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
- United Student Resources
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- OA Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Sentara Health
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- TRICARE for Life East
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Navigate
- UHC Passport
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open HMO
- Choice POS
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- POS OA
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Administrators
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Medicare FFS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
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, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
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.