Bahareh Sianati, MD| Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology | 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
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- First Health PPO
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UHC Passport
- IH-PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- OA Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst NASCO
- POS OA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-Open HMO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- Blue Choice Advantage
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- First Health PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Network OA
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Navigate
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Sentara Health
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optimum Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open POS Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- HighMark
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Choice Fund PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Choice
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Epilepsy
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)