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
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- 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
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna VA Exchange
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst NASCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- 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
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Administrators
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- HighMark
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UHC Passport
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Choice POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Navigate
- First Health PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Optimum Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- 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
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Medicare FFS
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Basic
- IH-PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- 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
- Sentara Health
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst EPO
- Network OA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- OA Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- POS OA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- 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)
