Brian Douglas Barry, MD| Neurology | MedStar Health
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Brian Douglas Barry

Brian Douglas Barry, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.9 out of 5 (871 reviews)

Specialties: Neurology

Languages: English

About me

Brian Barry, MD is an attending neurologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s Department of Neurology. Dr. Barry is a board-certified neurologist with fellowship training in multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology.

Dr. Barry’s areas of special clinical expertise include:

  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Neuromyelitis optica (NMO)
  • Inflammatory and autoimmune disorders of the brain and spinal cord

Clinical areas of focus

  • Migraine
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Abnormal Movements
  • Acute Disseminated Demyelination
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Aphagia And Dysphagia
  • Binocular Movement Disorders
  • Brain Disorders
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • Cognitive Function Disorders
  • Convulsions
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
  • Degenerative Disorders Of Nervous System In Diseases
  • Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
  • Dystonia
  • Epilepsy And Seizures
  • Episcleritis
  • Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
  • Facial Nerve Disorder
  • Gait And Balance Problems
  • General Sensations And Perceptions
  • Head Injury
  • Headache
  • Hereditary Ataxia
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Idiopathic Neuropathy
  • Lack Of Coordination
  • Migraine
  • Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
  • Myoneural Disorders
  • Myopathies
  • Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
  • Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
  • Nervous System Disorders
  • Paralytic Syndrome
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Secondary Parkinsonism
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
  • Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
  • Vestibular Disorders
  • Vestibular Neuritis
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Procedures I perform

  • Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
  • Myasthenia Gravis Treatment
  • Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
  • Seizure Treatment
  • Stroke Care
  • Tension Headache Treatment
  • Transcranial Doppler
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Practice locations

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1133 21st St NW
5th Fl
Washington, DC, 20036

202-416-2000

Fax 202-245-1499

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Fax 202-245-1499

110 Irving St NW
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-2172

Fax 855-354-3967

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Fax 855-354-3967

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.

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

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology

Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2020)

Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2018)

Internship: Washington Hospital Center (2015)

Medical School: Georgetown University Medical Center (2014)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.9
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.9
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.9
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.9
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.9
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.9
  • Apr 29, 2026

    Absolutely awesome, very caring person. He takes time to listen to listen to the patient and resolve issues competently. Awesome Doctor.

  • Apr 21, 2026

    Dr. Barry is a fine physician. He listened to our concerns and I enjoy his explanation he doesn't make you feel like you're an idiot or not worth your time and he's been directing my treatments and my wife's for several years now and he's very good. I'll always be coming back. He has our trust.

  • Apr 7, 2026

    Good experience