About me
Dr. M. Carter Denny is a vascular neurologist and clinician researcher at MedStar Health and Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She completed her MD and MPH degrees at Tulane University in 2010. She then completed her Neurology residency at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in 2014. She then went on to complete a two-year Vascular Neurology fellowship at the UTHealth Houston in 2016.
Dr. Denny has experience providing acute stroke care in the field on the nation's first Mobile Stroke Unit and remotely using video-based telehealth technology. Dr. Denny's research interests include health equity, systems of care delivery, and transitions of care. Dr. Denny collaborated with colleagues at UTHealth Houston on the development of the Spanish-language stroke acronym RÁPIDO that is now endorsed by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. She leads the investigator-initiated STRIVE study (STroke Research Initiative to adVance Equity). She is the author of "Acute Stroke Care" (3rd edition) and several peer-reviewed manuscripts.
She is the recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Society award and the MD/MPH award for excellence. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Dr. Denny enjoys yoga, hiking, and global travel. She speaks Spanish, which compliments both her medical practice and her love of travel.
Clinical areas of focus
- Cerebral Vasospasm
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Strokes
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aneurysm
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Aphasia
- Arteriovenous Fistula Of The Brain
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Artery Blockage In The Brain
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorder
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Binocular Movement Disorders
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebral Vasospasm
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Confusion
- Convulsions
- Cranial Nerve Disorder
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Intracranial Hypertension
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Migraine With Aura
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Moyamoya
- Moyamoya Disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Strokes
- Myopathies
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neurodegeneration
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Neuropathic Pain
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Numbness
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Partial Seizures
- Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES)
- Rett Syndrome
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Stroke In Young Adults
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Unsteady Walking
- Vestibular Disorders
- Visceral Artery Aneurysm
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8532Fax 410-354-5956
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
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Choice POS II
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Police and Fire Clinic
- OA Plus
- Navigate
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst NASCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Sentara Health
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Basic
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-POS
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Student Resources
- POS OA
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-POS Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- First Health PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- UHC Passport
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Medicare FFS
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Choice POS
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Administrators
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2016)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2014)
Internship: Tulane University Medical Center (2011)
Awards
- Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Society Award
- MD/MPH Award for Excellence
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
For a list of Dr. Denny's indexed publications please visit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1z9R7fhvzEzkQ/bibliography/public/