Kent County · Served from Wilmington
OWCP Doctor Smyrna NY
Smyrna sits on the Kent and New Castle county line, close enough to Dover Air Force Base to be home to a good share of its civilian workforce and close enough to Wilmington that the drive to our office is under an hour. It also has a genuine federal workplace of its own in Bombay Hook. Treatment for an accepted claim is billed directly to the Department of Labor with nothing out of pocket.
Nearest Office
Wilmington Office
1521 Concord Pike, Suite 203, Wilmington, DE 19803
About 50 minutes from Smyrna center. Straight up DE-1 and I-95. Smyrna is the closest Kent County town to our Wilmington office, and the trip is a routine one. Plan on about 50 minutes to our Concord Pike office in normal traffic.
Federal Workers in Smyrna and the 19977 ZIP
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - National Wildlife Refuge
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is a federal workplace: refuge staff, maintenance crews, biologists and seasonal federal employees work marsh, impoundments and heavy equipment year-round. Outdoor federal work carries its own injury pattern - vehicle and ATV incidents, falls on wet ground and structures, tick-borne illness contracted on duty, and equipment injuries - and every one of them is a documentable OWCP claim. The refuge sits a few minutes from Smyrna.
USPS - Retail and Rural Carrier Dispatch
USPS Smyrna and surrounding routes
Rural and small-town postal work is driving work: long routes, hundreds of vehicle entries and exits a day, and mailbox reaching that wears down the shoulder, neck and lower back over years rather than in one moment. That slow kind of injury files as a CA-2, and it is the claim carriers most often talk themselves out of filing. A fall, a dog bite or a lifting injury on one day files as a CA-1. Both are federal claims with the same rights.
DoD - Civilian Workforce (commuting)
Dover Air Force Base commuters
The largest OWCP population in this part of Kent County does not work in town at all. Dover Air Force Base is a short commute, and its civilian workforce - aircraft maintainers, aerial port and cargo staff, logistics, civil engineering, fire and emergency services, medical and administrative staff - lives across these towns. A DoD civilian hurt on base has full FECA rights, chooses their own treating physician, and is not limited to base medical for an occupational injury. Active-duty members and private contractors on base are in different systems.
FECA covers civilian federal employees. Active-duty military, private contractors and State of Delaware employees are in other systems. If your paycheck comes from a federal agency, this is your system, and you choose your own treating physician.
Getting Here from Smyrna
Our nearest office is the Wilmington Office at 1521 Concord Pike, Suite 203, Wilmington, DE 19803.
By Car
Straight up DE-1 and I-95. Smyrna is the closest Kent County town to our Wilmington office, and the trip is a routine one. Plan on about 50 minutes to our Concord Pike office in normal traffic.
By Transit
DART Route 301 serves the Dover to Wilmington corridor with a Smyrna stop; allow well over an hour each way. Driving is the practical option.
Your Claim District
Delaware claims are handled by OWCP's Philadelphia district office. That surprises people, but it changes nothing about your care: you choose your own treating physician under FECA, and that choice is not limited by which district holds your file. It also means a Delaware resident who commutes to a federal job in Pennsylvania, Maryland or New Jersey is still filing the same federal claim, and can still be treated here at home.
Why a Named Physician Matters
OWCP claims succeed or fail on medical documentation. Dr. Moalemi, board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), personally signs your reports and IME paperwork. A named, credentialed specialist in your file carries more weight with the Department of Labor than a generic note from a rotating clinic. See his full credentials and background.
Services Covered
- ▸Physical medicine and rehabilitation evaluation
- ▸Physical therapy
- ▸Pain management
- ▸Orthopedic assessment and referral coordination
- ▸Diagnostic imaging referral (MRI, X-ray, nerve studies)
- ▸OWCP claims assistance (CA-1, CA-2, CA-7 forms)
- ▸Independent medical evaluation (IME) for contested claims
- ▸Work capacity and return-to-duty assessment
Conditions Treated
- ▸Back and spine injuries
- ▸Neck and shoulder injuries
- ▸Knee and hip injuries
- ▸Repetitive strain and carpal tunnel
- ▸Slip, trip and fall trauma
- ▸Lifting and material-handling injuries
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Wilmington too far from Smyrna to be practical?
It is about 50 minutes each way, and we would rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise. There is no OWCP-credentialed practice closer, which is the honest reason patients make the trip. We schedule Smyrna patients in a single longer block so that evaluation, treatment and the claim paperwork happen in one visit, and we keep follow-ups to what the claim genuinely needs.
I am a DoD civilian at Dover AFB. Do I have to use base medical?
No. For an occupational injury under FECA you have the right to choose your own treating physician. Base medical may see you first, and that is fine, but it does not lock you into staying there for treatment or for the documentation your claim needs.
My injury built up over years on the job. Is that still a claim?
Yes. An injury that developed over time files as a CA-2 (occupational disease) rather than a CA-1 (traumatic injury). It needs a clear medical statement tying the condition to the work you do, and that statement is exactly what an OWCP-credentialed physician is for. It is the most under-filed kind of claim among carriers and manual workers.
Also Serving Nearby Delaware Towns
Federal workers from these nearby towns regularly see Dr. Moalemi at ourWilmington office. Each town has its own page with directions and local context.