About me
Syed H Shabbir, MD is the Director of Epilepsy and Medical Director of the EEG lab at Franklin Square Hospital. He is also an Associate Professor of Neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center. He studied neuroscience at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor graduating with Honors and High Distinction. He completed his medical training and neurology residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City with Distinction in Reseach. He specialized in Clinical Neurophysiology with a focus on EEG, Epilepsy and Surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
He is board-certified in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology / Epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He also has board certification in Clinical Neurophysiology with added competency in Critical Care EEG Monitoring by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology. He has authored papers that have been published in major journals.
In 2023, he was named a Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine.
He sees patients at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center providing comprehensive evaluation and treatment of all adult neurological disorders. He specializes in seizure disorders and their treatment, however also has an interest and expertise in Headache disorders, Migraines, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease / Dementia and Stroke.
He strives to develop a personal rapport with every patient. Dr. Shabbir feels that by learning from his patients, he can provide better care and build rewarding, trusting relationships.
“There has never been a more exciting time in Neurology. With growing understanding of the genetic and molecular basis of neurological disorders, there are ever-expanding treatment options for otherwise progressive and debilitating conditions.”
- Dr. Syed H Shabbir
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Epilepsy
- Essential Tremor
- Focal Seizures
- Generalized Seizures
- Headache
- Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Hypoglossal Nerve Disease
- Ischemic Stroke
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
Procedures I perform
- Ambulatory Eeg
- Electroencephalography
- Occipital Nerve Block
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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 BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Tricare for Life East
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- I-SNP
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Cigna Indemnity
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Choice
- CareFirst NASCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Beech Street PPO
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Choice Plus
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- United Golden Rule
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Navigate
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Carefirst EPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Signature
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- D-SNP)
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Tricare East Select
- Virginia Premier
- Kaiser Select
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Innovation Health: POS
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Tricare East Prime
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna HMO
- United Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- United Optimum Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Videos
Education
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medicine GME (2020)
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College (2019)
Medical School: Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine Office of the Registrar (2015)
Awards
- Baltimore magazine Top Doctor 2023 Teaching Star 2019 & 2020, Education of medication students, Montefiore Medical Center Best Case Report award 2014, Milford Fulop Poster Competition, Jacobi Medical Center Community Service Award, 2013, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Shabbir SH, Nadeem FZ, Labovitz DL. Anteromedial thalamic infarct: a rare presentation. Case Report. BMJ Case Reports. 2018.
Shabbir SH, Nadeem FZ, Labovitz DL. A rare presentation of AICA syndrome. Case Report. BMJ Case Reports. 2018. pii: bcr-2017-223402. DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223402.
Shabbir SH, Liberman A, Milstein M. A case of new onset seizures. Images. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2017. 47:118-119. DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2017.09.017
Shabbir SH, Elina M, Milstein M. Microhemorrhages in the Corpus Callosum. Letter to the Editor. Can J Neurol Sci. 2017. DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2017.238
Nadeem FZ, Shabbir SH. Hypertriglyceridemia-induced Acute Pancreatitis. Clinical Images. J Gen Intern Med. 2017
Shabbir SH, Tong O, Gluck L, Robbins M. Convergence spasm in Wernicke encephalopathy. The Neurohospitalist. 2017. DOI: 10.1177/1941874417690668
Shabbir SH, Jadeja NM. Non-ketotic hyperglycemic chorea-ballism (NKHCB): an atypical case and a review of literature. Case Report. EJBM. 2016; 31:25–26.
Shabbir SH, Maria Teresa M. Santos. The role of prehealth student volunteers at a student-run free clinic in New York, the United States. J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2015. 12:49. PMID: 26582631.
Shabbir SH. DNA Repair Dysfunction and Neurodegeneration: Lessons From Rare Pediatric Disorders. Topical Review. Journal of Child Neurology. 2015. 1-5. PMID: 26116382.
Shabbir SH. Psychiatric underpinnings of chronic diabetic neuropathic pain. Commentary. EJBM. 2015. 30:37-40.
Shabbir SH, Sanders AE. Clinical Significance in Dementia Research: A Review of the Literature. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2014. PMID: 24526758.