Chad Bryant Simmons, PA-C| Neurosurgery | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Aneurysm
- Brain Neoplasms
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Herniated Disc
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Tumor
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Acromegaly
- Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma
- Aneurysm
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arachnoid Cyst
- Arnold Chiari Malformation
- Arterial Malformation Brain
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain
- Berry Aneurysm
- Brain Metastases
- Brain Neoplasms
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cavernous Hemangioma
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cervical Compression Fracture
- Cervical Deformity
- Cervical Disc Degeneration
- Cervical Disc Disease
- Cervical Disc Displacement
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Coccyx Fracture
- Complex Spine Deformities
- Congenital Scoliosis
- Degenerative Spine Conditions
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Essential Tremor
- Facial Spasm
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Flatback Syndrome Post Harrington Rods
- Foot Drop
- Glioma
- Herniated Disc
- Junctional Kyphosis
- Lumbar Scoliosis
- Lumbar Spine Stress Fracture
- Lumbosacral Plexus Lesions
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Meningioma
- Moyamoya
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Prolactinoma
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Tumors
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Tumor
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylosis
- Thoracic Herniated Disc
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Cervical Spine
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Lumbar Spine
- Biological Enhancement Of Spine Fusions
- Cervical Decompression
- Cervical Laminotomy
- Cervical Spine Revision
- Cervical Spine Steroid Injection
- Cervical Spine Surgery
- Complex Spine Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Disc Arthroplasty
- Disc Replacement
- Facet Injection
- Facet Surgery
- Growing Rods
- Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (ACDF)
- Magnetic Expansion Control
- Mehta Casting
- Microdiscectomy
- Microsurgical Laminoplasty
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy
- Minimally Invasive Partial Lumbar Discectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Fusion
- Occipito Cervical Fusion
- Posterior Cervical Laminectomy And Fusion
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Fusion, Without Instrumentation
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Instrumentation And Fusion
- Rigo Cheneau Bracing
- Robotic Spine Surgery
- Sacroiliac Joint Block
- Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
- Sacroiliac Joint Surgery
- Schroth Therapy
- Scoliosis Surgery
- Spinal Abscess Surgery
- Spinal Cord Surgery
- Spinal Cyst Removal
- Spinal Tethering For Scoliosis
- Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
- Spine Microsurgery
- Spine Reconstruction
- Spine Revision
- Spondylosis Surgery
- Surgery For Sciatica
- Thoracic Laminectomy
- Vertebrae Surgery
- Vertebral Stapling
- Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib
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
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- CFBCBS EPO
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Tricare Prime
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- FIRST HEALTH
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Education
Board Certification: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Physician Assistant
Graduate Education: Salus University (2017)