Sara Dehbashi, MD| Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine | MedStar Health
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Amyloidosis
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Aphasia
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dermatomyositis
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Dysphagia
- Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
- Inflammatory Myopathy
- Inflammatory Myositis
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Motor Neuron Diseases
- Muscle Disorders
- Muscle Weakness
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neuropathy
- Polymyositis With Muscle Weakness
- Spasticity
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
Procedures I perform
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Migraines
- Brain Imaging
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
- Clinical Trials
- Cognitive Impairment Therapy
- Electromyography
- Electrophysiology Testing
- Muscle Biopsy
- Myasthenia Gravis Treatment
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
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Network OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Employee Health Plan
- TRICARE East Prime
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Student Resources
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice
- IH-POS
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-POS Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Navigate
- Medicare Direct
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- POS OA
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Select
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA EPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Beech Street PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Sentara Health
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-Open HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- First Health PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna HMO
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- HighMark
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Administrators
- OA Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Choice Fund PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- First Health PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai (2019)
Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals (Galveston) (2018)
Internship: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals (Galveston) (2015)
Fellowship: Washington University In St. Louis (2014)
Medical School: Shiraz University of Medical Science (2007)