Shilpa Saroop, PHD| Psychiatry, Psychology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Saroop is a licensed psychologist in the Women's Mental Health Program, Department of Psychiatry. She specializes in women's perinatal mental health and treats mood and anxiety disorders during pregnancy and postpartum. Dr. Saroop also provides support for women as they transition to motherhood. She conducts individual, couples, and family therapy. Another area of focus for Dr. Saroop includes providing support to families of babies receiving care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She developed the Two Hearts Mental Health and Wellness Program in the NICU which provides mental health and wellness support to NICU families and NICU staff. She provides onsite consultation to treatment providers and brief interventions, assessments, and referrals for individuals and families who have a child receiving care in the NICU. She also provides wellness support to NICU staff. Dr. Saroop also participates in the training of psychiatry residents at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Clinical areas of focus
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Depression
- Depression Treatment
- Maternal Diseases
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Mood Disorders
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Gallbladder Disease
- Insomnia
- Manic Episode
- Maternal Diseases
- Memory Disorder
- Mood Disorders
- Panic Attacks
- Postpartum Depression
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Suicidal Thought
- Trauma
Procedures I perform
- Affective Regulation
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Modification
- Biofeedback
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Camping Therapy
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Depression Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Exposure And Response Prevention
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Float Therapy
- Geriatric Endocrinology
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Grief Counseling
- Group Therapy
- Guided Imagery
- Habit Training
- Health Behavior Change
- Hypnotherapy
- I-131 Therapy
- Live-In Care
- Meditation And Mindfulness
- Memory Training
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Nutrition Counseling
- Pain Medication Management
- Parenting Skills Training
- Personality Disorder Treatment
- Play Therapy
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Relationship Therapy
- Relaxation Training
- Sleep Study
- Social Skills Training
- Sti Treatment
- Stress Reduction
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Tai Chi
- Weight Management Program
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
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
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- POS OA
- IH-PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open HMO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Sentara Health
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Medicare Direct
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Navigate
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- HighMark
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-POS
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Network OA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst EPO
- Optimum Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Administrators
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- OA Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Choice POS II
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
Education
Graduate: Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School (2003)
Awards
- Certificate of Appreciation for services provided in the NICU from NICU Families and Caregivers The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2019 The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2020 The Distinguished Psychotherapy Supervisor Award, Department of Psychiatry, 2021
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
June 26, 2020
Check Presentation: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Awarded Funding from The Juliet Grace Smith Foundation and The Ava Potter Pilcher Foundation for Mental Health and Wellness Support in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)