About me
Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD, is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, and is director of the Aphasia Clinic at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Turkeltaub also directs the Cognitive Recovery Lab and is a member of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery, a joint program of Georgetown University and MedStar National Rehabilitation Network that focuses on the study of neural plasticity, the biological process that underlies the brain's ability to learn, develop, and recover from injury. His research and clinical work focuses on improving recovery of speech and language functions after stroke or brain injury.
Prior to MedStar NRH, Dr. Turkeltaub completed his residency in Neurology and fellowship in Cognitive Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Medical Doctor degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and his PhD in Neuroscience from Georgetown University.
Dr. Turkeltaub is a member of the board of the National Aphasia Association, and is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Society for Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Society for the Neurobiology of Language, and the Academy of Aphasia. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He received the Founders Award from the American Academy of Neurology in 2011, and was the recipient of a 2012 Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Care
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Apraxia
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Disease
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Headache In Children
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Care
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Botox Injection
- Brain Imaging
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Care
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Electroencephalogram
- Electromyography
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
- Muscle Biopsy
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Seizure Treatment
- Stroke Management
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8525Fax 877-245-1499
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
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-PPO
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Network OA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Navigate
- Employee Health Plan
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Choice POS
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Beech Street PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- HighMark
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Choice POS II
- TRICARE for Life East
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Student Resources
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2011)
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2009)
Internship: Georgetown University Hospital (2006)
Medical School: Georgetown University (2005)