About me
Dr. Anaizi is an associate professor of Neurosurgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, a member of the multidisciplinary skull base surgery team and a specialist in minimally invasive neurosurgery. He completed fellowship training at the University of Cincinnati (Mayfield Clinic) in skull base surgery and minimally invasive treatment of a variety of brain conditions, including the full spectrum of brain tumors. Additionally, Dr. Anaizi completed advanced training in minimally invasive spine surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Dr. Anaizi has conducted extensive research in brain tumor treatment with numerous articles in peer reviewed journals.
Dr. Anaizi’s Philosophy of Care
I understand how frightening the prospect of brain or spine surgery is for my patients. It is my responsibility to help them understand their conditions and offer clear and detailed guidance so they can make informed decisions about their surgical options.
I recognize that these decisions are not easy. I treat my patients as I would treat my own family, when I counsel them on their options. I explain that surgery is considered only when nonsurgical interventions are not appropriate or have been unsuccessful. I want them to feel comfortable and safe. If they decide on surgery, whenever possible, I provide minimally invasive treatment that reduces risks and allows my patients to recover quickly, and return to their lives. My goal is to improve my patients’ quality of life.
Dr. Anaizi specializes include:
- Minimally Invasive Brain & Cranial Base Surgery
- Open and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Clinical areas of focus
- Aneurysm
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
- Scoliosis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Aneurysm
- Benign Neoplasm Of Bone And Articular Cartilage
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Benign Tumor
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Bursopathy
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Congenital Malformations Of Nervous System
- Congenital Malformations Of Peripheral Vascular System
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Epilepsy
- Head Injury
- Hemangioma
- Hydrocephalus
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Intraspinal Granuloma
- Kyphosis
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Endocrine Glands
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Eye And Adnexa
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Spinal Cord
- Meningioma
- Meningitis
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Omphalocele
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Scoliosis
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spine Tumor
- Spondylopathies
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Cerebral Arteriogram
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cervical Corpectomy
- Cervical Facet Joint Denervation
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Vertebra Reposition
- Discectomy
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery
- Enterectomy
- Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
- Kyphoplasty
- Matrixectomy
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Neuroendovascular Surgery
- Ostectomy
- Osteotomy
- Parkinson's Disease
- Parotid Biopsy
- Percutaneous Discectomy
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Scoliosis Deformity Correction
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Neurosurgery Washington, DC, 20007
301-856-2323Fax 855-385-5335
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
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice
- Optimum Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Open POS II
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Choice POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- HighMark
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Medicare Direct
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Navigate
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS II
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Network OA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Basic
- TRICARE East Prime
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Sentara Health
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA EPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- OA Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Fellowship: University of Cincinnati Medical Center (2013)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2012)
Internship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2007)
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine (2006)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025