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.
Clinical areas of focus
- Cerebral Palsy
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electromyography
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Parnaparin Reversal
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Stroke Rehabilitation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorder
- Botox
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cervical Spine Nerve Damage
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Hemiplegia
- Mononeuropathy Of The Arm
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Plexus Disorder
- Polyneuropathy Of The Leg
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spine Pain
Procedures I perform
- Auto Injury Rehabilitation
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Biostatistics
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Break-Even Analysis
- Bursitis Treatment
- Capitation
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Chronic Pain Rehabilitation
- Cold Pack
- Crisis Management
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electromyography
- Electronic Health Record
- Facial Weakness Treatment
- Falls Prevention
- Family Mediation
- Goal Setting And Achievement
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Health Savings Account
- Impairment Rating
- Infection Control
- Iontophoresis For Medication Delivery
- Joint Pain Treatment
- Kinesiology
- Limb Loss Rehabilitation
- Literature Review
- Live-In Care
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Mental Health Medication Management
- Movement Disorder Treatment
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
- Muscle Injection
- Musculoskeletal Disorder Treatment
- Musculoskeletal Pain Treatment
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Neurological Disorders Treatment
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Occupational Therapy Evaluation
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Orthotic Device Fitting
- Orthotics Fitting
- Osteoarthritis Rehabilitation
- Pain Medication Management
- Paraffin Wax Bath
- Parnaparin Reversal
- Performance Improvement
- Phonophoresis
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy
- Population Health Analytics
- Practice Guidelines
- Product Management
- Professional Development
- Psychiatric Physical Therapy
- Psychiatric Social Work
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Quality Control And Assurance
- Radiation Therapy
- Range Of Motion Exercises
- Rehabilitation Consultation
- Rehabilitation Guideline
- Rehabilitation Planning
- Rehabilitation Record
- Rehabilitation Research
- Rehabilitative Technology
- Reproductive Medicine
- Roux-En-Y Procedure
- Sepsis Treatment Protocols
- Speech Therapy
- Speech Therapy For Communication Skills
- Spinal Cord Injury Care
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Sports Injury Rehabilitation
- Stress Fracture Management
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Systematic Reviews
- Talent Acquisition
- Talent Development
- Telehealth
- Telemedicine Treatment
- Tendonitis Treatment
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Trigger Point Injection
- Work Injury Rehabilitation
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
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Navigate
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Sentara Health
- HighMark
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst NASCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Choice POS
- Medicare FFS
- UHC Passport
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Student Resources
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- First Health PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- POS OA
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
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.