Alexander S. Andrews, MD| Pediatrics, Pediatric Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Alexander S. Andrews, MD, is an attending physician in MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s Division of Pediatric Neurology. Dr. Andrews’ area of clinical interests includes refractory epilepsy, quantitative EEG methods, general child neurology, and health equity. He sees pediatric patients in the hospital and clinic, and he treats both children and adults who are admitted to the inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.
Dr. Andrews believes in a multifaceted approach to treating epilepsy. He believes in the power of psychological support for patients living with epilepsy and for their families. When it feels as though personal freedom and social connectedness are taken away by the fear of having a seizure, it is critical to regain a positive self-image and goal-driven outlook. He has an interest in helping people who suffer from psychogenic non-epileptic seizures as well.
Dr. Andrews has long been involved in community health. He has volunteered for reputable causes such as Community for Children, a border medicine elective in Texas, and assisted in the creation of the Student Run Free Clinic at the University of Michigan.
He has earned his medical Spanish interpreter certification.
Dr. Andrews’ credentials include:
- Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology (2019)
- Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Epilepsy (2020)
- Medical Degree: The University of Michigan Medical School (2014)
- Internship: Children’s National Health System Department of Pediatrics (2015)
- Residency: Children’s National Health System Division of Neurology (2019)
- Fellowship: The George Washington University Hospital, Epilepsy (2020)
Dr. Andrews’ main areas of clinical expertise includes:
- Pediatric epilepsy
- Ketogenic diet to treat seizures
- Pediatric concussion and headache
- Neurodevelopmental disabilities
- Continuous EEG monitoring
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Migraine
- Abnormal Eeg
- Abnormal Reflexes
- Absence Epilepsy
- Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
- Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
- Agenesis Of Brain
- Agenesis Of The Corpus Callosum
- Agnosia
- Anencephaly
- Aneurysm
- Arachnoid Cyst
- Arnold Chiari Malformation Type 1
- Arnold Chiari Malformation Type 2
- Arnold Chiari Malformation Type 3
- Arnold Chiari Malformation Type 4
- Asymmetrical Crying Facies
- Ataxia
- Ataxia Telangiectasia
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorders
- Autonomic Neuropathy
- Becker Muscular Dystrophy
- Behavioral Disorders
- Benign Focal Amyotrophy
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Benign Paroxysmal Torticollis Of Infancy
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Brachycephaly
- Brain Injury
- Central Nervous System Lupus
- Cerebellar Ataxia
- Cerebellar Disease
- Cerebral Anomalies
- Cerebral Contusion
- Cerebral Degeneration In Childhood
- Cerebral Dysgenesis
- Cerebral Heterotopia
- Cerebral Lipidosis
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Abnormalities
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
- Childhood Epilepsy
- Chronic Infantile Neurologic Cutaneous And Articular Syndrome
- Chronic Migraines
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
- Cluster Headache
- CNS Vasculitis
- Concussion
- Concussive Seizure
- Congenital Anomalies Of The Central Nervous System
- Congenital Ataxia
- Congenital Brain Malformations
- Congenital Cerebral Hemiatrophy
- Congenital Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Congenital Cerebral Hypoplasia
- Congenital Deformity Of Nervous System
- Congenital Hydrocephalus
- Congenital Lesions Of The Nervous System
- Congenital Macrocephaly
- Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
- Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes
- Congenital Myopathies
- Congenital Paralysis
- Convulsion
- Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Demyelinating Disease
- Development Coordination Disorder
- Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis
- Disorder Of Balance
- Distal Muscular Dystrophy
- Distal Myopathy
- Dizziness
- Dopamine Responsive Dystonia
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Dysarthria
- Dysautonomia
- Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor
- Dysesthesia
- Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
- Encephalitis
- Encephalopathies
- Epilepsy
- Epileptic Confusional State
- Epileptic Twilight State
- Erb Palsy
- Facial Pain
- Facial Paresis
- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Familial Ataxia
