About me
Dr. Pothast is a native of Ohio and earned his undergraduate degree in exercise biology from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He received his medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2008. Afterwards, Dr. Pothast went on to finish a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia in 2012, where he served as chief resident. He then completed his Sports Medicine Fellowship in 2014 from the University of Florida, where he worked extensively with athletes of all ages from youth leagues to the NCAA Division 1 level. Dr. Pothast is double board certified in sports medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation. He has a special interest in working with runners, from the recreational to the elite. Dr. Pothast also enjoys providing sideline coverage at local sporting events. In his spare time, Dr. Pothast remains active by running road races with his wife, as well as playing chase with his golden retriever. His slower-paced interests include cooking for his family and watching college basketball.
Philosophy of care
No matter your sport or your activity, I strive to get you back to your love of life, whether that is running, swimming, biking, playing basketball, or gardening. I work alongside a variety of physical, occupational, and speech therapists to appropriately diagnose your problem, to get to the root of it, and to prevent it from coming back. I perform musculoskeletal ultrasound guided injections right in the office, as well as use that same ultrasound technology to analyze muscles, tendons, and nerves. In addition, I manage your diagnosis closely with therapists to correct biomechanical deficiencies with your running, swimming, and working technique. We want to add quality of life to you, not for the next few weeks, but for the next few years.
Clinical areas of focus
- Arthrocentesis
- Back Pain Treatment
- Bone Repair
- Cartilage Injury
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Concussion Rehabilitation
- Fatigue Management
- Foot Joint Pain
- Heel Tendon Repair
- Hip Labral Tear
- Knee Replacement Rehabilitation
- Muscle Injection
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Sciatica Treatment
- Shoulder Instability Treatment
- Sports Injury
- Sports Injury Rehabilitation
- Sports Injury Treatment
- Trigger Point Injection
- Ultrasonic Guidance
- Ultrasound-Guided Cyst Aspiration
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Ankle And Foot Fracture
- Ankle And Foot Injury
- Ankle And Foot Ligament Sprain
- Arthritis
- Arthropathy
- Bone Disorders
- Bursopathy
- Cartilage Disorder
- Cartilage Injury
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Elbow And Forearm Injury
- Elbow Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Enthesopathies
- Foot Joint Pain
- Forearm Fracture
- Fractures Of The Neck
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Hand And Wrist Fracture
- Head Injury
- Hip And Thigh Tendon Injury
- Hip Labral Tear
- Hip Pain
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Derangement Of Knee
- Joint Disorder
- Knee Fracture
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Pain
- Kyphosis
- Limb Deformity
- Lower Leg And Ankle Fracture
- Lower Leg Injury
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Muscle Disorders
- Musculoskeletal System Complications
- Musculoskeletal System Deformities
- Myopathies
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nerve Root Disorders
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteochondropathies
- Osteonecrosis
- Patella Tracking Disorder
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Muscle, Fascia, And Tendon Injury
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Tendon Injury
- Shoulder Burns
- Shoulder Fracture
- Shoulder Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Osteochondrosis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Sports Injury
- Subcortical Infarction
- Superficial Knee Injury
- Synovium And Tendon Disorder
- Tendinous Disorders
- Thumb Synovitis
- Wrist And Hand Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
Procedures I perform
- Ankle Fracture Treatment
- Arthrocentesis
- Back Pain Treatment
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Bone Repair
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Concussion Rehabilitation
- Elbow Pain Treatment
- Fatigue Management
- Heel Tendon Repair
- Hip Arthritis Treatment
- Knee Pain Management
- Knee Replacement Rehabilitation
- Meniscus Injury Treatment
- Muscle Injection
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- Sciatica Treatment
- Shoulder Dislocation Treatment
- Shoulder Instability Treatment
- Shoulder Pain Management
- Sports Injury Rehabilitation
- Sports Injury Treatment
- Sports Performance Enhancement
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Trigger Point Injection
- Ultrasonic Guidance
- Ultrasound-Guided Cyst Aspiration
Practice locations
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18109 Prince Philip Dr
Ste 125
Olney, MD, 20832
882 Muddy Branch Rd
Darnestown, MD, 20878
20500 Seneca Meadows Pkwy
Ste 101
Germantown, MD, 20876
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
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Navigate
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Student Resources
- IH-POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice POS
- Network OA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open POS II
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- HighMark
- Medicare FFS
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- TRICARE for Life East
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- POS OA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 5000
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Fellowship: University of Florida (2014)
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals (2012)
Internship: Riverside Methodist Hospital (2009)
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine (2008)