Walter J Roche, MD| Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Roche is a physiatrist who specializes in spine-related illnesses.
Dr. Roche speaks English and Spanish.
Dr. Roche's special interests include conservative spine care, musculoskeletal medicine, sports medicine and electrodiagnostic medicine. He also specializes in orthopedic rehabilitation, stroke, trauma, amputee care, rehabilitation, workers compensation and industrial injury.
Clinical areas of focus
- Bursopathy
- Hand And Wrist Fracture
- Lateral Meniscus Injury
- Osteoarthritis
- Tendinitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Ankle And Foot Ligament Sprain
- Bone Discontinuity
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Bursopathy
- Cardiovascular Disorders Of Newborn
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Flexor Tendonitis
- Foot Joint Pain
- Forearm And Elbow Joint Instability
- Forearm Tendon Injury
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Hand And Wrist Fracture
- Hand Joint Pain
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hip And Thigh Tendon Injury
- Hip Bursitis
- Hip Flexor Strain
- Hip Labral Tear
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Derangement Of Knee
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Meniscus Injury
- Knee Pain
- Kyphosis
- Lateral Meniscus Injury
- Limb Deformity
- Lumbar Disc Disease
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Muscle Disorders
- Muscle Weakness
- Musculoskeletal System Complications
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nerve Root Disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteonecrosis
- Osteoporosis
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder Arthritis
- Shoulder Burns
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Subcortical Infarction
- Synovium And Tendon Disorder
- Tendinitis
- Tendinous Disorders
- Thigh Fracture
- Thumb Synovitis
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Whiplash Injury
- Wrist And Hand Pain
Procedures I perform
- Absence Management
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Management
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Bone Repair
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Bursitis Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cold Pack
- Community Health
- Disease Prevention
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electromyography
- Emotional Intelligence Testing
- Falls Prevention
- Float Therapy
- Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Geriatric Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
- Graston Technique
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Heel Tendon Repair
- I-131 Therapy
- Iontophoresis For Medication Delivery
- Joint Arthroscopy
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Low Vision Therapy
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Muscle Injection
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Orthotic Device Fitting
- Orthotics Fitting
- Pain Medication Management
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Paraffin Wax Bath
- Postpartum Support
- Prenatal Lactation Education
- Prosthetic Training
- Range Of Motion Exercises
- Rehabilitation
- Suicide Intervention
- Tendinitis Treatment
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Trauma Therapy
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
- Trigger Point Injection
- Visian Icl
- Weight Management Program
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 Premier 200PD
- TRICARE East Prime
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Employee Health Plan
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-POS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- HighMark
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Choice POS II
- Network OA
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Indemnity
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UHC Passport
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Sentara Health
- HealthyBlue PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- POS OA
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Beech Street PPO
- First Health PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Optimum Choice Preferred (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: Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago (1996)
Internship: University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown GME (1993)
Medical School: Ponce Health Sciences University (1992)