About me
Malady Kodgi, MD, is a senior attending physician in the at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center and an attending physician at the National Rehabilitation Hospital. He is also a member of the Pain Committee, working to ensure inpatient pain satisfaction.
As a pain management specialist, Dr. Kodgi specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of spine, joint and musculoskeletal pain. He sees patients for radiculitis, lumbar stenosis, lumbar radiculitis, disc disease, chronic low back pain, facet joint pain, and back pain related to strains, sprains, and the sciatic nerve. Dr. Kodgi works closely with doctors at the MedStar Orthopedic Institute of Georgetown to provide care for all of these conditions. In order to provide a comprehensive approach to care, he coordinates with orthopedic physicians to create a care plan that best fits the needs of each individual patient.
Treatment methods used by Dr. Kodgi include epidural injections, transforaminal injections, radiofrequency ablation, joint injections, trigger point injections, bursitis injections, ablation and spinal stimulation. Additionally, he utilizes sympathetic blocks, celiac plexus blocks, impar blocks, and trigger point injections.
Dr. Kodgi received his medical degree at Kasturba Medical College and completed a residency and board certification in orthopedic medicine at Mangalore University in India. He then arrived in New York, where he completed a general surgery internship at the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in New York City. Dr. Kodgi joined the MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital at the Georgetown University Medical Center for residency training in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Finally, he completed fellowship training in pain management at MedStar Washington Hospital Center before joining the staff full-time.
Philosophy of Care
“My primary goal is to improve function for my patients and reduce the burden on their bodies by using the least amount of medical intervention necessary. I believe in providing honest and practical care. In order for my patients to understand their diagnosis and treatment options, I communicate based on a foundation of transparency. I view myself as an extension of care. I provide appropriate consultations and interventions that help treat pain in addition to the care an individual is currently receiving.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Pain Management
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (AMPS)
- Cancer Pain
- Causalgia Of Lower Limb
- Causalgia Of Upper Limb
- Chronic Migraines
- Chronic Pain
- Degenerative Spine Pain
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Erythromelalgia
- Facet Joint Syndrome
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- HIV Neuropathy
- Intractable Pain
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Migraine
- Mononeuritis
- Mononeuritis Multiplex
- Musculocutaneous Neuropathy
- Nerve Compression Syndrome
- Neuralgia
- Neuritis
- Neuropathy
- Opioid Issues
- Pain Amplification Syndromes
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Persistent Pain After Orthopedic Surgery
- Phantom Limb
- Plexitis
- Polyneuropathy
- Post Laminectomy Syndrome
- Post Radiation Pain
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Radiculopathy
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Spinal Stenosis
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 Quality Point of Service (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Select
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Signature
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Virginia Premier
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna Indemnity
- Carefirst EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Fellowship Program: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2000)
Residency Program: MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (1999)
Internship Program: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (1996)
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College (1991)