Peter Ethan Turkeltaub, MD PhD| Neurology | MedStar Health
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
- CNS Vasculitis Treatment
- Demyelinating Disease
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Management
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
- Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
- Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO)
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) Treatment
- Sarcoidosis
- Sarcoidosis Treatment
- Transverse Myelitis Treatment
- Vestibular Neuritis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Anxiety
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Dorsalgia
- Dyslexia And Symbolic Dysfunctions
- Dystonia
- Early Complications Of Trauma
- Encephalitis
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Headache In Children
- Herpes
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Meningitis
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Sarcoidosis
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Sleep Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Subcortical Infarction
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vascular Dementia
- Vision Disturbances
- Voice And Resonance Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Botox Injection
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Cerebral Palsy Management
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Dopamine Therapy
- Electroencephalogram
- Electromyography
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Lumbar Puncture
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
- Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Pain Medication Management
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Prostate Injury Treatment
- Pulmonary Exercise Testing
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Sarcoidosis Treatment
- Seizure Treatment
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Stroke Management
- Swallowing Disorder Treatment
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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
- IH-POS Plus
- Navigate
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Medicare Direct
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CIGNA PPO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Medicare FFS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-POS
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Student Resources
- OA Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-HMO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Network OA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Basic
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice POS II
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- POS OA
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA EPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Beech Street PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Choice POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Administrators
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- HighMark
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
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)