Katherine T Hamilton, MD| Neurology, Headache Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Katherine Hamilton, MD is an assistant professor of Neurology at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. She specializes in caring for patients with headache and is board certified in neurology and headache medicine. She sees patients in Chevy Chase, MD and in Washington, DC as part of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Headache Center.
Dr. Hamilton treats a wide array of headache-related disorders such as migraine, headaches related to neck and jaw tension, facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia, and rare headache disorders. She has a particular interest in women’s health, hormonal contributions to migraine, and treating migraine during pregnancy and perimenopause.
Dr. Hamilton believes that a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to headache is critical in managing headaches and uses a variety of treatments including medications, procedures, devices, and complementary and behavioral approaches.
Dr. Hamilton is involved in medical education at Georgetown and has spoken and published on various headache topics. Some recent publications are listed below.
Clinical areas of focus
- Anesthetic Injection For Sphenopalatine Ganglion
- Auriculotemporal Nerve Block For Headache
- Botox For Migraine Prevention
- Botox Injection For Migraines
- Cervical Facet Joint Denervation
- Cervicogenic Headache
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Headache
- Hypochondria
- Migraine With Aura
- Nerve Block
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
- Status Migrainosus
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Mri
- Anxiety
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Cervicogenic Headache
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Dentofacial Abnormality
- Emotional Disorders
- Episcleritis
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hemiplegia
- Herpes Encephalitis
- Hypochondria
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Migraine With Aura
- Myoneural Disorders
- Nervous System Disorders
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Status Migrainosus
- Subcortical Infarction
- Vestibular Neuritis
- Vision Disturbances
Procedures I perform
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Care
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Management
- Anesthetic Injection For Sphenopalatine Ganglion
- Angiogram
- Atonic Epilepsy Treatment
- Auriculotemporal Nerve Block For Headache
- Botox For Migraine Prevention
- Botox Injection For Migraines
- Botulinum Toxin For Facial Pain
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Facet Joint Denervation
- Cervical Facet Joint Injection
- Cervicogenic Dizziness Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder-Related Anxiety
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electromyography
- Epidural Blood Patch For Csf Leak
- Ganglion Impar Block
- Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Muscle Injection
- Neck Pain Treatment
- Nerve Block
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Oral And Pharyngeal Swallowing Function Evaluation
- Pain Medication Management
- Percutaneous Laser Ablation Of Nerves
- Prostate Injury Treatment
- Pulmonary Exercise Testing
- Seizure Treatment
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Stroke Management
- Subarachnoid Block
- Surgical Somatosensory Evoked Potential Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation For Headaches
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
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
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst EPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- HighMark
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- OA Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 3500
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- POS OA
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CIGNA PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Medicare Direct
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Network OA
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- UHC Passport
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Sentara Health
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-HMO
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-POS
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Basic
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Navigate
- IH-Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open POS II
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Tricare Reserve Select
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center (2018)
Residency: University of California San Francisco (2017)
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2013)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Hamilton KT, Seligman R, Blue R, Lee JYK. Refractory glossopharyngeal neuralgia successfully treated with onabotulinumtoxinA: A case report. Headache. 2022;62(10):1424-8.
Hamilton KT. The evidence (or lack thereof) for treatment of primary headache during pregnancy and lactation. Headache. 2021; 9-10.
Hamilton KT. Headache in Pregnancy and Postpartum. Elselvier Clinical Overview. 2021 Oct. https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/clinical_overview/67-s2.0-V1283
Hamilton KT, Halker Singh RB, Ailani J, Butterfield RJ, Robbins MS. Migraine Treatment in Pregnancy: An American Headache Society Survey. Headache. 2020; 2594-2596.