About me
Samir Sur, MD, is a board certified, fellowship-trained neurosurgeon who serves as Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery, as part of the Comprehensive Stroke Center team at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. MedStar Franklin Square was named a Comprehensive Stroke Center in 2023, the highest level of designation available by The Joint Commission and the Maryland Institute of EMS Systems (MIEMSS). Dr. Sur also practices at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He utilizes a number of minimally invasive strategies including the transradial approach for Neuroendovascular surgery and minimally invasive craniotomies for treatment of brain tumors and aneurysms. In 2023 and 2024, he was named a Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine.
Dr. Sur’s credentials include:
Undergraduate Degree: Yale University
Medical degree: Boston University School of Medicine
Fellowship and Residency: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Dr. Sur’s main areas of clinical expertise include:
- Endovascular and microsurgical treatment of cerebral aneurysms
- Multi-modal treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations
- Endoscopic microsurgical resection of skull base tumors
- Microsurgical resection of brain and spine tumors
- Minimally invasive craniotomy for brain tumors and vascular disease
- Neurosurgical treatment of epilepsy and pain syndromes
Clinical areas of focus
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
- Brain Tumor
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Meningioma
- Moyamoya Disease
- Parotid Biopsy
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spine Tumor Surgery
- Stent Placement
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
- Vascular Malformation
- Vestibular Nerve Tumor Surgery
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Adrenal Tumor
- Aneurysm
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Artery Blockage In The Brain
- Back Pain
- Benign Neoplasm Of Bone And Articular Cartilage
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Benign Tumor
- Biomechanical Lesions
- Bleeding In Brain
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Bone Density Disorder
- Bone Disorders
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Aneurysm Rupture
- Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Bursopathy
- Carotid Stenosis
- Central Nervous System Disorder
- Cerebral Edema
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cervical Fracture
- Chiari Malformation
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Hydrocephalus
- Congenital Malformations Of Nervous System
- Congenital Malformations Of Peripheral Vascular System
- Congenital Malformations Of Skull And Face Bones
- Congenital Malformations Of Spine And Bony Thorax
- Congenital Musculoskeletal Deformities
- Craniosynostosis
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dermatophytosis (RINGWORM)
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Encephalitis
- Epilepsy
- Fractures Of The Neck
- Fungal Meningitis
- Head Injury
- Hemangioma
- Herniated Disc In Neck
- Hydrocephalus
- Increased Intracranial Pressure
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Intraspinal Granuloma
- Kyphosis
- Lumbar Disc Disorders
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Lumbar Spine Injury
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Endocrine Glands
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Eye And Adnexa
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Spinal Cord
- Meningioma
- Meningitis
- Moyamoya Disease
- Muscle Disorders
- Musculoskeletal System Complications
- Neck Fracture
- Neoplasm Of Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasms Of Lymphoid, Hematopoietic And Related Tissue
- Nerve Root Disorders
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neurodegeneration
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Omphalocele
- Orbit Disorders
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Skull Base Tumor
- Skull Fractures
- Spinal Cord Abscess
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Disc Herniation
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Tumor
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Syncope
- Thoracic Spine Fractures
- Thoracic Spine Injury
- Thoracic Spine Instability
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vascular Malformation
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
Procedures I perform
- Angiography
- Brain Angioplasty
- Brain Tumor Diagnosis
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Central Nervous Electrical Activity Monitoring
- Cerebellar Hemorrhage Evacuation
- Cerebral Hemisphere Extirpation
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Revision
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Nerve Release
- Cervical Spinal Cord Release
- Common Carotid Artery Dilation
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Cranial Nerve Neurostimulator Electrode Array And Pulse Generator Implantation
- Craniectomy For Abscess
- Craniectomy For Cerebellopontine Angle Tumor
- Craniectomy For Hematoma Evacuation
- Craniectomy For Meningioma
- Cranioplasty
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dilation Of Left External Iliac Artery With Stent
- Drainage Of Bladder
- Drainage Of Cranial Cavity
- Duplex Scan Of Upper Extremity Arteries
