Rebecca Rekha Nirmal Kumar, MD MS| Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Cellulitis
- Cellulitis Treatment
- Sepsis
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing
- Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Testing
- Staphylococcus Aureus Screening
- Sti Treatment
- Vaccinations
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Abscess Of The Mediastinum
- Anogenital Warts
- Aspergillosis
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Carrier Of Infectious Disease
- Cellulitis
- Enterovirus Infection
- Female Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
- Fungal Infection (MYCOSES)
- Hantavirus
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Herpes (GENITAL HERPES)
- Histoplasmosis
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Influenza
- Intestinal Infections
- Intraspinal Granuloma
- Joint Infection (SEPTIC ARTHRITIS)
- Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Late Stage Syphilis
- Lymphadenitis
- Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Infection
- Pneumonia
- Protozoal Diseases
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Rabies
- Ringworm
- Rotavirus Infection
- Sepsis
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Skin And Soft Tissue Infections
- Staphylococcal Infection
- Strongyloidiasis
- Surgical Site Infection
- Syphilis
- Tuberculosis
- Typhoid And Paratyphoid Fevers
- Vibrio Infections
- Viral Diseases
Procedures I perform
- Antibiotic Therapy
- Cellulitis Treatment
- C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Test
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Screening
- Nasal Culture
- Osteomyelitis Treatment
- Prosthetic Joint Infection Treatment
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing
- Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Testing
- Staphylococcus Aureus Screening
- Sti Treatment
- Vaccinations
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 5th Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-0086Fax 877-665-8072
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 Healthy Families
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open HMO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-POS
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- POS OA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- TRICARE East Prime
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Employee Health Plan
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- OA Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- HighMark
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Navigate
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Sentara Health
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Choice POS II
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University (2020)
Internship: MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center (2018)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2018)
Medical School: Georgetown University (2015)
Graduate: Georgetown University (2011)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025