Florina Mihaela Constantinescu, MD| Rheumatology | MedStar Health
About me
- Director of the Division of Rheumatology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
- Program Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
- Associate Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center
- President of DC Rheumatism Society 2021- 2022
- Medical research publications available through PubMed
Voted Top Doctor by:
- The Washingtonian 2019, 2022
- Northern Virginia Magazine 2021, 2022
- Washington Consumers Checkbook 2022
Clinical areas of focus
- Biologic Therapy For Rheumatologic Diseases
- Inflammatory Myositis
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Vasculitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Acantholytic Disorders
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Artery Disorders
- Arthritis
- Arthropathy
- Autoinflammatory Syndrome
- Back Pain
- Bleeding Disorders
- Bone Density Disorder
- Bursopathy
- Cartilage Disorder
- Chronic Gout
- Connective Tissue Disorders
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dermatomyositis
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Effects Of Reduced Temperature
- Elbow Pain
- Elevated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
- Enteropathic Arthropathies
- Enthesopathies
- Episcleritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Foot Joint Pain
- Gallbladder Disease
- Genetic Susceptibility To Disease
- Hand Joint Pain
- Hemorrhagic Conditions
- Hip Pain
- Immunodeficiencies
- Inflammatory Myositis
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Disorder
- Keratitis
- Knee Pain
- Limb Deformity
- Liver Enzyme Abnormalities
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lower Leg Injury
- Lupus Nephritis
- Meniscal Tear Of The Knee
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Multiple Myeloma Of The Spine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myocarditis
- Myopathies
- Neck Pain
- Necrotizing Vasculopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Orbit Disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis Of First Carpometacarpal Joint
- Osteoarthritis Pain
- Osteopenia
- Osteoporosis
- Pemphigoid
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Polyarticular Arthritis
- Polyosteoarthritis
- Psoriasis
- Retinal Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Of Hand
- Rheumatoid Arthritis With Rheumatoid Factor
- Sacroiliitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Septic Arthritis Of The Hip
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Disorder
- Tendinitis
- Tendinitis Of The Foot
- Thumb Synovitis
- Vasculitis
- Vasculitis Of Skin
- Wrist And Hand Pain
Procedures I perform
- Biologic Therapy For Rheumatologic Diseases
- Joint Injections For Pain Relief
- Osteoarthritis 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
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-EPO Plus
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- BlueChoice Open Access
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Navigate
- UHC Passport
- Network OA
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Employee Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- POS OA
- First Health PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Blue Choice Advantage
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Student Resources
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Choice POS
- Choice POS II
- TRICARE for Life East
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-POS Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-POS
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Fellowship: Medstar Washington Hospital Center (2006)
Residency: Norwalk Hospital (2004)
Medical School: Universitatea De Medicina Si Farmacie Carol Davila (1998)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025