About me
Dr. Gordon also sees patients at the following address:
102 Irving Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-877-1120
Fax: 202-291-5366
Samuel Gordon, PhD, is a clinical psychologist at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital serving children, adolescents, and adults with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities. He has been at MedStar NRH since 1989, and previously worked with the District of Columbia Public Schools, Howard University Child Development Center. Dr. Gordon is particularly interested in promoting optimal mental and physical health behaviors to residents of urban environments where multiple sources of stress can lead to or exacerbate chronic illnesses and disabilities. He is a member of the Association of Black Psychologists, District of Columbia Psychology Association, and the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers, and is licensed in both Maryland and the District of Columbia. Dr. Gordon provides psychotherapeutic interventions aimed at mediating suffering associated with psychological and physical pains that are the result of or exacerbated by long-term physical and medical disabling conditions.
Clinical areas of focus
- Dementia
- Depression And Anxiety Assessments
- Executive Function Disorder
- Neurocognitive Disorder Due To Multiple Etiologies
- Neurocognitive Disorder Due To Traumatic Brain Injury
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Sports Related Concussion Testing
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Depression And Anxiety Assessments
- Mental Health
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Sports Related Concussion Testing
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
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)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Choice
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Tricare Prime
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- FIRST HEALTH
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Choice Fund PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
Education
Graduate Education: University of Maryland at College Park (1987)
Internship Program: Childrens National Medical Center (1987)
Graduate Education: University of Maryland at College Park (1982)