- Familial Spinal Muscle Atrophy
- Fasciculations
- Febrile Convulsions
- Flaccid Hemiplegia
- Focal Dystonia
- Focal Seizures
- Friedreich Ataxia
- Fukuyama Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
- Generalized Seizures
- Genetic Dystonia
- Glycogen Storage Disease
- Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Head Trauma
- Headache
- Hemifacial Microsomia
- Hemiparesis
- Hemiplegia
- Hereditary Sensory And Autonomic Neuropathy
- Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
- Hydrocephalus
- Hydromyelia
- Hypertonia
- Hypoglossal Nerve Injury
- Hypotonia
- Impaired Coordination
- Infantile Hemiplegia
- Intermittent Tremor
- Ischemic Stroke
- Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
- Juvenile Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Kinetic Tremor
- Lacunar Stroke
- Landau Kleffner Syndrome
- Leg Numbness
- Leg Weakness
- Leigh's Disease
- Lennox Gastaut Syndrome
- Leukodystrophy
- Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
- Lip Droop
- Lissencephaly
- Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
- Loss Of Consciousness
- Macrocephaly
- Medication Overuse Headache
- Memory Disorders
- Meningocele
- Metabolic Brain Disorders
- Metabolic Myopathy
- Microcephaly
- Migraine
- Mitochondrial Disorders
- Moebius Syndrome
- Movement Diseases And Disorders
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Eye Brain Disease
- Muscle Spasticity
- Muscle Weakness
- Muscular Disorder
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelitis
- Myelopathy
- Myoclonus
- Myositis
- Myotonia
- Myotonia Congenita
- Myotonic Dystrophy
- Nerve Root Disorder
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neural Tube Defects
- Neuralgia
- Neuro Complications Of Pellagra
- Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neurologic Complications Of Meningitis
- Neurometabolic Disorder
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Neuropathy
- Niemann Pick Disease
- Numbness
- Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
- Optic Neuritis
- Pachygyria
- Paraplegia
- Paresthesia
- Paroxysmal Hemicrania
- Pediatric Epilepsy
- Peripheral Autonomic Neuropathy
- Peripheral Nerve Injury
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Periventricular Leukomalacia
- Petit Mal Seizure
- Plagiocephaly
- Plantar Nerve Lesions
- Poliodystrophia Cerebri
- Polymicrogyria
- Positional Vertigo
- Post Concussion Syndrome
- Post Traumatic Amnesia
- Post Traumatic Headache
- Primary Cerebellar Degeneration
- Primary Exercise Headache
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Primary Stabbing Headache
- Primary Thunderclap Headache
- Problems With Smell And Taste
- Progressive Muscular Atrophy
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Psychogenic Non Epileptic Seizures
- Quadriplegia
- Radiculopathy
- Rett Syndrome
- Reye Syndrome
- Schizencephaly
- Schwannomatosis
- Segmental Dystonia
- Sensory Impairment
- Sensory Problem
- Slurred Speech
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
- Spasmus Nutans
- Spastic Infantile Paralysis
- Spasticity
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia
- Spinocerebellar Degeneration
- Spinocerebellar Diseases
- Status Epilepticus
- Stereotypic Movement Disorder
- Sturge Weber Syndrome
- Syringomyelia
- Tay Sachs Disease
- Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Tension Headache
- Tetany
- Tetraplegia
- Tibial Neuropathy
- Tingling
- Tonic Clonic Seizure
- Torticollis
- Tourette Syndrome
- Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
- Transient Limb Paralysis
- Transverse Myelitis
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- Twitching
- Unsteady Gait
- Vagal Nerve Disorders
- Vagus Nerve Disease
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
- Vascular Malformations Of The Spine
- Vasomotor Symptoms
- Vein Of Galen Malformation
- Ventriculomegaly
- Vertigo
- Volitional Tremor
- Von Hippel Lindau Disease
- Williams Syndrome
Procedures I perform
- Balance Testing
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Nerve Conduction Studies
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
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- CFBCBS EPO
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Tricare Prime
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- FIRST HEALTH
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Epilepsy
Fellowship Program: The George Washington University (2020)
Fellowship Program: Childrens National Medical Center (2019)
Residency Program: Childrens National Medical Center (2016)
Medical School: University of Michigan School of Medicine (2014)