Ayasha L. Williams-Sharron, MD| Pain Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Areas of Clinical Interest
- Chronic neuropathic, musculoskeletal, spine, and post- surgical pain
- Neuromodulation therapies (spinal cord stimulation and dorsal root ganglion stimulation)
- Interventional Pain Management (epidural steroid injections, nerve blocks, facet radiofrequency, and sympathetic blocks)
“Every patient is a unique individual. My philosophy involves developing a multi-modal treatment plan that is best for you."
Clinical areas of focus
- Pain Management
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (AMPS)
- Cancer Pain
- Causalgia Of Lower Limb
- Causalgia Of Upper Limb
- Chronic Migraines
- Chronic Pain
- Degenerative Spine Pain
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Erythromelalgia
- Facet Joint Syndrome
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- HIV Neuropathy
- Intractable Pain
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Migraine
- Mononeuritis
- Mononeuritis Multiplex
- Musculocutaneous Neuropathy
- Nerve Compression Syndrome
- Neuralgia
- Neuritis
- Neuropathy
- Opioid Issues
- Pain Amplification Syndromes
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Persistent Pain After Orthopedic Surgery
- Phantom Limb
- Plexitis
- Polyneuropathy
- Post Laminectomy Syndrome
- Post Radiation Pain
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Radiculopathy
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Spinal Stenosis
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
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Virginia Premier
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Carefirst EPO
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Fellowship Program: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (2009)
Residency Program: Temple University Hospital (2008)
Internship Program: Albert Einstein Medical Center (2005)
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine (2003)