About me
Rachna Malhotra, DO, is the Medical Director of the Stroke Recovery Program of MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital and Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University.
Dr. Malhotra completed her internship at St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital in New York before she joined the Georgetown University/MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital PM&R residency training program.
She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina. Dr. Malhotra received her DO from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Long Island, NY.
Dr. Malhotra is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She manages both inpatient and outpatient stroke services at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital.
Dr. Malhotra's of philosophy of care is to focus on getting patients back to their daily life and educating patients on preventing further strokes. Her clinical expertise and areas of focus include stroke in the young and secondary stroke prevention.
Clinical areas of focus
- Botox For Spasticity
- Brain Injury
- Electromyography
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Rehabilitation
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Spasticity
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Arthralgia
- Arthritis
- Back Muscle Injury
- Back Pain
- Brain Injury
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Neck Pain
- Neck Sprain
- Osteoarthritis
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Radiculopathy
- Repetitive Stress Injury
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rotator Cuff Injury
- Sciatica
- Shoulder Instability
- Spasticity
- Sports Related Injury
- Stress Fractures
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Balance Rehabilitation
- Botox For Spasticity
- Electromyography
- Gait Analysis
- Joint Injection
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Rehabilitation
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Sports Injury Rehabilitation
- Stroke 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
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Open POS II
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Network OA
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Tricare Prime
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- FIRST HEALTH
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine
Residency Program: MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (2010)
Internship Program: St. Vincents Hospital and Medical Center (2007)
Medical School: New York College (2006)