Stephen R. Mitchell, MD| Pediatric Rheumatology | MedStar Health
About me
Stephen Ray Mitchell,MD, MBA, MACP, FRCP
Certified in Internal Medicine and Pedistrics And Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology
Clinical areas of focus
- Arthritis
- Gout
- Myositis
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogrens
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Vasculitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Arthritis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
- Antibody Deficiency
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Antisynthetase Syndrome
- Aortic Arteritis
- Arthralgia
- Arthritis
- Arthritis Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Arthritis Of Multiple Joints
- Arthropathy
- Autoinflammatory Diseases
- Behcet Syndrome
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
- Complement Deficiency
- Cranial Arteritis
- Crest
- Crystalline Arthritis
- Cutaneous Vasculitis
- Dermatomyositis
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
- Drug Induced Lupus Erythematosus
- Enthesitis
- Eosinophilic Fasciitis
- Erythema Nodosum
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Fibromyalgia
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Gonococcal Arthritis
- Gout
- Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
- Hip Arthritis
- Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D With Periodic Fever Syndrome
- Iga Vasculitis
- Igg 4 Related Diseases
- Immunoglobulin G Deficiency
- Inflammatory Arthritis (IA)
- Inflammatory Myopathy
- Inflammatory Polyarthropathy
- Isolated Central Nervous System Vasculitis
- Joint Disorder Of Multiple Joints
- Joint Effusion
- Joint Swelling
- Limp
- Lupus Nephritis
- Macrophage Activation Syndrome
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Monoarticular Arthritis
- Multi System Inflammatory Syndrome
- Myositis
- Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Overlap Syndromes
- Patellofemoral Arthritis
- Periodic Fever Syndromes
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Polyarthralgia
- Polyarthropathy
- Polychondritis
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Polymyositis
- Positive Anca
- Positive Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Test
- Positive Ccp
- Positive Rf
- Post Infectious Arthritis
- Pseudogout
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Raynaud's Disease
- Reactive Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Vasculitiis
- Sacroiliitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogrens
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Still's Disease
- Synovitis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Systemic Scleroderma
- Tenosynovitis
- Tophus
- Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome
- Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
- Uveitis
- Vasculitis
- Viral Arthritis
- Wrist Arthritis
Procedures I perform
- Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Blood Test
- Biologic Therapy For Rheumatologic Diseases
- Dsdna Test
- Human Leukocyte Antigen B27 Test
- Joint Injection
- Non Surgical Management Of Osteoarthritis
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
- Medicaid - Virginia
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Select
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- First Health PPO
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Navigate
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- United Choice
- Tricare East Prime
- Beech Street PPO
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Tricare East Select
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Medicaid - Maryland
- I-SNP
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare for Life East
- United Golden Rule
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Innovation Health: POS
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Choice Plus
- Carefirst EPO
- United Optimum Choice
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- D-SNP)
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Signature
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- WellPoint Maryland
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna EPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Virginia Premier
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology
Fellowship Program: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (1986)
Residency Program: North Carolina Memorial Hospital (1981)
Internship Program: North Carolina Memorial Hospital (1978)
Medical School: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (1976)
Awards
- Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award - Arthritis Foundation
- Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians, London
- Master of American College of Physicians
- Founding Fellow American College of Rheumatology
- American Mediclal Women's Association- Larry Zaroff Man of Good Conscience Award - 2021