About me
Notice to patients: Eff. April 18, 2023 Dr. Groah's McLean office has moved to 1420 Beverly Road, McLean VA 22101, phone number (703) 288-2790
Dr. Groah is Director of the SCI Rehabilitation and Recovery Program and Director of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Research at MedStar NRH, and Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University. She served on the Board of Directors of the American Spinal Injury Association from 2010-2016, was from 2017 has served as an Officer of the organization. She has a subspecialty certification in SCI Medicine from the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and was a writer for the SCI Subspecialty Examination from 2006-2015. Dr. Groah has had continual research funding since 2003, was the Project Director of two RRTC’s on Secondary Conditions after SCI (2003-2016), National Capital SCI Model System (2006-2011), and is currently Project Director of the RRTC on Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction and the National Capital Spinal Cord Injury Model System, both designated centers of excellence. She also has had funding by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation and the Department of Defense. She is an Associate Editor of the advanced SCI text, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, published in 2019, and serves as the co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Topics in SCI Rehabilitation. She was Co-Chair of the PVA Consortium Guideline on Carbohydrate and Lipid Disorders after SCI and was an expert panel member for the PVA Consortium Guideline on Bladder Management. She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles. After completing residency in PM&R at the Medical College of Virginia, Dr. Groah completed two fellowships (Aging with SCI research and clinical Neurorehabilitation), both at Craig Hospital. She received her MSPH from the University of Colorado at the same time.
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acquired Absence Of Limb
- Amputation
- Ankle And Foot Fracture
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Bone Discontinuity
- Cervical Fracture
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Deforming Dorsopathy
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Dorsopathy Of The Thoracic Spine
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Flexor Tendonitis
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Procedures I perform
- Joint Pain Treatment
- Mental Health Medication Management
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 Permanente Signature
- POS OA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Medicare FFS
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE for Life East
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Sentara Health
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Navigate
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice POS
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- OA Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Choice Fund PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Choice POS II
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Network OA
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Medicare Direct
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HighMark
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- First Health PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-POS
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (1996)
Internship: Riverside Regional Medical Center GME (1993)
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University (1992)
Awards
- John W Goldschmidt Excellence in Rehabilitation Award (2018) Susan Carter Lecture Award
- MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (2016) Gail F. Beach Visiting Lecturer
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis (2015)
- Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Alumni Award and Lecture
- (2013)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Dr. Groah is the Project Director of the prestigious Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems grant.