Bahareh Sianati, MD| Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy | MedStar Health
About me
Bahareh Sianati, MD, is a neurologist, fellowship trained in both epilepsy and neurophysiology. Dr. Sianati is double board-certified in neurology and psychiatry, and neurology and epilepsy; she is also board-eligible in electrophysiology. She sees patients at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital.
An experienced researcher, Dr. Sianati’s clinical interests are epilepsy, headache, and electrophysiology. She is well-versed in innovative treatments including injectables, responsive neurostimulators, and radioablation.
With her patients, Dr. Sianati’s philosophy is to care for them as people – not as a single diagnosis or lab report. Her comprehensive approach incorporates feedback from both her patients and other multidisciplinary experts to develop individualized treatment plans.
Dr. Sianati is an assistant professor of neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center, and a member of the American Epilepsy Society, American Academy of Neurology, and American Neurophysiology Society. She understands Czech and fluently speaks Farsi.
Clinical areas of focus
- Cervicogenic Dizziness Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Epilepsy
- Migraine
- Myelitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Arm Numbness
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorder
- Bleeding In Brain
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Cortical Blindness
- Cranial Nerve Disorder
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Demyelinating Disease
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Dystonic Spasms
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Foot Or Toe Numbness
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Hand Weakness
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Intracranial Hypertension
- Ischemic Stroke
- Korsakoff Syndrome
- Lack Of Coordination
- Leg Tingling
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Muscle Weakness
- Myelitis
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neurodegeneration
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Ocular Migraine
- Paralysis
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Rett Syndrome
- Seizure Disorders
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Sensory Processing Disorder
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Sports Concussion
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Central Nervous Electrical Activity Monitoring
- Cervicogenic Dizziness Treatment
- Chemodenervation Of Muscle
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Myasthenia Gravis Treatment
- Nerve Block
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Numbness Treatment
- Parkinson's Disease
- Seizure Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
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
- Choice Fund PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- First Health PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-HMO
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Administrators
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HighMark
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Choice POS
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Navigate
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Employee Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-POS Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Sentara Health
- IH-Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst EPO
- Network OA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- OA Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- HealthyBlue PPO
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center (2022)
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center (2021)
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital (2020)
Internship: Allegheny General Hospital (2017)
Medical School: Charles University in Prague-First Faculty of Medicine (2014)