About me
Rocco A. Armonda, MD, is director of Neuroendovascular Surgery for MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, surgical co-director for the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Washington, and associate professor and director of Neurosurgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS).
Dr. Armonda graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and from USUHS in 1990, with academic honors. His surgical internship and neurosurgery residency were completed at Walter Reed Army MEDCEN. He was selected for a fellowship in Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadephia from 1997-99. He recently joined MedStar Health after a 31-year military career in which he was awarded the Bronze Star for service, the Army Medical Proficiency 'A' Designator for excellence in both clinical and academic medicine in 2009, and the Young Neurosurgeon's Award in 2005 from the AANS.
He focuses on the areas of cerebrovascular disease, neurotrauma, and neurocritical care. He has advanced the use of multi-modal monitoring in the military and treatment techniques to patients with neurotrauma and stroke with both invasive and non-invasive monitoring. His seminal work includes the detection and treatment of traumatic cerebral vasospasm, traumatic pseudoaneurysms, decompressive craniotomy for wartime trauma, cranial-facial post-traumatic reconstruction, multimodal AVM treatments, and the design and deployment of the advanced neurointerventional operating room.
His research efforts include clinical studies on the long-term outcomes of wartime post-hemicraniectomy patients, nanotechnology designed biologically active stents for neurovascular disease, non-invasive monitoring of cerebral blood flow, the neurovascular effects of blast injuries, and neurosurgical surgical simulators for hemicraniectomy training modules.
Clinical areas of focus
- Aneurysm
- Brain Neoplasms
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Aneurysm
- Arterial Malformation Brain
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Berry Aneurysm
- Brain Metastases
- Brain Neoplasms
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cavernous Hemangioma
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Dural Sinus Thrombosis
- Epidural Hematoma
- Epidural Hemorrhage
- Facial Spasm
- Glioma
- Hemangioblastoma
- Hemangiopericytoma
- Herniation Syndrome
- Hydrocephalus
- Intracranial Arterial Occlusion
- Intracranial Hemangioma
- Intracranial Hemorrhage
- Meningioma
- Moyamoya
- Non Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
- Ruptured Brain Aneurysm
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Subdural Hematoma
- Subdural Hemorrhage
- Syringobulbia
- Syringomyelia
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vascular Brain Tumors
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
- Vascular Malformations Of The Spine
- Vein Of Galen Malformation
- Venous Malformation Brain
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
- Brain Surgery
- Burr Hole
- Chiari Decompression
- Clipping Of Brain Aneurysm
- Craniectomy
- Craniotomy
- Flow Diversion For Cerebral Aneurysms
- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
- Head Reconstruction
- Intracranial Arterial Bypass
- Microsurgery
- Microvascular Decompression
- Neuroendoscopy
- Neurointerventional Biplane Angiography System
- Resection Of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Ventricular Shunt
- Ventriculo Peritoneal Shunt
- Ventriculostomy
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Neurosurgery Washington, DC, 20007
202-877-5026Fax 202-877-5551
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
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- CFBCBS EPO
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- United Healthcare Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- United Student Resources
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Tricare Prime
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- FIRST HEALTH
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Fellowship Program: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (1999)
Residency Program: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (1997)
Internship Program: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (1991)
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (1990)