Faria Sana Amjad, BS MD MS| Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Faria Amjad is director of the Spasticity Clinic at MedStar Georgetown where she manages spasticity affecting the upper or lower extremities using medications, botulinum toxin and intrathecal baclofen pumps. She is also the director of clinical trials involving autoimmune disorders affecting the nervous system.
Board-certified in neurology, Dr. Amjad completed her undergraduate degree, medical degree, neurology residency and fellowship in multiple sclerosis all at Georgetown. During her two-year multiple sclerosis fellowship, Dr. Amjad focused on how to diagnose and manage patients with MS and other autoimmune disorders affecting the nervous system.
Given her long standing affiliation with Georgetown and its core values of service, Dr. Amjad hopes to use her medical training and knowledge to make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and their families affected with multiple sclerosis. She feels fortunate to practice at a time when physicians have so much hope to offer patients with multiple sclerosis a disease that is chronic and can be debilitating in terms of therapeutics and alternative medicine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Electromyography
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Binocular Movement Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Edema
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Disease
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Episcleritis
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Intracranial Pressure
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Muscle Weakness
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Narcolepsy
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathy
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pudendal Neuralgia
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tremor
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Ambulatory Eeg
- Botox Injection
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Movement Analysis And Training
- Nerve Block
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Seizure Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Tilt Table Test
- Transcranial Doppler
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology Washington, DC, 20007
202-295-0540Fax 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 Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- HighMark
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Sentara Health
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- First Health PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Network OA
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UHC Passport
- TRICARE East Select
- POS OA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Student Resources
- Choice POS
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- OA Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Beech Street PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Basic
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2015)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2013)
Internship: St. Agnes Healthcare-GME (2010)
Medical School: Georgetown University (2009)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- A Rare Case of Primary Mediastinal Seminoma Associated with Anti-Hu Paraneoplastic Syndrome (PS). Faria Amjad, and Carlo Tornatore, MD. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology 67thAnnual Meeting in Washington DC 2015.
- Neurological involvement and characterization in acquired hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adulthood. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. Sean M. Gratton, Tasha R. Powell, Brett J. Theeler, Jason S. Hawley, Faria S. Amjad, Carlo Tornatore. J Neurol Sci.2015 Oct 15;357(1-2):136-42.
- The Safety and Efficacy of Switching from Natalizumab to Dimethyl Fumarate: Real World Experience. Faria Amjad, MD, Nasima Afsari, MBBS, Carlo Tornatore, MD. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology 67thAnnual Meeting in Washington DC 2015, and Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana 2015.
- Bilateral hearing loss as a manifestation of neuromyelitis optica. Sean Gratton, MD, Faria Amjad, MD, Forough Ghavami, DO, Benjamin Osborne, MD, Carlo Tornatore, MD and Carlos Mora, MD. Neurology. June 10, 2014. Vol. 82, Num. 23.
- Expanding the clinical spectrum of neuromyelitis optica: three cases with brainstem involvement. Faria Amjad, MD, Sean Gratton, MD, Benjamin Osborne, MD, Carlos Mora, MD and Carlo Tornatore, MD. Presented as a poster at the 29thcongress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) and the 18th Annual Conference of rehabilitation in MS (RIMS), Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2-5, 2013. Abstract Number 690. Presented as a poster at the American Academy of Neurology 66th Annual Meeting, April 26 to May 3, 2014 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. Scientific Abstract Number
- A case of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with progression to severe axonal neuropathy. Faria Amjad, MD and Michael Sirdofsky, MD. Submitted and presented as a poster at the 64th American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting; New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21-28, 2012. Abstract Number P01.118.