About me
Dr. Garcia sees patients at the following address:
102 Irving Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-877-1120
Fax: 202-291-5366
Dr. Pura Garcia received her PsyD in Clinical Psychology, specializing in Neuropsychology, from Ponce Health Sciences University in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She completed an APA approved clinical internship specializing in Neuropsychology at Northwell Health (formerly known as North Shore/Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Zucker Hillside Hospital) in Long Island, New York. She then completed a two year neuropsychology fellowship consistent with APA Division 40/Houston Guidelines, at the MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, DC.
Dr. Garcia joined the psychology department at MedStar NRH in 2018. She is currently a clinical neuropsychologist working primarily on the outpatient service providing evaluations and treatment for individuals with a variety of neurological presentations, including dementia, stroke, acquired brain injury, anoxic injury, encephalopathy, movement disorders, epilepsy, and other neurologically based disorders. Dr. Garcia is actively involved in the Concussion Clinic program at MedStar NRH, providing evaluations and treatment to individuals who have sustained mild brain injuries. Dr. Garcia is fluent in Spanish along with English and has experience in cross-cultural neuropsychology. She thus is able to evaluate and provide treatment to Spanish-language patients.
Dr. Garcia has research interests in cross-cultural neuropsychology, neurodegenerative disorders, TBI, and cerebrovascular accidents.
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Alzheimer's Disease Counseling
- Anxiety Management Therapy
- Concussion Testing
- Individual Therapy
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Virtual Care
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
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Virginia Premier
- United Choice Plus
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Tricare East Prime
- Cigna EPO
- Carefirst EPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- D-SNP)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Choice
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Student Resources
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Tricare for Life East
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Navigate
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Golden Rule
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Kaiser Select
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Kaiser Signature
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HealthyBlue PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Indemnity
- Tricare East Select
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- I-SNP
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- United Optimum Choice
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Fellowship Program: MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (2018)
Graduate Education: Ponce School of Medicine (2015)