About me
Rocco A. Armonda, MD, is director of Neuroendovascular Surgery for MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, surgical co-director for the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Washington, and associate professor and director of Neurosurgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS).
Dr. Armonda graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and from USUHS in 1990, with academic honors. His surgical internship and neurosurgery residency were completed at Walter Reed Army MEDCEN. He was selected for a fellowship in Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadephia from 1997-99. He recently joined MedStar Health after a 31-year military career in which he was awarded the Bronze Star for service, the Army Medical Proficiency 'A' Designator for excellence in both clinical and academic medicine in 2009, and the Young Neurosurgeon's Award in 2005 from the AANS.
He focuses on the areas of cerebrovascular disease, neurotrauma, and neurocritical care. He has advanced the use of multi-modal monitoring in the military and treatment techniques to patients with neurotrauma and stroke with both invasive and non-invasive monitoring. His seminal work includes the detection and treatment of traumatic cerebral vasospasm, traumatic pseudoaneurysms, decompressive craniotomy for wartime trauma, cranial-facial post-traumatic reconstruction, multimodal AVM treatments, and the design and deployment of the advanced neurointerventional operating room.
His research efforts include clinical studies on the long-term outcomes of wartime post-hemicraniectomy patients, nanotechnology designed biologically active stents for neurovascular disease, non-invasive monitoring of cerebral blood flow, the neurovascular effects of blast injuries, and neurosurgical surgical simulators for hemicraniectomy training modules.
Clinical areas of focus
- Aneurysm
- Brain Neoplasms
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Aneurysm
- Arterial Malformation Brain
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Berry Aneurysm
- Brain Metastases
- Brain Neoplasms
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cavernous Hemangioma
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Dural Sinus Thrombosis
- Epidural Hematoma
- Epidural Hemorrhage
- Facial Spasm
- Glioma
- Hemangioblastoma
- Hemangiopericytoma
- Herniation Syndrome
- Hydrocephalus
- Intracranial Arterial Occlusion
- Intracranial Hemangioma
- Intracranial Hemorrhage
- Meningioma
- Moyamoya
- Non Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
- Ruptured Brain Aneurysm
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Subdural Hematoma
- Subdural Hemorrhage
- Syringobulbia
- Syringomyelia
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vascular Brain Tumors
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
- Vascular Malformations Of The Spine
- Vein Of Galen Malformation
- Venous Malformation Brain
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
- Brain Surgery
- Burr Hole
- Chiari Decompression
- Clipping Of Brain Aneurysm
- Craniectomy
- Craniotomy
- Flow Diversion For Cerebral Aneurysms
- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
- Head Reconstruction
- Intracranial Arterial Bypass
- Microsurgery
- Microvascular Decompression
- Neuroendoscopy
- Neurointerventional Biplane Angiography System
- Resection Of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Ventricular Shunt
- Ventriculo Peritoneal Shunt
- Ventriculostomy
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Neurosurgery Washington, DC, 20007
202-877-5026Fax 202-877-5551
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
- Kaiser Select
- United Choice Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna HMO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Tricare for Life East
- D-SNP)
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- United Choice
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- United Navigate
- Kaiser Signature
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- I-SNP
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- WellPoint Maryland
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna Indemnity
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna Network Open Access
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Medicaid - Virginia
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Medicaid - Maryland
- CareFirst NASCO
- Tricare East Select
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Tricare East Prime
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Carefirst EPO
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- United Golden Rule
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Virginia Premier
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Fellowship: Sidney Kimmel Medical College (1999)
Residency: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (1997)
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (1990)
Medical School: United States Military Academy (1986)