About me
Gholam K. Motamedi, MD, is a professor and director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in the Department of Neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Motamedi chose his specialty because he feels that neuroscience is at the frontier of science. His philosophy of care involves undertaking a comprehensive work-up, making the correct diagnosis and administering the most efficient treatment possible for the patient.
Dr. Motamedi has published numerous original research studies, reviews and has contributed several book chapters to works in the fields of epilepsy and sleep disorders. Some of his research studies include investigating potentially therapeutic effects of direct brain stimulation in patients with epilepsy, potentially therapeutic effects of direct brain stimulation and brain cooling (hypothermia) in animal models of epilepsy, basic cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of epilepsy, particular genetic forms of epilepsy mimicking sleep disorders, sleep apnea, monitoring cardiac telemetry and pulse oximetry in patients with epilepsy undergoing continuous video-EEG monitoring and retrospective study of in utero antiepileptic drug effects on neurodevelopment. Dr. Motamedi has also received several awards for excellence in patient treatment, teaching and research.
Professional Association Memberships
- American Epilepsy Society
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- American Neurological Association
Clinical areas of focus
- Brain Mapping
- Eeg Monitoring
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Surgery
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Brain Mapping
- Eeg Monitoring
- Epilepsy Surgery
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Washington, DC, 20007
202-295-0540Fax 410-354-5461
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 VA Exchange
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open POS II
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Employee Health Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Indemnity
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-POS
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS II
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- POS OA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Choice POS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Basic
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- HighMark
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Blue Choice Advantage
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Sentara Health
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Navigate
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Network OA
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst NASCO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- OA Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Sleep Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Epilepsy
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1999)
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine-Surgical Critical Care Fellowship (1998)
Internship: Yale-New Haven Hospital (1995)
Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences (1990)
Awards
- Excellence in Teaching Medical Students, Georgetown 2006-7
- National Epifellow Foundation (NEF) research award 1999
- American Epilepsy Society meeting Topscholar fellow award Dec. 1998
- American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting Scholarship Apr. 1998
- World Health Organization (WHO) Scholarship on Epidemiology, Bangalore, India Jan-Mar. 1990
- Best Doctors in greater DC area; Washington Post, 2011-2013
- Fellow of American Neurological Association (FANA), 2012
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors, 2016-2025
- Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society (FAES), 2017