About me
Edward F. Aulisi, MD, FAANS, FACS, is the Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and serves as Surgical Director of the MedStar Neuroscience Center. He is also the Medical Director of the MedStar Pituitary Center with decades of experience in pituitary surgery using both open and endoscopic surgical approaches.
Dr. Aulisi is a nationally known expert in spine surgery, and a pioneer in Robotic Image Guided surgery, having performed the first Cirq Robotic spine surgery in the United states. In addition to spine treatments, his patients also have onsite access to specialists in rehabilitation medicine with the renowned MedStar National Rehabilitation Network.
Dr. Aulisi is deeply committed to providing expert and compassionate care to patients. He takes the time to ensure each patient understands their diagnosis and the best treatment options to meet their individual needs. His approach to care has led to excellent patient outcomes.
Dr. Aulisi's highlights:
- Board certified neurosurgeon with advanced training in tumors of the skull base, neurovascular microsurgery, complicated spinal surgery, neurotrauma and computer-assisted neurosurgery.
- Advanced training in complex robotic spinal surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery and surgery for tumors at the base of the skull, including pituitary tumors.
- Pioneer in Cirq Robotic image guided spine surgery.
- Named one of Washingtonian Magazine's "Top Doctors." 26 years in a row
- Princeton University graduate.
- Licensed in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland.
- Neurosurgery professor at Georgetown University.
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
Clinical areas of focus
- Aneurysm
- Brain Tumor
- Scoliosis
- Spine Tumor Surgery
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Aneurysm
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Benign Neoplasm Of Bone And Articular Cartilage
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Benign Tumor
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Bursopathy
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dorsalgia
- Epilepsy
- Head Injury
- Hemangioma
- Hydrocephalus
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Intraspinal Granuloma
- Kyphosis
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Endocrine Glands
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Spinal Cord
- Meningioma
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Scoliosis
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spine Tumor
- Spondylopathies
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
Procedures I perform
- Cerebellar Hemorrhage Evacuation
- Cervical Corpectomy
- Cervical Facet Joint Denervation
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Nerve Release
- Cervical Spinal Cord Release
- Cervical Vertebra Reposition
- Cervical Vertebral Disc Excision
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Cranial Nerve Neurostimulator Electrode Array And Pulse Generator Implantation
- Craniectomy For Hematoma Evacuation
- Cranioplasty
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Discectomy
- Dura Mater Supplement
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery
- Enterectomy
- Excision Of Cerebral Ventricle
- Excision Of Spinal Meninges
- Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
- Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
- Kyphoplasty
- Lumboperitoneal Shunt
- Lumbosacral Disc Excision
- Matrixectomy
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Open Brain Release
- Open Cerebellum Release
- Osteotomy
- Parkinson's Disease
- Percutaneous Discectomy
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Repair Spinal Meninges
- Resection Of Thoracic Vertebral Disc
- Sacral Nerve Release
- Scoliosis Deformity Correction
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spine Tumor Surgery
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
- Stereotactic Spinal Procedure
- Subclavian Artery Extirpation
- Supplement Dura Mater
- Thoracic Aorta To Carotid Artery Bypass With Synthetic Substitute
- Thoracic Nerve Release
- Venous Access Device Removal
- Vertebral Body Replacement
- Vertebral Corpectomy
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Neurosurgery
Washington, DC, 20007
110 Irving St NW
G019
Washington, DC, 20010
1420 Beverly Rd
Ste 200 2nd Fl
McLean, VA, 22101
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
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Choice POS
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- MultiPlan, Inc
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open POS II
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TRICARE East Prime
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-HMO
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Navigate
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- First Health PPO
- HighMark
- IH-POS
- IH-POS Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Medicare Direct
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- OA Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- POS OA
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Basic
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HealthyBlue PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Student Resources
- Sentara Health
- TRICARE for Life East
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Residency: George Washington University School of Medicine (1995)
Internship: George Washington University School of Medicine (1989)
Medical School: George Washington University (1989)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
https://blog.medstarwashington.org/2020/10/06/cirq-and-airo-surgery/
https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2020/11/d-c-surgeons-are-first-in-the-western-hemisphere-to-use-new-robotic-arm-technology/amp/