- Dura Mater Supplement
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Endovascular Intracranial Prolonged Administration
- Endovascular Intracranial Prolonged Administration Of Pharmacologic Agent
- Excision Of Cerebellum
- Excision Of Cerebral Ventricle
- Extirpation Of Brain Matter
- Extirpation Of Right Femoral Vein
- Factor Vii Infusion
- Fluoroscopy Bilateral Common Carotid Arteries
- Fluoroscopy Of Bilateral Common Carotid Arteries Using Other Contrast Agent
- Fluoroscopy Right Upper Extremity Arteries
- Fluoroscopy Upper Arteries
- Foot Subcutaneous Tissue Diagnostic Drainage
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Hematoma Drainage
- Intracranial Artery Restriction
- Intracranial Subdural Space Drainage
- Laminectomy
- Laminotomy
- Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement
- Lumbar Laminectomy
- Lumbar Laminectomy And Fusion
- Lumbar Nerve Release
- Lumbar Puncture
- Lumbar Vertebral Disc Excision
- Lumboperitoneal Shunt
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mesenteric Angiography
- Microsurgical Procedures
- Neuroendoscopy
- Occlusion Intracranial Artery
- Occlusion Left External Iliac Artery
- Open Optic Nerve Release
- Orbitocranial Approach To Anterior Cranial Fossa
- Papilledema And Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Parkinson's Disease
- Parotid Biopsy
- Pec Implants
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Pressure Flow Study
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Pump Therapy
- Reconstruction Of Bifrontal, Superior
- Replacement Frontal Bone
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Meninges Supplement
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spine Tumor Surgery
- Stent Placement
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
- Stereotactic Spinal Procedure
- Subclavian Artery Extirpation
- Supplement Dura Mater
- Supratentorial Hematoma Evacuation
- Thoracic Aorta Fluoroscopy
- Thoracic Aorta To Carotid Artery Bypass With Synthetic Substitute
- Thread Lift
- Thromboendarterectomy With Patch Graft
- Transcatheter Occlusion
- Twist Drill Hole With Ventricular Catheter
- Upper Artery Synthetic Substitute Removal
- Venous Access Device Removal
- Vestibular Nerve Tumor 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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- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- UHC Passport
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-POS
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- BlueChoice Open Access
- First Health PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- HighMark
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Network Only Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice POS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst NASCO
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Network OA
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst EPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- OA Plus
- POS OA
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Fellowship: University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital (2020)
Residency: University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital (2019)
Residency: University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital (2018)
Fellowship: University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital (2017)
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine (2012)
Awards
- Best Resident Teaching Award 2018-2019, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery
- Sanjiv Bhatia, MD Distinction in Leadership and Service Award 2018-2019, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery
- Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine, 2023, 2024
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Selected Publications:
Sur S, Menaker SA, Alvarez C, Chen S, Shah SS, Peterson EC, Elhammady MS, Starke RM. Multimodal Management of Carotid-Cavernous Fistulas. World Neurosurg. 2020 Jan;133:e796-e803. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.10.004. Epub 2019 Oct 9. PMID: 31605852.
Chen SH, Snelling BM, Shah SS, Sur S, Brunet MC, Starke RM, Yavagal DR, Osbun JW, Peterson EC. Transradial approach for flow diversion treatment of cerebral aneurysms: a multicenter study. J Neurointerv Surg. 2019 Aug;11(8):796-800. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-014620. Epub 2019 Jan 22. PMID: 30670622.
Snelling BM, Sur S, Shah SS, Caplan J, Khandelwal P, Yavagal DR, Starke RM, Peterson EC. Transradial Approach for Complex Anterior and Posterior Circulation Interventions: Technical Nuances and Feasibility of Using Current Devices. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Sep 1;17(3):293-302. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy352. PMID: 30496537.
Snelling BM, Sur S, Shah SS, Khandelwal P, Caplan J, Haniff R, Starke RM, Yavagal DR, Peterson EC. Transradial cerebral angiography: techniques and outcomes. J Neurointerv Surg. 2018 Sep;10(9):874-881. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013584. Epub 2018 Jan 8. PMID: 29311120.
Sur S, Snelling B, Khandelwal P, Caplan JM, Peterson EC, Starke RM, Yavagal DR. Transradial approach for mechanical thrombectomy in anterior circulation large-vessel occlusion. Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Apr;42(4):E13. doi: 10.3171/2017.1.FOCUS16525. PMID: 28366055.