Oscar Emmett Dimant, MD| Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation | MedStar Health
About me
Oscar E. Dimant, MD, is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Dimant completed an internship in internal medicine at Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital in Staten Island, NY, and completed both a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation as well as a fellowship in spinal cord injury medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, affiliated with Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in NJ. Dr. Dimant is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Dimant’s clinical activities are focused on the rehabilitation and nonsurgical management of spinal cord injuries and disorders, including traumatic injuries, myelopathy, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, and other conditions affecting the function of the spinal cord. Dr. Dimant also specializes in the evaluation and management of spasticity, including addressing potential triggering factors as well as treating with oral medications, botulinum toxin injections, and intrathecal baclofen. Dr. Dimant has additional expertise and interest in caring for LGBTQIA+ people and hopes that every patient will feel seen and appreciated for who they are. Dr. Dimant’s research activities focus on complications of spinal cord injury, LGBTQIA+ health and wellness, and medical education.
Clinical areas of focus
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Dopamine Therapy
- Mobility Impairment
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Neurogenic Bladder
- Neurogenic Bowel
- Neuropathic Pain
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Spasticity
- Spinal Cord Damage
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Dystonic Spasms
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Lumbar Myelopathy
- Mobility Impairment
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Neurogenic Bladder
- Neurogenic Bowel
- Neuropathic Pain
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Spasticity
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Damage
- Spinal Cord Injury
Procedures I perform
- Baclofen Pump Management
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Botox Injections For Pain
- Dopamine Therapy
- Edema Management
- Emg Guided Botox Injections
- Muscle Injection
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Spasticity Rehabilitation
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Trigger Point Injection
- Urinary Incontinence Treatment
- Wheelchair Evaluation
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
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Medicare Direct
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-POS
- Sentara Health
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HighMark
- TRICARE East Select
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Network OA
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Indemnity
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-HMO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- First Health PPO
- Navigate
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UHC Passport
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Choice POS II
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Fellowship: Rutgers Health Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (2024)
Residency: Rutgers Health Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (2023)
Internship: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell (2020)
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine (2019)