Highlights
Languages
- Afrikaans
- English
Gender
MaleAbout Adre Jacques du Plessis
Titles
Director, Zickler Family Prenatal Pediatrics Institute
Director, Prenatal-Neonatal Neuroscience Program
About the Provider
Adré J. du Plessis, MBChB, is a full-time attending in prenatal neurology, as well as the director of the Zickler Family Prenatal Pediatrics Institute, division chief of Prenatal and Transitional Pediatrics and director of the Prenatal-Neonatal Neuroscience Program at Children's National Hospital. In addition, Dr. du Plessis is a professor of pediatrics and neurology at George Washington University School of Medicine.
He is a leading international expert in the normal and abnormal development of the brain, as well as the mechanisms of injury to the immature brain. Under his leadership, the Prenatal Pediatrics Institute provides individualized and specialized care to patients during and after the baby’s birth.
Dr. du Plessis specializes in prenatal neurology, particularly fetal brain developmental anomalies and the advanced fetal imaging that is used to diagnose these conditions in early pregnancy. His career-long research focus has been on the nervous system of the fetus and newborn, the hazards and mechanisms of injury, and the potential prevention of insult to the brain.
Departments
Awards and Recognition
Top Doctors No Va Magazine (2026, 2025, 2023)
NPI
1851323398
Research Profile
https://childrensnational.org/Research/People/Du-Plessis-Adre
Locations
- Main Hospital-Prenatal Pediatrics Institute
- 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20010
- phone: 202-476-7409
- fax: 202-476-5897
- Telehealth Video Visit
- 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Childrens National Telemedicine, Washington, DC 20010
- phone: 888-884-2327
- Northern Virginia
- 3023 Hamaker Court, Fairfax, VA 22031
- phone: 571-226-8380
Expertise
Education
- Graduate: Harvard School of Public Health, 1995
- Fellow: Children's Hospital of Boston, Pediatric Neurology, 1993
- Resident: Children's Hospital of Boston, Pediatric Neurology, 1991
- Resident: St. Louis Childrens Hospital, Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neur, 1990
- Resident: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Neurology, 1989
- Resident: Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Pediatrics, 1988
- Intern: Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Pediatrics, 1987
- Medical School: University of Cape Town, 1980
Board Certifications
- -: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1992
Insurance
- 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
Ratings & Reviews
4.9 out of 5
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