Mana K Carter, PHD| Psychology | MedStar Health
About me
Mana K. Ali Carter, PhD, is a board-certified rehabilitation psychologist at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH). In both inpatient and outpatient medical rehabilitation settings, Dr. Ali Carter conducts psychological assessments and provides interventions aimed to support mood, coping with disabilities, health behaviors (e.g., pain management, sleep hygiene), and overall quality of life.
Dr. Ali Carter is licensed in both Maryland and the District of Columbia. She also serves as the Director of Training for the Rehabilitation and Pain Psychology Fellowship at MedStar NRH and Co-Chair for MedStar National Rehabilitation Network’s Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Committee.
Clinical areas of focus
- Adjustment Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Personality Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Adjustment Disorder With Anxiety
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Amputation Mental Health Issues
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Brain Injury Mental Health Issues
- Burn Injury Survivor Mental Health Issues
- Cardiovascular Disorders Of Newborn
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) Mental Health Issues
- Chronic Illness Coping
- Chronic Illness Mental Health Issues
- Chronic Pain And Mental Health
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Chronic Stress
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Rehabilitation After Brain Injury
- Depression
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Adjustment After Limb Loss
- Emotional Disturbance
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Hip Replacement Surgery Anxiety
- Insomnia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Knee Replacement Surgery Adjustment Disorder
- Learning Disabilities
- Mental Disorders Due To Physiological Condition
- Mental Health Conditions
- Mood Disorder Due To Traumatic Brain Injury
- Mood Disorders
- Neuropathic Pain Management
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Pain Management For Injuries
- Parkinson's Disease
- Phobia
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Problems Related To Primary Support Group
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Subcortical Infarction
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use Disorder
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury Depression
- Traumatic Brain Injury In Children
Procedures I perform
- Academic Counseling
- Adjustment Disorder Treatment
- Anger Management For Children
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Art Therapy For Children
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Testing
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment
- Attention Training For Anxiety
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Assessment
- Behavioral Interventions
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Psychology
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Coping Skills Training
- Dance Therapy
- Dance Therapy For Children
- Depression Treatment
- Developmental Psychology
- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy For Children
- Emotional Intelligence Testing
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Family Systems Therapy For Children
- Gestalt Therapy For Children
- Graston Technique
- Grief Counseling
- Grief Counseling For Teens
- Group Psychotherapy
- Group Therapy
- Guided Imagery
- Guided Imagery For Pain
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Humanistic Psychology
- Hypnosis For Pain
- Hypnotherapy
- Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Testing
- Mental Status Exam
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Addiction
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Pain Medication Management
- Parent Management Training
- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy For Children
- Personality Disorder Treatment
- Play Therapy
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Counseling For Cancer
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychological Testing And Assessment
- Psychotherapy
- Relaxation Training
- Schizophrenia Treatment
- Social Psychology
- Social Skills Training
- Somatic Experiencing
- Somatic Experiencing For Children
- Stress Management And Relaxation Techniques
- Stress Reduction
- Substance Abuse Treatment
Practice locations
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102 Irving St NW NRH Rehab at Irving St Outpatient Center Washington, DC, 20010
202-877-1621Fax 202-829-2632
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
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open POS II
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- First Health PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Medicare Direct
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-POS Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE East Select
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- HighMark
- IH-POS
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Navigate
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- TRICARE East Prime
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Student Resources
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna HMO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Choice POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- OA Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- UHC Passport
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
Education
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2017)
Graduate: Howard University (2015)
Internship: Baltimore VA Medical Center (2015)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Ali, M.K., & Mickens, M. (2018). Treatment engagement and multicultural considerations. In. A. Maragakis, & W.T. O’Donohue, Principle-based stepped care and brief psychotherapy for integrated care settings (p.449). Cham, Switerzland:Springer.
Ali, M.K., Hack, S.M., Brown, C.H., Medoff, D., Fang, L., Klingaman, E.A., Park, S.G., Dixon, LB., Kreyenbuhl, J.A. (2017). Racial differences in mental health recovery among Veterans with serious mental illness. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities doi: 10.1007/s40615-017-0363-z
Beacham, A.O., Van Sickle, K.S., Khatri, P., Ali, M., Reimer, D., Farber, E.W., & Kaslow, N.J. (2017). Meeting evolving workforce needs: Preparing psychologists for leadership in the Patient Centered Medical Home. American Psychologist, 72(1), 42-54.
Farber, E.W., Ali, M.K., Van Sickle, K.S., & Kaslow, N.J. (2017). Psychology in Patient-Centered Medical Homes: Reducing health disparities and promoting health equity. American Psychologist, 72(1), 28-41.
Sims, R.C., Cole, A.P., Ali, M.K., Whitfield, K.E., Skinner, J., Mwendwa, D.T. (2016). Examining the influence of obesity on executive function and memory in middle age and older African Americans. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 31, 23-28.
