Emily Jennifer Aron, MD| Psychiatry, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry | MedStar Health
About me
Emily Aron, MD, is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist with a particular interest in infant and early childhood mental health. After completing her general residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital, she completed her child and adolescent fellowship at NYU.
Dr. Aron is experienced in multiple therapy modalities including those that focus on prevention for young children and their parents such as Parent Child Interaction Therapy and Child Parent Psychotherapy. Dr. Aron provides services in historically marginalized community settings focusing on trauma and resilience while also addressing social determinants of mental health and advocating for social justice.
Clinical areas of focus
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Developmental Assessment
- Developmental Delay
- Developmental Disabilities
- Eating Disorders
- Learning Disabilities
- Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Trauma
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Reflexes
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Addiction Disorders
- Adjustment Disorder
- Agitation
- Alcohol Dependency
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Anxiety
- Arm Weakness
- Arteriovenous Fistula
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Ataxia
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Disorders
- Behcet Syndrome
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Carotid Stenosis
- Central Nervous System Lupus
- Cerebellar Ataxia
- Cerebellar Disease
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cervical Dystonia
- Cervical Plexopathy
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
- CNS Vasculitis
- Cognitive Impairment
- Complicated Bereavement Disorder
- Compulsive And Addictive Behaviors
- Concussion
- Conversion Disorder
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Cyclothymic Disorder
- Dejerine Sottas Disease
- Delusional Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Developmental Delay
- Developmental Disabilities
- Diabetic Lumbosacral Radiculoplexus Neuropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diplopia
- Disruptive Behavior
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Encephalopathies
- Epilepsy
- Executive Function Disorder
- Facial Droop
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Facial Pain
- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Femoral Neuropathy
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Grief
- Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Hallucinations
- Headache
- HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
- HIV Myopathy
- Hoarding Disorder
- Horner Syndrome
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypomania
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Inclusion Body Myopathy
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lacunar Stroke
- Learning Disabilities
- Leg Weakness
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Lip Droop
- Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
- Mania
- Medication Overuse Headache
- Mood Disorders
- Movement Diseases And Disorders
- Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Weakness
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelitis
- Myoclonic Epilepsy With Ragged Red Fibers
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Nerve Root Disorder
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neuralgia
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO)
- Neuropathy
- Non Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
- Novel Coronavirus Related Mental Health Conditions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Panic Attack
- Paramyotonia Congenita
- Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
- Paraplegia
- Paresthesia
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Periodic Paralysis
- Peripheral Nerve Injury
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Periventricular Leukomalacia
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Personality Disorder
- Phobia
- Plexopathy
- Positional Vertigo
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Postpartum Anxiety
- Postpartum Psychosis
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Primary Cerebellar Degeneration
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Psycho Oncology
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychosomatic Disorders
- Quadriplegia
- Radiculopathy
- Repetitive Behaviors
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Sensory Impairment
- Sensory Neuronopathy
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
- Social Media Addiction
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Somatoform Disorders
- Spasticity
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia
- Spinocerebellar Degeneration
- Spinocerebellar Diseases
- Statin Myopathy
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide Attempt
- Syncope
- Tetraplegia
- Thought Disorder
- Tic Disorders
- Tinnitus
- Torticollis
- Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Treatment Resistant Depression
- Tremor
- Trichotillomania
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Unsteady Gait
- Vertigo
- Vision Loss
- Visual Impairment
Procedures I perform
- Adult Psychiatry
- Angiography
- Avm Embolization
- Behavior Counseling
- Botox For Dystonia
- Botox For Hemifacial Spasm
- Botox For Spasticity
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Children Of Incarcerated Parents Counselling
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Developmental Assessment
- Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Evaluation (EMU)
- Grief And Loss Counseling
- Headache Therapy
- LGBTQ+ Health
- Men's Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Infusion Treatment
- Neuropsychiatry
- Online Psychiatrist
- Psychotherapy
- Transplant Psychiatry
- Trauma Focused Psychotherapy
- Virtual Care
- Women's Mental Health
- Work Reintegration Therapy
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
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- FIRST HEALTH
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Tricare Prime
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Student Resources
- First Health PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Fellowship Program: New York University Downtown Hospital (2013)
Internship/Residency: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine (2011)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2008)