About me
Saeed A. Alqahtani, MD, FAAN, is a board-certified neurologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He is also fellowship-trained in endovascular neurosurgery and vascular neurology. He specializes in the treatment of routine and complex neurovascular conditions including acute strokes and other vascular disorders of the brain. In addition to being a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, he is a member of the American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, American College of Physicians, and the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery.
Dr. Alqahtani’s approach to care centers on helping patients navigate their illnesses by providing reliable education, personalized care plans, and minimally invasive treatments. While offering expert guidance and compassionate support, he empowers patients to make well-informed decisions about their overall health. Moreover, he collaborates with an experienced and multidisciplinary team of neurosurgeons, vascular neurologists, and neuro-ICU experts to help patients achieve the best possible outcomes.
He is dedicated to developing the next generation of medical professionals who are equally committed to advancing the care of people battling neurovascular disorders. Dr. Alqahtani also is passionate about clinical research that deepens the understanding of cerebrovascular diseases, intravenous thrombolysis, ischemic strokes, and endovascular therapies. These studies can lead to new and innovative treatments that further improve patients’ quality of life. Referring physicians should know that he will keep them well informed about their patients’ progress during every step of care!
Philosophy of Care
“The foundation of my patient-centered care model is providing the highest quality of comprehensive and holistic support. I achieve this goal by combining my extensive clinical expertise with minimally invasive techniques that are tailored to address each patient’s unique health and wellness goals. That commitment even extends to ensuring that they have seamless, stress-free, and timely access to appointments at convenient locations.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Bleeding In Brain
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cervical Myelopathy Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Glioblastoma
- Hydrocephalus
- Median Nerve Decompression
- Pediatric Surgery Follow-Up
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spinal Tumor Surgery
- Stroke Management
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Aneurysm
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Bleeding In Brain
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Neoplasms
- Brain Tumor
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Spine Instability
- Chiari Malformation
- Congenital Malformations Of Peripheral Vascular System
- Cutaneous Abscess
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Glioblastoma
- Head Injury
- Hydrocephalus
- Kyphosis
- Lordosis
- Meningioma
- Meningitis
- Nervous System Disorders
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Parkinson's Disease
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Tumor
- Thoracic Spine Instability
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vascular Malformation
- Visceral Artery Aneurysm
Procedures I perform
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Management
- Angioplasty And Stenting
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Surgery
- Bifrontal Craniectomy
- Brain Hemorrhage Surgery
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Myelopathy Surgery
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Endovascular Intracranial Prolonged Administration
- Endovascular Treatment
- Fibula Osteotomy
- Fluoroscopy Bilateral Common Carotid Arteries
- Fluoroscopy Of Bilateral Common Carotid Arteries Using Other Contrast Agent
- Intracranial Artery Restriction
- Intracranial Stenting
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy
- Lumbar Discectomy
- Lumbar Laminectomy And Fusion
- Matrixectomy
- Median Nerve Decompression
- Mesenteric Angiography
- Microdiscectomy
- Microvascular Decompression
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Neck Cancer Surgery
- Nerve Stimulation Therapy
- Neuroendovascular Surgery
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Occipital Nerve Stimulation
- Occlusion Intracranial Artery
- Pain Medication Management
- Pallidotomy
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pediatric Surgery Follow-Up
- Pedicle Screw Fixation
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Peripheral Nerve Surgery
- Pituitary Tumor Surgery
- Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
- Prostate Injury Treatment
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Scoliosis Deformity Correction
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Spinal Tumor Surgery
- Stroke Management
- Subclavian Artery Extirpation
- Surgery
- Sympathectomy
- Tumor Embolization
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Vertebral Compression Fracture Treatment
- Vestibular Nerve Tumor Surgery
- Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Neurosurgery Washington, DC, 20007
202-877-5026Fax 202-877-5551
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
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- CIGNA PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Employee Health Plan
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA EPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Beech Street PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Student Resources
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- POS OA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- HighMark
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-POS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Basic
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- TRICARE East Select
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Navigate
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- OA Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- First Health PPO
- UHC Passport
- Choice POS
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Choice POS II
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2018)
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (2016)
Residency: George Washington University School of Medicine (2015)
Fellowship: George Washington University School of Medicine (2012)
Internship: Emergency King Khalid University Hospital (2008)
Medical School: King Khalid University (2007)