Emily Rose Alves, MHS PAC| Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery | MedStar Health
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Adrenal Tumor
- Aneurysm
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Back Pain
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Cyst
- Brain Tumor
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Congenital Hydrocephalus
- Craniopharyngioma
- Craniosynostosis
- Cutaneous Abscess
- Epidural Hematoma
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Kyphosis
- Lordosis
- Lumbar Myelopathy
- Malignant Brain Tumor
- Meningioma
- Menioma Brain Tumor
- Moyamoya Disease
- Omphalocele
- Parkinson's Disease
- Scoliosis
- Skull Base Tumor
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Disc Herniation
- Spinal Infection
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Osteoporosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylosis
- Sports Concussion
- Syringomyelia
- Thigh Fracture
- Thoracic Spine Instability
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vascular Malformation
- Vertebral Compression Fracture
- Vertebral Fractures
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Surgery
- Brain Hemorrhage Surgery
- Carotid Artery Angioplasty And Stenting
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Myelopathy Surgery
- Cervical Spinal Cord Release
- Chiari Malformation Treatment
- Coil Embolization
- Craniectomy For Abscess
- Craniectomy For Hematoma Evacuation
- Craniectomy For Meningioma
- Cranioplasty
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson's Disease
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Gastrointestinal Tube Placement
- Heel Tendon Repair
- Hydrocephalus Shunting
- Image-Guided Neurosurgery
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy
- Laminotomy
- Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement
- Lumbar Discectomy
- Lumbar Laminectomy
- Lumbar Laminectomy And Fusion
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Median Nerve Decompression
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Nerve Grafting
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Papilledema And Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Parotid Biopsy
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Peripheral Nerve Surgery
- Pituitary Tumor Surgery
- Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Resection Of Thoracic Vertebral Disc
- Scoliosis Deformity Correction
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Shunt Placement
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Sports Injury Treatment
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
- Stereotactic Spinal Procedure
- Stroke Management
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Treatment
- Thoracic Discectomy
- Thoracic Laminectomy
- Thrombolysis
- Transsphenoidal Surgery
- Tumor Embolization
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Vascular Malformation Treatment
- Vertebral Corpectomy
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 Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- POS OA
- CIGNA PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-POS
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Employee Health Plan
- Navigate
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Sentara Health
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Core Essential (HMO)
- HighMark
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- OA Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Student Resources
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna HMO
- TRICARE East Select
- Medicare FFS
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Network OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- UHC Passport
Education
Board Certification: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Physician Assistant
Graduate: George Washington University (2024)
