About me
Arash Taavoni, DO, joins MedStar Health Neurology at Reston as a board-certified neurologist with subspecialties in clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy. When combined with his fellowship training, Dr. Taavoni’s extensive experience includes diagnosing and treating epilepsy, seizures, migraines, trigeminal neuralgia, and other neurological disorders. He also is an expert at treating headaches with nerve blocks and Botox® injections.
Dr. Taavoni’s approach to care centers on providing individualized services that are tailored to address the specific needs of each patient. He begins this process by talking with patients about their conditions and wellness goals. After carefully reviewing medical histories and diagnostic assessments, he then develops comprehensive and effective treatment plans. These holistic strategies may include medication management, nerve conduction studies, electrodiagnostic tests, lifestyle modifications, and other evidence-based options. Moreover, he collaborates closely with a skilled team of neurologists and other specialists to further advance patients’ health.
Guided by ongoing clinical research, Dr Taavoni stays abreast of new medication and treatment options that provide patients with innovative methods to manage neurological disorders. He also is dedicated to keeping referring physicians informed about their patients’ progress and outcomes throughout the care process.
Philosophy of Care
“Every patient deserves respect, compassion, and excellent care. I cultivate trust-based relationships that prioritize the treatment of neurologic conditions alongside lifestyle modifications such as nutrition, exercise, and sleep. This holistic focus empowers many of my patients to enhance their overall well-being and quality of life.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Epilepsy
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Multiple Sclerosis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorder
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Charcot
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Cranial Nerve Disorder
- Dementia
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Intracranial Hypertension
- Ischemic Stroke
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Motor Neuron Diseases
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myopathies
- Myopathy
- Narcolepsy
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathic Pain
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Ohtahara Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Rett Syndrome
- Seizure Disorders
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Sports Concussion
- Status Epilepticus
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vertigo
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Management
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Botox Injection
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Dementia Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram With Hyperventilation
- Electroencephalogram With Photic Stimulation
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Myasthenia Gravis Treatment
- Nerve Block
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Transcranial Doppler
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 Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Basic
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-POS
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Navigate
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Network OA
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst NASCO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Open POS II
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- UHC Passport
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Beech Street PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Core Essential (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- POS OA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Choice POS II
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Student Resources
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- HighMark
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2011)
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital (2010)
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital (2007)
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University (2006)