Amisha B Patel, MD MPH| Pediatric Neurology, Epilepsy Neurology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Facial Weakness Treatment
- Migraine
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
- Responsive Neurostimulation
- Seizure Disorders
- Status Epilepticus
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Palsy
- Concussions
- Convulsions
- Disturbances Of Cerebral Status Of Newborn
- Dystonia
- Dystonic Spasms
- Encephalitis
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Headache
- Hydrocephalus
- Ischemic Stroke
- Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
- Meningitis
- Migraine
- Monosomies And Deletions From Autosomes
- Muscle Weakness
- Neonatal Seizures
- Neonatal Stroke
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Occipital Lobe Seizures
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Partial Seizures
- Rett Syndrome
- Seizure Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Spasticity
- Status Epilepticus
- Temporal Lobe Seizures
- Tourette Syndrome
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tremors
- Vision Disturbances
- West Syndrome
Procedures I perform
- Adhd Assessment
- Adhd Evaluation
- Allergy
- Angiography
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Behavioral Health Screening
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Biofeedback
- Botox Injection
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Brain-Computer Interface Training
- Cardiovascular Risk Factor Modification
- Cerebral Fibromuscular Dysplasia Treatment
- Cerebral Palsy Management
- Child Development
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Clinical Trials
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Community Health
- Community Health Education
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Corpus Callosotomy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Developmental Follow-Up
- Disease Management Education
- Disease Prevention
- Dopamine Therapy
- Dystonia Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy Education
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Facial Weakness Treatment
- Family Education
- Flash Electroretinography
- Functional Mri
- Gastrointestinal Neurological Disorders Treatment
- Genetic Counseling
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Hemispherectomy
- Ictal Spect
- Idiopathic Hypersomnia Treatment
- Infusion Therapy
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Kleine-Levin Syndrome Treatment
- Lifestyle Modification
- Limb Loss Rehabilitation
- Measurement Of Central Nervous Electrical Activity
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Mental Health Medication Management
- Mental Wellness Programs
- Mind-Body Medicine
- Movement Disorder Treatment
- Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
- Neonatal Seizure Management
- Nerve Stimulation Therapy
- Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Treatment
- Neurogenetic Disorders Treatment
- Neuroimaging
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Neuropharmacogenetics
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Neurostimulation
- Neurotoxicology
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Non-Rem Sleep Arousal Disorder Treatment
- Online Counseling
- Online Therapy
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Pediatric Autism Screening
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Management
- Psychological Evaluation
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Recreational Therapy
- Responsive Neurostimulation
- Risk Assessment
- Seizure Focus Localization
- Seizure Treatment
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Shiatsu Massage
- Sleep-Related Hallucination Treatment
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Status Epilepticus Treatment
- Stereoencephalography
- Sti Treatment
- Stroke Management
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Swallowing Disorder Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Tic Disorder Treatment
- Trauma Assessment
- Trauma Therapy
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Video Therapy
- Video Therapy Sessions
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
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice POS
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- OA Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Network OA
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- POS OA
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- UHC Passport
- IH-Network Only Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Sentara Health
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Basic
- First Health PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Employee Health Plan
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-EPO Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-POS
- CIGNA EPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- First Health PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Medicare Direct
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- TRICARE East Prime
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Choice POS II
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2021)
Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2020)
Residency: Tripler Army Medical Center (2014)
Medical School: George Washington University (2013)
Graduate: George Washington University (2013)