Jemima Ayo-Oluwa Akinsanya, DO| Neurology | MedStar Health
Jemima Ayo-Oluwa Akinsanya, DO
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Neurology
Languages: English
About me
Jemima (Mima) Akinsanya, DO, is a fellowship-trained neuroimmunologist and Assistant Professor of Neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She serves as the Director of the Georgetown Multiple Sclerosis Center at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, where she is the first MS specialist to serve Prince George’s County in over a decade.
Dr. Akinsanya earned her medical degree from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, and then completed her neurology residency at Emory University, where she served as a chief resident. She completed a prestigious clinical research fellowship in neuroimmunology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
With specialized expertise in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system, Dr. Akinsanya delivers comprehensive, compassionate care with a strong emphasis on education, empowerment, and shared decision-making. Her team-based approach ensures that patients are active participants in every aspect of their care.
She brings a deep commitment to advancing equitable care, focusing on improving access to care for underserved populations and increasing the representation of diverse communities in clinical research. She is also invested in mentoring the next generation of neurologists and building innovative partnerships between academic and community organizations to advance MS care and research.
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Care
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Migraine
- Movement Disorders
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myelitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Aphagia
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorder
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dysphagia
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hydrocephalus
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Mobility Problem
- Movement Disorders
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Weakness
- Myelitis
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Nervous System Symptoms
- Neurodegeneration
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Care
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Care
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electromyography
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Migraine Prevention
- Movement Disorder Treatment
- Muscle Biopsy
- Myasthenia Gravis Treatment
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Seizure Treatment
- Stroke Management
- 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
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- POS OA
- TRICARE East Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- BlueChoice Open Access
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Navigate
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Network OA
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UHC Passport
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- TRICARE East Prime
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice POS
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-POS
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Basic
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- First Health PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna HMO
- United Student Resources
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- HighMark
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Better Health of MD
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (2023)
Residency: Emory University Neurology Residency (2020)
Medical School: Touro College Of Osteopathic Medicine (2016)