About me
Rachna Malhotra, DO, is the Medical Director of the Stroke Recovery Program of MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital and Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University.
Dr. Malhotra completed her internship at St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital in New York before she joined the Georgetown University/MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital PM&R residency training program.
She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina. Dr. Malhotra received her DO from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Long Island, NY.
Dr. Malhotra is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She manages both inpatient and outpatient stroke services at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital.
Dr. Malhotra's of philosophy of care is to focus on getting patients back to their daily life and educating patients on preventing further strokes. Her clinical expertise and areas of focus include stroke in the young and secondary stroke prevention.
Clinical areas of focus
- Botox For Spasticity
- Brain Injury
- Electromyography
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Rehabilitation
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Spasticity
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Arthralgia
- Arthritis
- Back Muscle Injury
- Back Pain
- Brain Injury
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Neck Pain
- Neck Sprain
- Osteoarthritis
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Radiculopathy
- Repetitive Stress Injury
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rotator Cuff Injury
- Sciatica
- Shoulder Instability
- Spasticity
- Sports Related Injury
- Stress Fractures
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Balance Rehabilitation
- Botox For Spasticity
- Electromyography
- Gait Analysis
- Joint Injection
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Rehabilitation
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Sports Injury Rehabilitation
- Stroke Rehabilitation
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 Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Student Resources
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Golden Rule
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- D-SNP)
- I-SNP
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Choice Plus
- United Choice
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Navigate
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- Virginia Premier
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Optimum Choice
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Tricare for Life East
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Tricare East Select
- Tricare East Prime
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Carefirst EPO
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine
Residency Program: MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (2010)
Internship Program: St. Vincents Hospital and Medical Center (2007)
Medical School: New York College (2006)