Megan Marie Lockwood, MD| Rheumatology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Megan Lockwood is a rheumatologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University.
Dr. Lockwood sees patients in the rheumatology practice at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital where she is the director of the Lupus Program. She is actively involved in clinical research trials to investigate therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis.
Dr. Lockwood cares for patients with all types of rheumatic disease, with expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Lockwood's clinical and research interests are in systemic lupus erythematosus, pregnancy in rheumatic disease, antiphospholipid syndrome, and osteoporosis.
Nationally, Dr. Lockwood is actively involved with the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). She currently serves on the national taskforce developing updated guidelines for the treatment of Lupus Nephritis. She was previously a member of the ACR’s Fellows-in-Training Subcommittee, part of the Committee on Training and Workforce. She previously served as Associate Editor of Rheumatology for theMednet.org.
Dr. Lockwood is from Portland, Oregon and attended Portland State University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree with Honors in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Physics and served as a volunteer with AmeriCorps. She then served in the United States Peace Corps as a science teacher in rural Ghana for over two years. She earned her medical degree at Case Western Reserve University, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
Dr. Lockwood completed residency in internal medicine at University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Lockwood completed her rheumatology fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital, the largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, where she continues in her role as online teaching faculty for the Training-to-Teachers program.
Clinical areas of focus
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Raynaud's Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatology Treatment
- Scleroderma
- Sjogrens Screening
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treatment
- Vasculitis Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Acantholytic Disorders
- Acute Nephritic Syndrome
- Adult Osteomalacia
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Artery Disorders
- Arthritis
- Arthropathy
- Autoinflammatory Syndrome
- Axial Spondyloarthritis
- Bleeding Disorders
- Bone Density Disorder
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
- Cartilage Disorder
- Cartilage Disorder Of The Ankle
- Chronic Gout
- Chronic Gouty Arthritis
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Connective Tissue Disorders
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Deforming Dorsopathy
- Dermatomyositis
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Effects Of Reduced Temperature
- Elbow Arthritis
- Elevated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
- Enteropathic Arthropathies
- Enthesopathies
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Episcleritis
- Fibromyalgia Syndrome
- Foot And Ankle Osteoarthritis
- Foot Osteoarthritis
- General Symptoms
- Genetic Susceptibility To Disease
- Gout
- Hemorrhagic Conditions
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Immunodeficiencies
- Immunodeficiency With Arthritis
- Inflammatory Myositis
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Iris Disorders
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Disorder
- Joint Infection (SEPTIC ARTHRITIS)
- Keratitis
- Knee Pain
- Limb Deformity
- Liver Enzyme Abnormalities
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lower Leg Injury
- Lupus Nephritis
- Lymphadenitis
- Lymphoma Of The Digestive System
- Meniscal Tear Of The Knee
- Multiple Myeloma Of The Spine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myocarditis
- Myopathies
- Necrotizing Vasculopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Orbit Disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis Of First Carpometacarpal Joint
- Osteoarthritis Of Hand Joints
- Osteopenia
- Osteoporosis
- Pemphigoid
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Polyarticular Arthritis
- Polyosteoarthritis
- Proliferative Fasciitis
- Psoriasis
- Raynaud's Disease
- Retinal Disease
- Rheumatic Fever
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Of Hand
- Rheumatoid Arthritis With Rheumatoid Factor
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Septic Arthritis Of The Hip
- Shoulder Arthritis
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Sjögren's Syndrome
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Soft Tissue Inflammation
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Tendonitis Of The Hip
- Tendonitis Of The Shoulder
- Thumb Synovitis
- Vasculitis Of Skin
- Vitamin D Deficiency Rickets
- Vitamin Deficiency
Procedures I perform
- Anxiety Management
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Bone Density Scan
- Bone Density Testing
- Bursitis Treatment
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Facet Joint Injection
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Groups
- Cold Laser Therapy
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Dexa Scans
- Diabetes Foot Care
- Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDS)
- Dopamine Therapy
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electromyography
- Enterectomy
- Falls Prevention
- Fitness And Exercise Programs
- Float Therapy
- Hand Therapy
- Heel Tendon Repair
- I-131 Therapy
- Infusion Therapy
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Massage Therapy
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mri And Ct Scans
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome Treatment
- Nerve Block
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Nutrition Counseling
- Occupational Therapy Evaluation
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Orthotics And Assistive Devices
- Osteotomy
- Pain Medication Management
- Pain Rehabilitation
- Pain Rehabilitation Program
- Paraffin Wax Bath
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- Rheumatology Treatment
- Sjogrens Screening
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treatment
- Tendinitis Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Therapeutic Activities
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Trigger Point Injection
- Ultrasound-Guided Cyst Aspiration
- Vasculitis Treatment
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
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Choice POS
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- BlueChoice Open Access
- OA Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- First Health PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice Fund PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Choice POS II
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- HighMark
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Student Resources
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Optimum Choice
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst EPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital (2021)
Residency: University of California San Francisco (2018)
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University (2015)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- Bass AR, Chakravarty E, Akl EA, Bingham CO, Calabrese L, Cappelli LC, Johnson SR, Imundo LF, Winthrop KL, Arasaratnam RJ, Baden LR, Berard R, Bridges SL Jr, Cheah JTL, Curtis JR, Ferguson PJ, Hakkarinen I, Onel KB, Schultz G, Sivaraman V, Smith BJ, Sparks JA, Vogel TP, Williams EA, Calabrese C, Cunha JS, Fontanarosa J, Gillispie-Taylor MC, Gkrouzman E, Iyer P, Lakin KS, Legge A, Lo MS, Lockwood MM, Sadun RE, Singh N, Sullivan N, Tam H, Turgunbaev M, Turner AS, Reston J. 2022 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for Vaccinations in Patients With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Mar;75(3):333-348.
