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 and in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine.
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.
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Dystonia
- Lumbar Myelopathy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neurogenic Bladder
- Neurogenic Bowel
- Neuropathic Pain
- Paraparesis
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Quadriparesis
- Spasticity
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Cord Damage
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Infarction
- Spinal Cord Infection
- Spinal Cord Injury
Procedures I perform
- Injury Prevention
- Intrathecal Baclofen (ITB) Therapy
- Intrathecal Pump Management
- Laminotomy
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Spasticity Rehabilitation
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
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open HMO Option
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice POS II
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Navigate
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-POS
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst EPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- OA Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-Network Only Plus
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- POS OA
- UHC Passport
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Network OA
- Optimum Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-Open POS II
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Medicare FFS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna HMO
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Classic 3500
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Basic
- United Student Resources
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Fellowship: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School-Spinal Cord Medicine (2024)
Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School-Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2023)
Internship: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell (2020)
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine (2019)