About me
Dr. Tornatore is the Regional Chief of Neurology for MedStar Health and Chairman and Neurologist-in-Chief in the Department of Neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He is also the Executive Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Patient Centered Specialty Practice MedStar Georgetown and Professor and Chairman in the Department of Neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center. Dr. Tornatore received his undergraduate degree in neurobiology from Cornell University and then attended Georgetown University School of Medicine where he received his medical degree. Following a Neurology Residency at Georgetown University Hospital, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Tornatore has published extensively in the areas of neuroimmunology, neurovirology and Multiple Sclerosis and is currently involved in over 15 clinical trials for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. He has won multiple awards in the areas of medical student teaching, patient care and scholarly research.
Clinical areas of focus
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Multiple Sclerosis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Bleeding In Brain
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Atrophy
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Congenital Malformations Of Nervous System
- Convulsions
- Cranial Nerve Disorder
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Disease
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mononeuropathies
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Weakness
- Myoclonus
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Narcolepsy
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neurosyphilis
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Orthostatic Tremor
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Seizure Disorders
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Sports Concussion
- Status Epilepticus
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vertigo
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Migraine
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
- Electromyography
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Muscle Biopsy
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8525Fax 410-354-7953
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
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- TRICARE East Prime
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- First Health PPO
- Network OA
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Direct
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- Beech Street PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-EPO Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- UHC Passport
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Classic 3500
- HighMark
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Basic
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Navigate
- Sentara Health
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- Police and Fire Clinic
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst EPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Student Resources
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CIGNA EPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (1996)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (1990)
Internship: Providence Hospital GME (1987)
Medical School: Georgetown University (1986)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025