About me
Dr. Aaron Rakow is the director of Operations of the WISE Center and an associate professor within the Department of Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Rakow’s professional background focuses on improving access to empirically supported mental health care via training and dissemination efforts within K-12 school systems. Dr. Rakow is the co-founder and former co-executive director of InSite Solutions. Dr. Rakow has previously been involved in the successful launch of a statewide mental health training and dissemination effort with the Departments of Health and Mental Health in the State of Vermont. Collectively, Dr. Rakow has fifteen years of experience working within the behavioral health field including at the National Institutes of Mental Health, Children's National Health System, The Medical University of South Carolina and the University of Vermont. Dr. Rakow is a licensed Child Psychologist in Washington, D.C.
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Agitation
- Alcohol Addiction
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Asperger Syndrome
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues In Dementia
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Child Abuse
- Combative
- Community Violence And Trauma
- Compulsive And Addictive Behaviors
- Conduct Disorder
- Conversion Disorder
- Cyclothymic Disorder
- Delusional Disorder
- Depersonalization Disorder
- Depression
- Disruptive Behavior
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Abuse
- Enuresis
- Executive Function Disorder
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Grief
- Hallucinations
- Head Banging
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypomania
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Intellectual Disabilities
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Kleptomania
- Mania
- Mood Disorders
- Nail Biting
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Opiate Addiction
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Panic Attack
- Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
- Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Personality Disorder
- Phobia
- Physical Abuse
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psycho Oncology
- Psychological Abuse
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychosomatic Disorders
- Pyromania
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophreniform Disorder
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep Terrors
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Somatoform Disorders
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide Attempt
- Thought Disorder
- Tic Disorders
- Toilet Training Issues
- Tourette Syndrome
- Trichotillomania
- Video Game Addiction
Procedures I perform
- Adult Psychiatry
- Autism Testing
- Behavior Modification
- Child And Adolescent Psychiatry
- Child Parent Attachment Assessment
- Child Parent Attachment Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Coping Skills
- Men's Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Neuropsychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Sexual Abuse Survivor Counseling
- Transplant Psychiatry
- Women's Mental Health
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 Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- FIRST HEALTH
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Tricare Prime
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
Education
Internship Program: Medical University of South Carolina (2010)
Graduate Education: University of Vermont College of Medicine (2009)