George Taler, MD| Geriatric Medicine | MedStar Health
George Taler

George Taler, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.7 out of 5 (158 reviews)

Specialties: Geriatric Medicine

Languages: English

(202) 877-6630

Clinical areas of focus

  • Aging
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Constipation
  • Delirium
  • Dementia
  • Elder Abuse
  • Failure To Thrive
  • Frailty
  • Geriatric Pain Management
  • Geriatrics
  • Home Health
  • Homebound
  • Memory Disorders
  • Polypharmacy
  • Pressure Ulcer
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Abdominal Cramps
  • Abnormal Bowel Movement
  • Abnormal Stool
  • Actinic Cheilitis
  • Acute Arthritis
  • Aging
  • Alcohol Dependency
  • Allergic Conjunctivitis
  • Allergic Contact Dermatitis
  • Allergic Wheezing
  • Altered Bowel Habits
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Anal Itching
  • Anal Pain
  • Anemia
  • Angioedema
  • Angular Cheilitis
  • Animal Bite
  • Ankle Instability
  • Anorexia
  • Arm Sprain
  • Arm Strain
  • Arm Weakness
  • Arthralgia
  • Asthma Flares
  • Asthmatic Bronchitis
  • Back Muscle Injury
  • Bee Sting Allergy
  • Bee Stings
  • Behavior Concern
  • Behavioral Issues In Dementia
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
  • Bereavement
  • Bilateral Knee Pain
  • Bleeding During Intercourse
  • Bleeding Hemorrhoids
  • Blood In Eye
  • Blood In Stool
  • Bright Red Blood Per Rectum
  • Burns
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Celiac Diarrhea
  • Chest Pain
  • Chlamydia
  • Choking Sensation
  • Chronic Abdominal Pain
  • Chronic Migraines
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Chronic Pain
  • Chronic Sinus Infection
  • Claudication
  • Cognitive Impairment
  • Cold Intolerance
  • Concussion
  • Confusion
  • Constipation
  • Cystodynia
  • Dandruff
  • Daytime Sleepiness
  • Decreased Libido
  • Decreased Pulses
  • Degenerative Brain Disorder
  • Dehydration
  • Delirium
  • Dementia
  • Depression
  • Dermatophytosis
  • Diarrhea
  • Disorder Of Balance
  • Disturbance Of Attention
  • Diverticulitis
  • Drug Reaction
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Dyshidrosis
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Dysphagia
  • Dyspnea On Exertion
  • Ear Drainage
  • Ear Fullness
  • Eating Disorders
  • Elbow Strain
  • Elder Abuse
  • Elevated LDL Cholesterol
  • Emphysema
  • Environmental Allergies
  • Epicondylitis
  • Epigastric Pain
  • Erysipelas
  • Eustachian Tube Dysfunction (ETD)
  • Eye Infections
  • Eye Pain
  • Face Swelling
  • Facial Droop
  • Facial Pain
  • Failure To Thrive
  • Falls
  • Family History Of Cancer
  • Fasciculations
  • Fatigue
  • Fecal Incontinence
  • Female Urinary Incontinence
  • Fibrocystic Breast Changes
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Finger Pain
  • Finger Sprain
  • Finger Strain
  • First Degree Burns
  • Foot Injury
  • Foot Strain
  • Frailty
  • Frequent Infections
  • Frequent Urinary Tract Infections
  • Frontotemporal Neurocognitive Disorder
  • Gastric Ulcer
  • Genital Warts
  • Geriatrics
  • Grief
  • Groin Mass
  • Groin Pain
  • Hand Injury
  • Hand Pain
  • Handwriting Tremor
  • Hearing Loss
  • Heart Disease
  • Heart Racing
  • Heat Illness
  • Heat Intolerance
  • Heel Pain
  • Hemoptysis
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hip Click
  • Homebound
  • Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
  • Hyperlipidemia Syndrome
  • Hypertension
  • Hypertriglyceridemia
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Jaundice
  • Joint Pain In Ankle And Foot
  • Joint Stiffness
  • Joint Warmth
  • Knee Click
  • Knee Sprain
  • Knee Strain
  • Laryngitis
  • Lateral Epicondylitis
  • Leg Weakness
  • Lewy Body Dementia
  • Lip Droop
  • Lump In Throat
  • Lyme Disease
  • Malaise And Fatigue
  • Male Urinary Incontinence
  • Malnutrition
  • Mania
  • Mastodynia
  • Medial Epicondylitis
  • Memory Disorders
  • Menopause
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • Mood Disorders
  • Motion Sickness
  • Mouth Bleeding
  • Multiple Chronic Illnesses
  • Muscle Weakness
  • Nail Disease
  • Nasal Obstruction
  • Night Sweats
  • Nightmares
  • Nipple Discharge
  • Noisy Breathing
  • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
  • Numbness
  • Obesity
  • Odynophagia
  • Optic Migraines
  • Oral Candidiasis
  • Orthopnea
  • Osteoporosis
  • Palpitations
  • Panic Attack
  • Paresthesia
  • Parkinson's Disease (PD)
  • Paronychia
  • Patellofemoral Syndrome
  • Pelvic Pain
  • Penile Bleeding
  • Penile Discharge
  • Performance Anxiety
  • Pernicious Anemia
  • Persistent Asthma
  • Plant Dermatitis
  • Plantar Fasciitis
  • Pleurisy
  • Pleuritic Pain
  • Polypharmacy
  • Postcoital Bleeding
  • Pressure Ulcer
  • Problems With Smell And Taste
  • Rectal Bleeding
  • Rectal Pain
  • Retained Tampon
  • Ringworm Of Body
  • Ringworm Of Groin
  • Ringworm Of Head
  • Rosacea
  • Salivary Gland Swelling
  • Scaly Skin
  • Senility
  • Sensory Impairment
  • Severe Asthma
  • Shakiness
  • Shortness Of Breath (SOB)
  • Shoulder Strain
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Skin Abscess
  • Skin Disease
  • Skin Irritations
  • Slowing Of Urinary Stream
  • Smoker Cough
  • Sputum Production
  • Stool Changes
  • Straining On Urination
  • Stridor
  • Submandibular Swelling
  • Substance Addiction
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Swallowing Problem
  • Swooshing Sound In Ears
  • Tachycardia
  • Testicular Pain
  • Throat Tightness
  • Thumb Sprain
  • Thumb Strain
  • Thyroid Disorder
  • Tick Borne Infections
  • Tinea Corporis
  • Tingling
  • Tracheobronchitis
  • Twitching
  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Unexpected Weight Loss
  • Unsteady Gait
  • Urethral Discharge
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Urinary Retention
  • Urticaria
  • Uterine Bleeding
  • Vaginal Bleeding
  • Vaginismus
  • Varicella
  • Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder
  • Visual Discomfort
  • Visual Disturbance
  • Visual Impairment
  • Vitamin Deficiency
  • Voice Problems
  • Vulvodynia
  • Weakness
  • Weight Loss
  • Wheezing
  • Work Related Illnesses
  • Work Related Injury
  • Wrist Pain
  • Wrist Sprain
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Procedures I perform

