Peter Ethan Turkeltaub, MD PHD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Neurology
Languages: English
About me
Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD, is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, and is director of the Aphasia Clinic at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Turkeltaub also directs the Cognitive Recovery Lab and is a member of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery, a joint program of Georgetown University and MedStar National Rehabilitation Network that focuses on the study of neural plasticity, the biological process that underlies the brain's ability to learn, develop, and recover from injury. His research and clinical work focuses on improving recovery of speech and language functions after stroke or brain injury.
Prior to MedStar NRH, Dr. Turkeltaub completed his residency in Neurology and fellowship in Cognitive Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Medical Doctor degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and his PhD in Neuroscience from Georgetown University.
Dr. Turkeltaub is a member of the board of the National Aphasia Association, and is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Society for Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Society for the Neurobiology of Language, and the Academy of Aphasia. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He received the Founders Award from the American Academy of Neurology in 2011, and was the recipient of a 2012 Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Clinical areas of focus
- Aphasia
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Care
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
- Stroke Rehabilitation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Aphasia
- Apraxia
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Disease
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Expressive Language Disorder
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Frontotemporal Neurocognitive Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Headache In Children
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Care
- Anomia
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Botox Injection
- Brain Imaging
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Care
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Electroencephalogram
- Electromyography
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
- Muscle Biopsy
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Seizure Treatment
- Stroke Management
- Stroke Rehabilitation
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8525Fax 877-245-1499
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
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Navigate
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Basic
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-Open HMO Option
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Beech Street PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Choice Fund PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- TRICARE East Prime
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- First Health PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Choice POS
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CIGNA PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- OA Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Network OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst EPO
- Employee Health Plan
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2011)
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2009)
Internship: Georgetown University Hospital (2006)
Medical School: Georgetown University (2005)