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