About me
Oscar E. Dimant, MD, is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Dimant completed an internship in internal medicine at Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital in Staten Island, NY, and completed both a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation as well as a fellowship in spinal cord injury medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, affiliated with Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in NJ. Dr. Dimant is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine.
Dr. Dimant’s clinical activities are focused on the rehabilitation and nonsurgical management of spinal cord injuries and disorders, including traumatic injuries, myelopathy, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, and other conditions affecting the function of the spinal cord. Dr. Dimant also specializes in the evaluation and management of spasticity, including addressing potential triggering factors as well as treating with oral medications, botulinum toxin injections, and intrathecal baclofen. Dr. Dimant has additional expertise and interest in caring for LGBTQIA+ people and hopes that every patient will feel seen and appreciated for who they are. Dr. Dimant’s research activities focus on complications of spinal cord injury, LGBTQIA+ health and wellness, and medical education.
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Dystonia
- Lumbar Myelopathy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neurogenic Bladder
- Neurogenic Bowel
- Neuropathic Pain
- Paraparesis
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Quadriparesis
- Spasticity
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Cord Damage
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Infarction
- Spinal Cord Infection
- Spinal Cord Injury
Procedures I perform
- Injury Prevention
- Intrathecal Baclofen (ITB) Therapy
- Intrathecal Pump Management
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Spasticity 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
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- OA Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Choice POS II
- First Health PPO
- HighMark
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Basic
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Employee Health Plan
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Prime
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Network OA
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Medicare Direct
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Navigate
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Fellowship: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School-Spinal Cord Medicine (2024)
Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School-Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2023)
Internship: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell (2020)
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine (2019)