Ali, M., Mwendwa, D., Sims, R., Ramsey, N., Ricks, M., Callender, C., & Sumner, A.E. (2016).The association between age at immigration and kidney function in relatively healthy African immigrants in the United States. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 18(1), 294-201.
Ali, M., Mwendwa, D., Sims, R., & Whitfield, K.E. (2014). Mindfulness as a potential protective factor against negative affect in older African Americans. Journal of Depression and Anxiety, S1, 1.
Sims, R.C., Bennett, N., Mwendwa, D.T., Ali, M., Levy, S.A., Callender, C., & Campbell, A. (2014). Executive functioning and negative eating behaviors in severely obese African Americans. Ethnicity and Disease, 24(3), 328-324.
Mwendwa, D., Ali, M., Sims, R., Cole, A., Lipscomb, M., Levy, S., Callender, C., & Campbell, A. (2013). Depressive and hostile personality styles are associated with inflammatory markers of cardiovascular disease in African Americans. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 28, 72-82.
Mwendwa D., Ali, M., Sims, R., Madhere, S., Levy, S., Callender, C., & Campbell, A. (2013). Psychometric properties of the Cook Medley Hostility Scale and its association with inflammatory markers in African Americans. Psychology, Health, and Medicine, 18, 431-444.
Mwendwa, D.T., Gholson, G., Sims, R.C., Levy-Massey, S.A., Ali, M., Harrell, J., Callender, C.O., & Campbell, A.L. (2011). Coping with perceived racism: A significant factor in the development of obesity in African-American women? Journal of the National Medical Association, 103, 602-608.
Sims, R., Mwendwa, D., Ali, M., Thomas, J., Callender, C., & Campbell, A. (2010). Depressive symptomatology: Relations to C-reactive protein in African-American men. Journal of Best Practices in Health Profession Diversity: Research, Education and Policy, 3, 43.
Ali, M.K., Hack, S.M., Brown, C.H., Medoff, D., Fang, L., Klingaman, E.A., Park, S.G., Dixon, LB., Kreyenbuhl, J.A. (2017). Racial differences in mental health recovery among Veterans with serious mental illness. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities doi: 10.1007/s40615-017-0363-z
Beacham, A.O., Van Sickle, K.S., Khatri, P., Ali, M., Reimer, D., Farber, E.W., & Kaslow, N.J. (2017). Meeting evolving workforce needs: Preparing psychologists for leadership in the Patient Centered Medical Home. American Psychologist, 72(1), 42-54.
Farber, E.W., Ali, M.K., Van Sickle, K.S., & Kaslow, N.J. (2017). Psychology in Patient-Centered Medical Homes: Reducing health disparities and promoting health equity. American Psychologist, 72(1), 28-41.
Sims, R.C., Cole, A.P., Ali, M.K., Whitfield, K.E., Skinner, J., Mwendwa, D.T. (2016). Examining the influence of obesity on executive function and memory in middle age and older African Americans. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 31, 23-28.
Ali, M., Mwendwa, D., Sims, R., Ramsey, N., Ricks, M., Callender, C., & Sumner, A.E. (2016).The association between age at immigration and kidney function in relatively healthy African immigrants in the United States. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 18(1), 294-201.
Ali, M., Mwendwa, D., Sims, R., & Whitfield, K.E. (2014). Mindfulness as a potential protective factor against negative affect in older African Americans. Journal of Depression and Anxiety, S1, 1.
Sims, R.C., Bennett, N., Mwendwa, D.T., Ali, M., Levy, S.A., Callender, C., & Campbell, A. (2014). Executive functioning and negative eating behaviors in severely obese African Americans. Ethnicity and Disease, 24(3), 328-324.
Mwendwa, D., Ali, M., Sims, R., Cole, A., Lipscomb, M., Levy, S., Callender, C., & Campbell, A. (2013). Depressive and hostile personality styles are associated with inflammatory markers of cardiovascular disease in African Americans. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 28, 72-82.
Mwendwa D., Ali, M., Sims, R., Madhere, S., Levy, S., Callender, C., & Campbell, A. (2013). Psychometric properties of the Cook Medley Hostility Scale and its association with inflammatory markers in African Americans. Psychology, Health, and Medicine, 18, 431-444.
Mwendwa, D.T., Gholson, G., Sims, R.C., Levy-Massey, S.A., Ali, M., Harrell, J., Callender, C.O., & Campbell, A.L. (2011). Coping with perceived racism: A significant factor in the development of obesity in African-American women? Journal of the National Medical Association, 103, 602-608.
Sims, R., Mwendwa, D., Ali, M., Thomas, J., Callender, C., & Campbell, A. (2010). Depressive symptomatology: Relations to C-reactive protein in African-American men. Journal of Best Practices in Health Profession Diversity: Research, Education and Policy, 3, 43.