr
Ste 5100
Olney, MD 20832
Phone: (301) 570-7424
Fax: (301) 570-7425
Clinical areas of focus
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Huntington's Disease
- Marfan Syndrome
- Neurofibromatosis
- Prenatal Care
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Thalassemia
- Turner Syndrome
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Cesarean Delivery
- Fetal Monitoring
- Pregnancy Ultrasound
- Prenatal Care
Practice locations
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106 Irving St NW Perinatal Center Ste 108 South Tower Washington, DC, 20010
202-877-6093Fax 202-877-8695
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
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Student Resources
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Navigate
- First Health PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- HighMark
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CIGNA PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-POS
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- POS OA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Medicare Direct
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Beech Street PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Sentara Health
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Optimum Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- First Health PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- IH-PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open HMO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- OA Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
Education
Board Certification: ,
Board Certification: ,
Fellowship: University of California Hospital & Medical Center (1992)
Residency: Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgery Center (1988)
Internship: Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgery Center (1985)
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (1984)