  • Alzheimer's Testing
  • Breast Cancer Prevention And Risk Reduction
  • Cancer Prevention
  • Cancer Screening
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Cerumen Removal
  • Chemistry Blood Panel
  • Chronic Disease Management
  • College Health
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression And Anxiety Assessments
  • Diabetes Management
  • Diet And Exercise
  • Drug Test
  • Electrocardiogram (EKG)
  • Executive Medicine
  • Executive Physical Examinations
  • Fall Risk Assessment
  • Family Planning
  • Geriatric Pain Management
  • Global Health
  • Gynecological Exam
  • Health Maintenance
  • Home Health
  • Lifestyle Modification
  • Mens Health
  • Neurocognitive Testing
  • Nursing Home Care
  • Nutrition And Health
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Occupational Health Screening
  • Office Gynecology
  • Pap Smear
  • Pregnancy Blood Test
  • Preventative Women Healthcare
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Reproductive Health
  • Sexual Health
  • Skin Cancer Screening
  • Skin Tag Removal
  • Sports Physical Exam
  • Tobacco Use Cessation
  • Travel Medicine
  • Tuberculosis (TB) Test
  • Wellness
  • Women's Health
  • Wound Care
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Practice locations

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5601 Loch Raven Boulevard
Russell Morgan Bldg Ste 512A
Baltimore, MD, 21239

443-444-6100

Fax 443-444-6110

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110 Irving Street Northwest
Room EB-3114
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-0576

Fax 202-877-6630

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110 Irving Street Northwest
Suite EB3114
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-0570

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5601 Loch Raven Boulevard
Russell Morgan Bldg Ste 512
Baltimore, MD, 21239

443-444-4734

Fax 443-444-4752

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Fax 443-444-4752

106 Irving Street Northwest
Suite 204
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-0570

Fax 202-877-6630

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miles away

Fax 202-877-6630

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.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • Kaiser Select
    • United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • Employee Health Plan (EHP)
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
    • United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
    • United Mamsi Life & Health
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • United Navigate
    • United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
    • Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
    • Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
    • Cigna Choice Fund PPO
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Tricare East Select
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Cigna HMO Open Access
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
    • Innovation Health: PPO
    • United Optimum Choice
    • D-SNP)
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Virginia Premier
    • United Core Essential (HMO)
    • Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
    • Medicaid - Virginia
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
    • Tricare for Life East
    • United Student Resources
    • Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • Cigna Indemnity
    • Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • WellPoint Maryland
    • HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
    • Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
    • Innovation Health: POS
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • Kaiser Medicare Plus
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • Innovation Health: Indemnity
    • Tricare East Prime
    • Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • United Select Plus (POS)
    • Kaiser Flexible Choice
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • Cigna POS/Network POS
    • Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
    • Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • Cigna EPO
    • Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
    • Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
    • United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
    • I-SNP
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Carefirst EPO
    • Innovation Health: POS Plus
    • Beech Street PPO
    • Medicaid - District of Columbia
    • Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
    • Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
    • Medicaid - Maryland
    • United Choice Plus
    • Kaiser Select-Added Choice
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare
    • United Choice
    • Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
    • United Golden Rule
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • United MD IPA (HMO)
    • Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Kaiser Signature
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • Innovation Health: Open POS II
    • United Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • United AARP Medicare Complete
    • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • Cigna Network Open Access
    • Aetna HMO
    • Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • First Health PPO
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Family Medicine, Family Medicine

Board Certification: American Board of Family Medicine, Geriatric Medicine

Fellowship: Long Island Jewish Medical Center (1980)

Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center (1978)

Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine (1975)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.7
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.8
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.7
  • Care provider’s efforts to include you in decisions about your care

    4.7
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.8
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.8
  • Aug 29, 2023

    Would recommend.

  • Aug 8, 2023

    He is a doctor that care.

  • Aug 4, 2023

    *Dr. Taler is a wonderful doctor, I would highly recommend to others.