Shawn Tejiram, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Burn Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Languages: English
202-877-7302
About me
Shawn Tejiram, MD is an attending surgeon at The Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in the Division of Trauma and Burn Surgery.
Dr. Tejiram specializes in burn injury, thermal injury to the skin, cold injury to the skin, electrical and chemical injuries, trauma to the skin, complex wounds, and major skin disorders with resultant skin loss such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis that requires significant wound care and ICU level care.
Dr. Tejiram received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida in 2008. He returned to complete his medical degree at the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida in 2012. From there, he completed his General Surgery residency at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center in 2018. During his residency, he participated in a research fellowship at the Firefighter’s Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory at The Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center where he developed his interest in burn injury and burn related care. From there, he went to northern California to pursue a Burn Surgery Fellowship at the University of California Davis Medical Center and Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California. He then followed this up with additional training in a second fellowship in Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at the University of California Davis Medical Center.
It was during his time as a research fellow at The Burn Center that Dr. Tejiram developed an interest in burn related care. He had the opportunity to study blood clot formation in burned patients and observed changes in scar healing following pressure therapy. His other research projects included examining the safety profile of transfusion strategies in pediatric burn patients and used machine learning as a new technique to examine utilization during massive transfusion activations in trauma. Experiences like these have culminated in an extensive list of published academic work, including multiple manuscripts, book chapters, and academic presentations both domestically and internationally. He has been published in many reputable journals such as the Journal of Burn Care and Research, Journal of Surgical Research, and Surgical Infections. He is an active member of the American Burn Association.
Dr. Tejiram hopes that these experiences will help contribute to furthering advancements and new developments in burn care for burn injured patients.
Philosophy of Care
“During my training taking care of burn injured patients, I appreciated the multidisciplinary approach necessary to ensure good outcomes and healing following burn injury. I realized the acute surgical management, critical care, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of burn injured patients must all work in tandem during all parts of a patient’s care.
I remain dedicated to my patients to ensure that they receive the care that they need. I cannot do it alone - I am grateful to the multidisciplinary team that assists me with caring for every burn injured patient that comes through our program. We believe in a wholistic approach to care and recovery after these devastating injuries.”
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Incision And Drainage Of Abscess
- Incision And Drainage Of Infected Wound
Practice locations
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110 Irving St NW
Ste 3B55
Washington, DC, 20010
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 Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna HMO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Administrators
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- HighMark
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Network OA
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Open POS II
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UHC Passport
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Navigate
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Choice POS
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Medicare Direct
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- POS OA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Basic
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- OA Plus
- United Student Resources
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Fellowship: University of California Davis Health (2020)
Residency: Medstar Washington Hospital Center (2018)
Medical School: University of South Florida (2012)