Anita Rothwell, RN, MSN
Founder and President

Anita Rothwell is a Registered Nurse and has worked in the Washington, DC metro area for over 20 years. She started Rothwell Care Management, LLC, to assist seniors and their families in the DC area with goals of improving quality of life, promoting independence and safety, advocating for them and helping them navigate the health care system. Prior to starting Rothwell Care Management, for 5 ½ years Anita served the elderly community as a geriatric care manager at Care Management Associates (CMA), specializing in medically complex situations.

Before CMA, she worked in Maryland at the Kaiser Permanente Neurology Department in Kensington and the Neurology Center in Chevy Chase, Rockville and Wheaton as an Adult Nurse Practitioner. Her work concentrated on chronic neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, and Headache Management. During this time, she was a co-investigator on several Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease research drug trials, authored a chapter on Parkinson’s Disease for a nurse practitioner textbook, and guest lectured for the Adult Nurse Practitioner Program at the Catholic University of America.

Anita began her work in the DC area as a staff nurse at Georgetown University Hospital on the medical-surgical floor for the patients of St. Elizabeth’s Psychiatric Hospital. While at Georgetown, she also worked as a volunteer public heath nurse in the Dominican Republic through the Georgetown Organization for Latin American Affairs.

Anita received her BSN from the University of Texas at Austin and her MSN in the Adult Nurse Practitioner Program from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Rothwell Care Management provides services in NW Washington DC and lower Montgomery County.