About me
Dr. Kate, as she is known to her patients, is a clinical neuropsychologist at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH). Her primary focus is helping inpatients and their families during acute recovery from stroke and brain injury. Beyond that, she also specializes in performing comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations for adults dealing with a wide range of neurologically based conditions and disorders, including acquired brain injury, stroke, brain tumor, movement disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases.
After earning a Bachelor of Science in oceanography from the United States Naval Academy, Dr. Kate served on active duty in the U.S. Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer. Following her military service, she obtained a master’s degree in psychology from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Palo Alto University in Palo Alto, California, specializing in neuropsychology. She completed her predoctoral internship at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven, Connecticut, and her postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System in Long Beach, California.
Dr. Kate understands the challenges adults face in navigating and adapting to changes in brain function. She places great importance on building meaningful connections with her patients and encourages a collaborative approach, working with them to gain a comprehensive understanding of their unique brain functioning.
In her free time, Dr. Kate enjoys spending time with her husband and children, supporting Navy Basketball and the Minnesota Vikings.
Clinical areas of focus
- Dementia
- Depression And Anxiety Assessments
- Executive Function Disorder
- Neurocognitive Disorder Due To Multiple Etiologies
- Neurocognitive Disorder Due To Traumatic Brain Injury
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Sports Related Concussion Testing
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Alzheimer's Testing
- Cognitive Health
- Cognitive Rehabilitation
- Coping Skills
- Depression And Anxiety Assessments
- Neurocognitive Testing
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Psychotherapy
- Sports Related Concussion Testing
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
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
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Student Resources
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Golden Rule
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- D-SNP)
- I-SNP
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Choice Plus
- United Choice
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Navigate
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- Virginia Premier
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Optimum Choice
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Tricare for Life East
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Tricare East Select
- Tricare East Prime
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Carefirst EPO
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Fellowship Program: VA Long Beach Healthcare System (2021)
Internship Program: VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus (2019)
Graduate Education: Palo Alto University Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (2019)
Graduate Education: Pepperdine University (2013)