Samuel A Gordon, MA PHD| Psychology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Gordon also sees patients at the following address:
102 Irving Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-877-1120
Fax: 202-291-5366
Samuel Gordon, PhD, is a clinical psychologist at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital serving children, adolescents, and adults with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities. He has been at MedStar NRH since 1989, and previously worked with the District of Columbia Public Schools, Howard University Child Development Center. Dr. Gordon is particularly interested in promoting optimal mental and physical health behaviors to residents of urban environments where multiple sources of stress can lead to or exacerbate chronic illnesses and disabilities. He is a member of the Association of Black Psychologists, District of Columbia Psychology Association, and the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers, and is licensed in both Maryland and the District of Columbia. Dr. Gordon provides psychotherapeutic interventions aimed at mediating suffering associated with psychological and physical pains that are the result of or exacerbated by long-term physical and medical disabling conditions.
Clinical areas of focus
- Anxiety
- Dementia Treatment
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropsychological Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury
- Sports Concussion Testing
- Stroke And Neurological Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder With Anxiety
- Adjustment Disorder With Mixed Anxiety And Depressed Mood
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Stress
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Emotional Disorders
- Executive Function Disorder
- Gallbladder Disease
- Mood Disorders
- Neurocognitive Disorder Due To Multiple Etiologies
- Problems Related To Primary Support Group
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder
- Sports Concussion
- Subcortical Infarction
- Substance Use Disorder
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vascular Dementia
Procedures I perform
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Child And Adolescent Psychology
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Neuropsychology
- Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Cultural Psychology
- Dementia Treatment
- Developmental Psychology
- Differential Diagnosis
- Disease Management Education
- Disease Prevention Programs
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Family Education
- Geriatric Endocrinology
- Graston Technique
- Grief Counseling
- Group Psychotherapy
- Group Therapy
- Health Behavior Change
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Health Psychology Services
- Healthy Lifestyle Guidance
- Huntington's Disease Management
- I-131 Therapy
- Learning Disability Evaluation
- Loss Counseling
- Memory Disorder Treatment
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Multicultural Psychology
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Neuropsychological Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury
- Pain Medication Management
- Parent Management Training (PMT)
- Peer Review
- Personality Disorder Treatment
- Private Practice
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Rehabilitation Planning
- Rehabilitation Psychology Clinic
- Relapse Prevention
- Reproductive Health Management
- Research Methods In Psychology
- Risk Assessment Services
- Self-Esteem Enhancement
- Sleep Disturbances Treatment
- Social Psychology
- Social Skills Training
- Social-Emotional Development Assessment
- Somatoform Disorder Treatment
- Sports Concussion Testing
- Sports Psychology
- Statistics In Psychology
- Stroke And Neurological Rehabilitation
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Tobacco Cessation
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
- Video Therapy Sessions
- Weight Management Program
- Wellness Services
- Workshop Facilitation
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
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- TRICARE for Life East
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Network OA
- Employee Health Plan
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Medicare FFS
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- POS OA
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Classic 5000
- TRICARE East Select
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Sentara Health
- HumanaChoice PPO
- First Health PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- Choice POS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Student Resources
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA Indemnity
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Choice Fund PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna HMO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- HighMark
Education
Graduate: University of Maryland (1987)
Internship: Children's National Medical Center (1987)
Graduate: INSTITUTION NOT PRESENT (1982)
Graduate: University of Maryland (1982)