Peter Ethan Turkeltaub, MD PHD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Neurology
Languages: English
About me
Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD, is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, and is director of the Aphasia Clinic at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Turkeltaub also directs the Cognitive Recovery Lab and is a member of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery, a joint program of Georgetown University and MedStar National Rehabilitation Network that focuses on the study of neural plasticity, the biological process that underlies the brain's ability to learn, develop, and recover from injury. His research and clinical work focuses on improving recovery of speech and language functions after stroke or brain injury.
Prior to MedStar NRH, Dr. Turkeltaub completed his residency in Neurology and fellowship in Cognitive Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Medical Doctor degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and his PhD in Neuroscience from Georgetown University.
Dr. Turkeltaub is a member of the board of the National Aphasia Association, and is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Society for Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Society for the Neurobiology of Language, and the Academy of Aphasia. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He received the Founders Award from the American Academy of Neurology in 2011, and was the recipient of a 2012 Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Clinical areas of focus
- Aphasia
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Care
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
- Stroke Rehabilitation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Aphasia
- Apraxia
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Disease
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Expressive Language Disorder
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Frontotemporal Neurocognitive Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Headache In Children
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Care
- Anomia
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Botox Injection
- Brain Imaging
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Care
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Electroencephalogram
- Electromyography
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
- Muscle Biopsy
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Seizure Treatment
- Stroke Management
- Stroke Rehabilitation
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8525Fax 877-245-1499
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
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Navigate
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Choice POS
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Administrators
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Choice POS II
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-Open HMO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Basic
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Network OA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- HighMark
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- OA Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- POS OA
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Student Resources
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2011)
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2009)
Internship: Georgetown University Hospital (2006)
Medical School: Georgetown University (2005)