About me
Dr. Aarthi G. Shenoy is a board-certified and fellowship-trained hematologist specializing in cellular therapies for blood cancers including chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, autologous stem cell transplantation, and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Many patients come to her at an important turning point—when a diagnosis is new, when treatment needs to change, or when a second opinion is sought. At these moments, she helps patients understand their options and what each path could mean for their care.
Dr. Shenoy has cared for patients across the MedStar Health system for many years, guiding people with blood cancers from diagnosis through treatment decisions and long term follow up. She also brings experience from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health, where she cared for patients with rare disorders.
Dr. Shenoy has published extensively in peer reviewed medical journals and has served as a principal investigator on clinical trials. For patients, this means she stays closely connected to the latest evidence and can discuss when standard therapy is the best option and when a clinical trial may offer another path—always with a focus on safety, side effects, and quality of life.
Philosophy of Care
Dr. Shenoy gets to know each patient as a person, including their background, their concerns, and what matters most to them. Cell-based treatments can feel unfamiliar, so she takes the time to walk them through what happens at each stage, talks openly about benefits and risks, and makes sure patients know what to expect and who to contact if questions or concerns arise. Her goal is for her patients to feel supported and prepared, not rushed or overwhelmed.
She believes patients deserve time and space to talk about what is most important to them. As she gets to know her patients, she encourages open conversations about worries, expectations, and goals. Together, they review options and choose an approach that fits the patient’s priorities, whether that includes moving forward with a cellular therapy, exploring a clinical trial, or assessing another path. To support this process, a dedicated team reviews patient cases regularly, bringing together shared expertise so recommendations are well considered.
She wants each of her patients to feel heard, informed, and confident in the path she helps guide, knowing they have a trusted partner throughout their healthcare journey.
Education & Training
Dr. Shenoy earned her medical degree from the University of Iowa and completed her internal medicine residency at the University of California San Diego. She then completed a hematology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. This training helps her guide patients through challenging decisions and to plan care carefully before, during, and after cellular therapy.
Dr. Shenoy is also a member of the American Society of Hematology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the United States Cutaneous Lymphoma Consortium. Through these organizations, she remains engaged with emerging research and evolving treatment advances, helping keep care aligned with current best practices.
About MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute
MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute combines medical expertise, the latest therapies, and research across MedStar Health. Our research engine, the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in the Washington, D.C., region. This partnership means we provide access to cutting-edge clinical trials and the latest breakthroughs in cancer care.
Clinical areas of focus
- Lymph Node Biopsy
Procedures I perform
- Ambulatory Phlebectomy
- Antineoplastic Injection
- Antineoplastic Therapy Of Lymphatics
- Ascites Drainage
- Autologous Whole Blood Transfusion
- Blood Banking
- Blood Transfusion
- Bone Marrow Aspiration
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Directed Blood Donation
- Dopamine Therapy
- Factor Vii Infusion
- Iliac Bone Marrow Extraction
- Immunoglobulin Administration
- Lymph Node Biopsy
- Marrow Ablation
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplant
- Nonautologous Frozen Plasma Transfusion
- Nonautologous Platelet Transfusion
- Nonautologous Red Blood Cells Transfusion
- Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion
- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Plasma Depletion Of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells
- Red Blood Cell Exchange
- Removal Of Central Venous Access Device
- Stem Cell Collection
- Thrombocytapheresis
- Whole Blood Transfusion
Practice locations
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1133 21st St NW
Bldg 2 8th Fl
Washington, DC, 20036
110 Irving St NW
Cancer Institute Rm 2149
Washington, DC, 20010
3800 Reservoir Rd NW
PHC 6th Fl
Washington, DC, 20007
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 for Life East
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Choice POS II
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- First Health PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-PPO
- Network OA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Beech Street PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- UHC Passport
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Basic
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HighMark
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA EPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst NASCO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- First Health PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Sentara Health
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Navigate
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open POS II
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- POS OA
- Choice Fund PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Medicare Direct
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- BlueChoice Open Access
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-POS
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (2007)
Residency: University of California San Diego (2000)
Internship: University of California San Diego (1998)
Medical School: University of Iowa School of Medicine (1997)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025