About me
Dr. Tornatore is the Regional Chief of Neurology for MedStar Health and Chairman and Neurologist-in-Chief in the Department of Neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He is also the Executive Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Patient Centered Specialty Practice MedStar Georgetown and Professor and Chairman in the Department of Neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center. Dr. Tornatore received his undergraduate degree in neurobiology from Cornell University and then attended Georgetown University School of Medicine where he received his medical degree. Following a Neurology Residency at Georgetown University Hospital, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Tornatore has published extensively in the areas of neuroimmunology, neurovirology and Multiple Sclerosis and is currently involved in over 15 clinical trials for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. He has won multiple awards in the areas of medical student teaching, patient care and scholarly research.
Clinical areas of focus
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Multiple Sclerosis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Bleeding In Brain
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Atrophy
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Congenital Malformations Of Nervous System
- Convulsions
- Cranial Nerve Disorder
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Disease
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mononeuropathies
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Weakness
- Myoclonus
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Narcolepsy
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neurosyphilis
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Orthostatic Tremor
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Seizure Disorders
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Sports Concussion
- Status Epilepticus
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vertigo
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Migraine
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
- Electromyography
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Muscle Biopsy
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8525Fax 410-354-7953
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
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- First Health PPO
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA EPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-POS
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-EPO Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- POS OA
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- TRICARE East Prime
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- HighMark
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Beech Street PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Navigate
- Sentara Health
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open POS II
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-Network Only Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS
- TRICARE East Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice POS II
- UHC Passport
- Police and Fire Clinic
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (1996)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (1990)
Internship: Providence Hospital GME (1987)
Medical School: Georgetown University (1986)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025