Stephen R. Mitchell, MD| Rheumatology, Internal Medicine | MedStar Health
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Stephen R. Mitchell

Stephen R. Mitchell, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.9 out of 5 (227 reviews)

Specialties: Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Rheumatology, Pediatrics

Languages: English

877-625-1471

About me

Stephen Ray Mitchell,MD, MBA, MACP, FRCP

Certified in Internal Medicine and Pedistrics And Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology

Clinical areas of focus

  • Vasculitis
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Behcet's Disease
  • Benign Hypermobility
  • Crystal Arthropathies (GOUT)
  • Fever Of Unknown Origin
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Gout
  • Igg4-Related Disease
  • Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
  • Juvenile Lupus
  • Juvenile Spondyloarthritis
  • Macrophage Activation Syndrome
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Pediatric Joint Pain
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
  • Vasculitis
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Procedures I perform

  • Injection Joints And Bursa
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Practice locations

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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 6th Fl
Washington, DC, 20007

202-444-7547

Fax 202-444-7797

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Fax 202-444-7797

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.

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

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology

Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology

Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (1986)

Residency: University of North Carolina Hospitals GME (1981)

Internship: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1978)

Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1976)

Awards

  • Washingtonian Top Doc 2025
  • Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award - Arthritis Foundation
  • Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians, London
  • Master of American College of Physicians
  • Founding Fellow American College of Rheumatology
  • American Mediclal Women's Association-  Larry Zaroff Man of Good Conscience Award - 2021

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.9
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.9
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.9
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.9
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    5
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.9
  • Mar 13, 2026

    Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell was outstanding

  • Nov 5, 2025

    Attentive, listened to my concerns, discussed possible Dx. & Tx.

  • Jul 15, 2025

    Dr. Mitchell took so much time with us to make sure we felt comfortable and that all our questions were answered.