
Katherine Marie Worst, NP, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Colon and Rectal Surgery
Languages
- English
Gender
FemaleAbout Katherine Marie Worst
Titles
Team Lead, Advanced Practice Providers
About the Provider
Katherine Worst, CPNP-AC, is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner specialized in acute care. After five years as a staff nurse at Children’s National Hospital, Katherine obtained her master's degree in 2013 and joined a team of providers servicing pediatric trauma, burn and general surgery patients. In 2017, she began independently running a Bowel Management Program at Children’s National for surgical patients who struggled with chronic constipation and incontinence following colorectal repair. Katherine fell in love with this patient population and became passionate about helping them to overcome challenges and improve their quality of life. In 2019, she was offered the opportunity to help develop the current Colorectal Program at Children’s National under the guidance of Marc Levitt, MD Katherine currently serves as one of the program's nurse practitioners and looks forward to the positive impact that this program will have for families worldwide.
NPI
1174957484
Locations
- Main Hospital-Surgical Specialty Clinic
- 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Room 4400, Washington, DC 20010
- phone: 202-476-3760
- fax: 202-476-2797
- Telehealth Video Visit
- 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Childrens National Telemedicine, Washington, DC 20010
- phone: 888-884-2327
Expertise
Education
Louisiana State University at Shreveport
Graduate, 2025University of Maryland School of Nursing
Graduate, 2013University of Maryland-Baltimore
Undergraduate, 2008Board Certifications
Family Nurse Practitioner
Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, 2013Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN)
Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, 2012Insurance
- Aetna
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Alliance Health Plan: Federal Employee Plan
- American Postal Workers Plan (Federal)
- Amerigroup DC
- Amerigroup Maryland
- AmeriHealth DC
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia
- Anthem HealthKeepers Plus (VA)
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan (Federal)
- CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
- CareFirst Community Plan of Maryland
- ChoiceCare PPO (Humana)
- Cigna Healthcare of the Mid Atlantic (includes Great West Healthcare)
- Claimsbridge PPO
- Conifer Health
- First Health
- Government Employees Health Association (Federal)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (DC)
- Kaiser Permanente Maryland Medicaid: referral required
- Kaiser Permanente Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente: referral required
- Mail Handlers (Federal)
- Maryland Physicians Care
- Medicaid Managed Care or Public Health Plans (Military)
- MedStar Family Choice (DC)
- MedStar Family Choice (MD)
- Molina Health Care of VA
- Multiplan/Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- National Association of Letter Carriers (Federal)
- Priority Partners MCO (MD)
- Tricare Humana Military
- U.S. Family Health Plans Johns Hopkins (Federal)
- United Virginia Medicaid
- UnitedHealthcare
- UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Maryland
- Virginia Premiere