Safia Said Abdillahi, ACNP-BC MSN| Neurology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Cerebral Palsy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia Treatment
- Fine Motor Skills Evaluation
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Lewy Body Dementia Treatment
- Medication Administration And Management
- Physical Therapy For Balance And Gait
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Aneurysm
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chorea
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Confusion
- Disorientation
- Dizziness And Lightheadedness
- Dorsalgia
- Dystonic Spasms
- Epilepsy
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Pain
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Headache
- Huntington's Disease
- Memory Loss
- Migraine
- Muscle Cramps
- Muscle Disorders
- Muscle Weakness
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Parkinson's Disease
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Seizure Disorders
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Speech Disturbances
- Stroke With Weakness
- Swallowing Disorders
- Syncope
- Twitching
- Unsteady Walking
- Vascular Dementia
Procedures I perform
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Balance And Gait Disorders
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Biofeedback
- Botox Injection
- Botox Injections For Movement Disorders
- Botox Injections For Pain
- Botulinum Toxin Injection For Spasticity
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Limb Spasticity
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Migraines
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Chorea Management
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder-Related Anxiety
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson's Disease
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Dopamine Therapy
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electromyography
- Electrophysiology Testing
- Facial Weakness Treatment
- Fall Prevention And Management
- Falls Prevention
- Fine Motor Skills Evaluation
- Functional Neurosurgery For Movement Disorders
- Geriatric Care Management
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Analysis
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Lewy Body Dementia Treatment
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Medication Administration And Management
- Movement Analysis And Training
- Movement Disorder Rehabilitation
- Movement Disorder Treatment
- Muscle Biopsy
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Stimulation Therapy
- Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Pain Pump Implant
- Palliative Care In Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Parkinson's Disease
- Parkinson's Disease Rehabilitation
- Physical Therapy For Ataxia
- Physical Therapy For Balance And Gait
- Physical Therapy For Chorea
- Physical Therapy For Dystonia
- Physical Therapy For Tremor
- Physical Therapy For Unsteady Gait
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Speech And Language Pathology
- Speech Therapy
- Speech Therapy For Dysphagia
- Speech Therapy For Neurological Conditions
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Subarachnoid Block
- Surface Electromyography
- Swallowing Disorder Treatment
- Tremor Management
- Trigger Point Injection
- Twitching Treatment
- Vocal Cord Nodule Treatment
- Walking Therapy For Movement Disorders
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8525Fax 410-354-4565
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 Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Administrators
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- First Health PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna HMO
- POS OA
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA EPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Network OA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Choice Fund PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Navigate
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- OA Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- First Health PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- HighMark
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-POS
- BlueChoice Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Optimum Choice
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open HMO Option
Education
Board Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center,
Graduate: Yale University (2006)