Emily Rose Alves, MHS PAC| Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery | MedStar Health
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Adrenal Tumor
- Aneurysm
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Back Pain
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Cyst
- Brain Tumor
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Congenital Hydrocephalus
- Craniopharyngioma
- Craniosynostosis
- Cutaneous Abscess
- Epidural Hematoma
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Kyphosis
- Lordosis
- Lumbar Myelopathy
- Malignant Brain Tumor
- Meningioma
- Menioma Brain Tumor
- Omphalocele
- Parkinson's Disease
- Scoliosis
- Skull Base Tumor
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Disc Herniation
- Spinal Infection
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Osteoporosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylosis
- Sports Concussion
- Syringomyelia
- Thigh Fracture
- Thoracic Spine Instability
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vascular Malformation
- Vertebral Compression Fracture
- Vertebral Fractures
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Surgery
- Brain Hemorrhage Surgery
- Carotid Artery Angioplasty And Stenting
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Myelopathy Surgery
- Cervical Spinal Cord Release
- Chiari Malformation Treatment
- Coil Embolization
- Craniectomy For Abscess
- Craniectomy For Hematoma Evacuation
- Craniectomy For Meningioma
- Cranioplasty
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson's Disease
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Gastrointestinal Tube Placement
- Heel Tendon Repair
- Hydrocephalus Shunting
- Image-Guided Neurosurgery
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy
- Laminotomy
- Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement
- Lumbar Discectomy
- Lumbar Laminectomy
- Lumbar Laminectomy And Fusion
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Median Nerve Decompression
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Nerve Grafting
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Papilledema And Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Parotid Biopsy
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Peripheral Nerve Surgery
- Pituitary Tumor Surgery
- Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Resection Of Thoracic Vertebral Disc
- Scoliosis Deformity Correction
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Shunt Placement
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Sports Injury Treatment
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
- Stereotactic Spinal Procedure
- Stroke Management
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Treatment
- Thoracic Discectomy
- Thoracic Laminectomy
- Thrombolysis
- Transsphenoidal Surgery
- Tumor Embolization
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Vascular Malformation Treatment
- Vertebral Corpectomy
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
- Choice POS
- OA Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- HighMark
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Employee Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Beech Street PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-HMO
- IH-PPO
- POS OA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- HealthyBlue PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- First Health PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Sentara Health
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Navigate
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Choice Fund PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-EPO Plus
- Network OA
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Student Resources
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
Education
Board Certification: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Physician Assistant
Graduate: George Washington University (2024)
