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