About me
Gary Volkell, DO, is a board-certified neurologist who is fellowship trained in movement disorders. He sees patients at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center.
Dr. Volkell specializes in treatment for Parkinson’s disease, dystonia (including cervical dystonia/spasmodic torticollis), tardive dyskinesia, chorea, Huntington’s disease, tremor (including essential tremor), tics, Tourette’s syndrome, restless legs syndrome, REM-sleep behavior disorder, ataxia, and functional movement disorders. In addition to these movement conditions, Dr. Volkell also treats general neurologic concerns such as stroke, seizure, headache and migraines, memory issues, neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, and Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Dr. Volkell is experienced in the latest neurologic innovations. He performs lumbar punctures; microelectrode recording and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) programming for conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia; and Botulinum toxin injections for dystonia, cervical dystonia/spasmodic torticollis, spasticity, sialorrhea, blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, and migraines. He has also worked in clinical trial research for diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism.
It is important to Dr. Volkell to get to know his patients long-term. He works collaboratively with his patients to solve neurologic problems, share his knowledge, and develop a personalized treatment plan so that his patients find relief. He also dedicates time by speaking to the community at educational events and support groups on topics such as Parkinson’s disease.
He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. He is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
During medical school, Dr. Volkell provided healthcare in Costa Rica at Universidad de Iberoamerica. He is conversational in medical Spanish.
In 2023, he was named a Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Gait And Balance Evaluation
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Numbness Treatment
- Parkinson's Disease
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorder
- Basal Ganglia Degeneration
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Disease
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Dystonic Spasms
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Myoclonus
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Numbness
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Unsteady Walking
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Botox Injection
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Gait And Balance Evaluation
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Nerve Block
- Numbness Treatment
- Parkinson's Disease
- Seizure Treatment
- Stroke Care
- Stroke Neurology
- Tension Headache Treatment
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
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Open POS II
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst EPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS II
- Navigate
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CIGNA EPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- IH-HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- First Health PPO
- OA Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- HighMark
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Student Resources
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Classic 5000
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Albany Medical Center Hospital (2021)
Residency: Albany Medical Center (2020)
Medical School: NYIT College Of Osteopathic Medicine (2016)
Awards
- Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine - 2023
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Research
Abstract
- King, J., Volkell, G., Wyant, J., and Molho, E. Subacute Encephalopathy with Pimavanserin Treatment in Parkinson’s Disease. Submitted to International Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Society
Chapter
- “Cervical Dystonia” Volkell, G and Molho, accepted to Neurology MedLink on 1/24/2021