About me
Jeffrey C. Mai, MD, PhD, is a cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgeon at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Associate Professor at the Georgetown University Department of Neurosurgery. He is one of the few dual fellowship-trained vascular neurosurgeons in the country, specializing in the treatment and management of cerebrovascular disorders, such as stroke, aneurysm, brain and spinal arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, and skull base tumors, in addition to spinal disorders.
Dr. Mai received his undergraduate degree in biology from Brown University and his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine while simultaneously earning a PhD in biochemistry and molecular genetics. His doctoral work centered upon the development of targeted molecular therapies for cancer and stroke. He then joined the University of Washington, Seattle, for neurosurgical residency training, spending an enfolded year as a neurosurgical specialist registrar in the NHS at St. George’s Hospital in London. Upon graduation, Dr. Mai went on to serve as Acting Instructor at the University of Washington, completing a fellowship in neurosurgical oncology, skull base surgery, and cerebrovascular surgery. Following this, he completed a second fellowship in endovascular surgical neuroradiology at the University of Florida, Gainesville.
Dr. Mai is able to offer a comprehensive set of cutting edge tools to address the spectrum of cerebrovascular disorders. In particular, recent breakthroughs in neurointerventional technology have opened up an entirely new field of acute stroke therapy, revolutionizing patient outcomes.
Dr. Mai joined MedStar Washington Hospital Center to become part of a multidisciplinary cerebrovascular team comprised of national leaders, including interventional neuroradiologists, interventional neurologists, and dual-trained cerebrovascular neurosurgeons. This group of physicians collectively draws upon decades of experience, serving as a unique asset to patients within the D.C. metro region and beyond.
Philosophy of Care
“My goal in care is to ensure that each patient is fully educated about the nature of their condition and all available treatment options that may be appropriate for them.”
“Being specialty trained both in open microsurgical cerebrovascular approaches and minimally invasive endovascular techniques affords me a unique perspective. I am able to provide my patients a balanced opinion regarding the relative advantages and disadvantages of each modality, enabling me to individualize treatment for each of them.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Aneurysm
- Brain Tumor
- Hydrocephalus
- Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Aneurysm
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Congenital Malformations Of Peripheral Vascular System
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dorsalgia
- Epilepsy
- Head Injury
- Hydrocephalus
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Meningioma
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Parkinson's Disease
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spine Tumor
- Spondylopathies
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cervical Corpectomy
- Cervical Facet Joint Denervation
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Spinal Cord Release
- Cervical Vertebra Reposition
- Cervical Vertebral Disc Excision
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Craniectomy For Hematoma Evacuation
- Craniectomy For Meningioma
- Cranioplasty
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Discectomy
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery
- Enterectomy
- Excision Of Cerebral Ventricle
- Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
- Kyphoplasty
- Lumboperitoneal Shunt
- Lumbosacral Disc Excision
- Matrixectomy
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Ostectomy
- Osteotomy
- Parkinson's Disease
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Resection Of Thoracic Vertebral Disc
- Sacral Nerve Release
- Scoliosis Deformity Correction
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spine Tumor Surgery
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
- Stereotactic Spinal Procedure
- Subclavian Artery Extirpation
- Thoracic Aorta To Carotid Artery Bypass With Synthetic Substitute
- Upper Artery Synthetic Substitute Removal
- Vertebral Body Replacement
- Vertebral Corpectomy
- Vestibular Nerve Tumor Surgery
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
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Navigate
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Administrators
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Choice POS II Open Access
- First Health PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Blue Choice Advantage
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Choice POS
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- OA Plus
- IH-HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-EPO Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- TRICARE East Select
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II
- HighMark
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Indemnity
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Network OA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-POS Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Fellowship: University of Florida Health (2013)
Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center (2012)
Residency: University of Washington Medical Center (2011)
Internship: University of Washington Medical Center (2006)
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (2005)
Graduate: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (2004)