About me
Dr. Amjad is an Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Movement Disorder Division and co clinical Director of the Care Education and Research Center for Huntington Disease at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He received his medical degree from Georgetown School of Medicine. He completed his internship training in internal medicine at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Amjad completed his neurology residency at Georgetown University Medical Center, where he served as academic chief resident. He also completed a two-year fellowship in movement disorders at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He is a board certified neurologist. His special interests include the medical and surgical management of Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and dystonia. He is also experienced in the treatment of Parkinsons Plus Syndromes, ataxia, tardive dyskinesia, Huntington Disease and tic disorders. He specializes in therapeutic botulinum toxin injections for blepharospasm, spasticity, dystonia and sialorrhea.
Clinical areas of focus
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia Treatment
- Epilepsy
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Neuropsychological Testing
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Aphasia
- Apraxia
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Edema
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cervical Dystonia
- Chiari Malformation
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Cranial Nerve Disorder
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Motor Neuron Diseases
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Myotonia
- Narcolepsy
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neuropathy
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Paralysis
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Paresthesia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Rett Syndrome
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Sensory Loss
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Spasticity
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Sports Concussion
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Tremors
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Twitching
- Vertigo
- Vestibular Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Care
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Chemodenervation Of Muscle
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Movement Science
- Neuroinformatics
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Neurovirology
- Parkinson's Disease
- Seizure Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Washington, DC, 20007
301-774-8956Fax 410-354-4565
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
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CIGNA PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Beech Street PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Basic
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Network OA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HighMark
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- OA Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Sentara Health
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Choice POS II
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- POS OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Navigate
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2008)
Internship: MedStar Union Memorial Internal Medicine GME (2005)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2004)