Faria Sana Amjad, BS MD MS| Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Faria Amjad is director of the Spasticity Clinic at MedStar Georgetown where she manages spasticity affecting the upper or lower extremities using medications, botulinum toxin and intrathecal baclofen pumps. She is also the director of clinical trials involving autoimmune disorders affecting the nervous system.
Board-certified in neurology, Dr. Amjad completed her undergraduate degree, medical degree, neurology residency and fellowship in multiple sclerosis all at Georgetown. During her two-year multiple sclerosis fellowship, Dr. Amjad focused on how to diagnose and manage patients with MS and other autoimmune disorders affecting the nervous system.
Given her long standing affiliation with Georgetown and its core values of service, Dr. Amjad hopes to use her medical training and knowledge to make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and their families affected with multiple sclerosis. She feels fortunate to practice at a time when physicians have so much hope to offer patients with multiple sclerosis a disease that is chronic and can be debilitating in terms of therapeutics and alternative medicine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Electromyography
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Binocular Movement Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Edema
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Disease
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Episcleritis
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Intracranial Pressure
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Muscle Weakness
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Narcolepsy
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathy
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pudendal Neuralgia
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tremor
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Ambulatory Eeg
- Botox Injection
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Movement Analysis And Training
- Nerve Block
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Seizure Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Tilt Table Test
- Transcranial Doppler
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology Washington, DC, 20007
202-295-0540Fax 410-354-7953
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
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Network OA
- IH-Network Only Plus
- First Health PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Student Resources
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- POS OA
- TRICARE East Select
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- OA Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Administrators
- UHC Passport
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- TRICARE for Life East
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Navigate
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open HMO Option
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Sentara Health
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- HighMark
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-POS
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Medicare FFS
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Choice POS II
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA EPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice POS
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2015)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2013)
Internship: St. Agnes Healthcare-GME (2010)
Medical School: Georgetown University (2009)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- A Rare Case of Primary Mediastinal Seminoma Associated with Anti-Hu Paraneoplastic Syndrome (PS). Faria Amjad, and Carlo Tornatore, MD. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology 67thAnnual Meeting in Washington DC 2015.
- Neurological involvement and characterization in acquired hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adulthood. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. Sean M. Gratton, Tasha R. Powell, Brett J. Theeler, Jason S. Hawley, Faria S. Amjad, Carlo Tornatore. J Neurol Sci.2015 Oct 15;357(1-2):136-42.
- The Safety and Efficacy of Switching from Natalizumab to Dimethyl Fumarate: Real World Experience. Faria Amjad, MD, Nasima Afsari, MBBS, Carlo Tornatore, MD. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology 67thAnnual Meeting in Washington DC 2015, and Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana 2015.
- Bilateral hearing loss as a manifestation of neuromyelitis optica. Sean Gratton, MD, Faria Amjad, MD, Forough Ghavami, DO, Benjamin Osborne, MD, Carlo Tornatore, MD and Carlos Mora, MD. Neurology. June 10, 2014. Vol. 82, Num. 23.
- Expanding the clinical spectrum of neuromyelitis optica: three cases with brainstem involvement. Faria Amjad, MD, Sean Gratton, MD, Benjamin Osborne, MD, Carlos Mora, MD and Carlo Tornatore, MD. Presented as a poster at the 29thcongress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) and the 18th Annual Conference of rehabilitation in MS (RIMS), Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2-5, 2013. Abstract Number 690. Presented as a poster at the American Academy of Neurology 66th Annual Meeting, April 26 to May 3, 2014 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. Scientific Abstract Number
- A case of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with progression to severe axonal neuropathy. Faria Amjad, MD and Michael Sirdofsky, MD. Submitted and presented as a poster at the 64th American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting; New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21-28, 2012. Abstract Number P01.118.