- Lockwood MM, Wallwork RS, Lima K, Dua AB, Seo P, Bolster MB. Telemedicine in Adult Rheumatology: In Practice and in Training. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Aug;74(8):1227-1233.
- Stone JH, Frigault MJ, Serling-Boyd NJ, Fernandes AD, Harvey L, Foulkes AS, Horick NK, Healy BC, Shah R, Bensaci AM, Woolley AE, Nikiforow S, Lin N, Sagar M, Schrager H, Huckins DS, Axelrod M, Pincus MD, Fleisher J, Sacks CA, Dougan M, North CM, Halvorsen YD, Thurber TK, Dagher Z, Scherer A, Wallwork RS, Kim AY, Schoenfeld S, Sen P, Neilan TG, Perugino CA, Unizony SH, Collier DS, Matza MA, Yinh JM, Bowman KA, Meyerowitz E, Zafar A, Drobni ZD, Bolster MB, Kohler M, D'Silva KM, Dau J, Lockwood MM, Cubbison C, Weber BN, Mansour MK; BACC Bay Tocilizumab Trial Investigators. Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Patients Hospitalized with Covid-19. N Engl J Med. 2020 Dec 10;383(24):2333-2344.
- Lockwood MM, Miloslavsky E. What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? In: Bolster MB and Stern TA, eds. Facing Rheumatoid Arthritis. Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy; 2020.
- Shakil S, Lockwood M, Grady D. Persistence of Sexual Harassment and Gender Bias in Medicine Across Generations-Us Too. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Mar 1;178(3):324-325.
- Lockwood MM, O'Malley PG. Admitting What We Do Not Know in Rheumatologic Disease: The First Step Toward Learning More. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 May 1;178(5):722-723.
- Lockwood MM, Graf, JD. Approach to Rheumatology Labs. In UCSF Hospitalist Handbook, 4th Edition, edited by Mookherjee S, Lai C, Rennke S. San Francisco: UCSF press, 2018.
- Lockwood MM, Goglin SE. Approach to Joint Pain. In UCSF Hospitalist Handbook, 4th Edition, edited by Mookherjee S, Lai C, Rennke S. San Francisco: UCSF press, 2018.
- Lockwood MM, Goglin SE. Rheumatoid Arthritis. In UCSF Hospitalist Handbook, 4th Edition, edited by Mookherjee S, Lai C, Rennke S. San Francisco: UCSF press, 2018.
- Lockwood MM, Goglin SE. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. In UCSF Hospitalist Handbook, 4th Edition, edited by Mookherjee S, Lai C, Rennke S. San Francisco: UCSF press, 2018.
- Lockwood MM, Senter C. Osteoarthritis. In UCSF Hospitalist Handbook, 4th Edition, edited by Mookherjee S, Lai C, Rennke S. San Francisco: UCSF press, 2018.
- Lockwood MM, Askin E. Oral Corticosteroids. In UCSF Hospitalist Handbook, 4th Edition, edited by Mookherjee S, Lai C, Rennke S. San Francisco: UCSF press, 2018.
- Lockwood MM, Gensler LS. Nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2017 Dec;31(6):816-829.
- Lockwood MM, Smith GA, Tanenbaum J, Lubelski D, Seicean A, Pace J, Benzel EC, Mroz TE, Steinmetz MP. Screening via CT angiogram after traumatic cervical spine fractures: narrowing imaging to improve cost effectiveness. Experience of a Level I trauma center. J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Mar;24(3):490-5.
- Alvin MD, Miller JA, Sundar S, Lockwood M, Lubelski D, Nowacki AS, Scheman J, Mathews M, McGirt MJ, Benzel EC, Mroz TE. The impact of preoperative depression on quality of life outcomes after posterior cervical fusion. Spine J. 2015 Jan 1;15(1):79-85.
- Lockwood M, Giraldi E. Commentary on "Rickenbacher et al. Fundoplication versus medical management of gastroesophageal reflux disease: systematic review and meta-analysis." Surg Endosc. doi: 10.1007/s00464-013-3140-z. Surg Endosc. 2014 Jun;28(6):2001.
- Eakin K, Baratz-Goldstein R, Pick CG, Zindel O, Balaban CD, Hoffer ME, Lockwood M, Miller J, Hoffer BJ. Efficacy of N-acetyl cysteine in traumatic brain injury. PLoS One. 2014 Apr 16;9(4).