Laura J. Malmut, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Languages: English
202-291-8147
About me
Dr. Laura Malmut is Medical Director of the Transplant Recovery Program at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital and Associate Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation at Georgetown University School of Medicine. She specializes in medically complex rehabilitation, transplant rehabilitation, and neurorehabilitation. She is recognized as a clinician, researcher, and educator.
Dr. Malmut is an award-winning researcher known for her work investigating clinical outcomes of hospitalized patients undergoing rehabilitation and on best practices in physical medicine and rehabilitation education. She is published in prominent journals in her field including the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in PM&R, the official scientific journal of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is a recipient of the Sarah Baskin Award for Excellence in Research and the PM&R Best Young Investigator Original Research Paper.
In addition, Dr. Malmut is a champion of innovation in medical education. She is the Associate Medical Student Clerkship Director for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Georgetown University School of Medicine. She earned her master's degree in medical education at Johns Hopkins University. She was bestowed the Almost FAME-ous Award and the Helen Cooper Outstanding Resident Teacher Award for her numerous contributions to education in medicine. She speaks about her work at national conferences.
She earned her medical degree at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University/Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, formerly known as the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Dr. Malmut provides rehabilitative care to patients recovering from a wide array of medical illness and physical injuries. She works closely with a multidisciplinary team to conduct a comprehensive assessment and develop a treatment plan that helps patients meet their personal goals and promotes the fullest possible recovery.
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acquired Absence Of Limb
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Ankle And Foot Fracture
- Ankle And Foot Ligament Sprain
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorder
- Back Pain
- Bone Discontinuity
- Bursopathy
- Cardiovascular Disorders Of Newborn
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Circulatory System Complications
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Dorsalgia
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Dystonia
- Dystonic Spasms
- Encephalitis, Myelitis And Encephalomyelitis
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Hemiplegia
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Hip And Thigh Tendon Injury
- Infectious Diseases Of Skin
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Pain
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lower Leg Injury
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Multiple Injuries
- Muscle Weakness
- Neuropathic Pain
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Presence Of Devices
- Presence Of Prosthetic Devices
- Problems Related To Care Provider Dependency
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Tendon Injury
- Shoulder Burns
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- Sleep Disorders
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Spasticity
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Osteochondrosis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Osteoporosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Stroke With Weakness
- Subcortical Infarction
- Tendinous Disorders
- Thoracic Radiculopathy
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Practice locations
Distance from Change LocationEnter your Location
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
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- HighMark
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- UHC Passport
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Medicare FFS
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Navigate
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Employee Health Plan
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-POS
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-POS Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Tricare Reserve Select
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna HMO
- Network OA
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- POS OA
- Sentara Health
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Indemnity
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University (2019)
Internship: Jacobi Medical Center (2016)
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (2015)