About me
Jennifer Haagensen, DO, MS, is a neurologist who practices at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. With a specialized clinical interest in the diagnosis and treatment of adults with epilepsy, Dr. Haagensen is a critical resource for patients who are cared for on the hospital’s neurology unit.
Dr. Haagensen earned a medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She went on to pursue a medical internship at Drexel University School of Medicine at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, and then relocated to Baltimore to continue her post-graduate training. She completed an adult neurology residency and two additional years of fellowship trained dedicated to the study of epilepsy.
During her time in training and in practice, Dr. Haagensen has published a series of peer-reviewed publications and abstracts. She is a member of the American Epilepsy Society, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Osteopathic Association.
Clinical areas of focus
- Concussion
- Encephalopathies
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Headache
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Neuropathy
- Numbness
- Tingling
- Tremor
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abducens Nerve Disease
- Abnormal Echoencephalogram
- Abnormal Eeg
- Abnormal Neuroimaging
- Abnormal Reflexes
- Absence Epilepsy
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Aneurysm
- Anoxic Encephalopathy
- Anti-Nmda Receptor Encephalitis
- Arm Weakness
- Brain Injury
- Brain Lesions
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebral Atherosclerosis
- Cerebral Contusion
- Cerebral Cyst
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (CSVD)
- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Headache
- Cerebrovascular Insufficiency
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
- Childhood Epilepsy
- Chronic Migraines
- Chronic Post Traumatic Headache
- Cluster Headache
- Cognitive Impairment
- Concussion
- Convulsion
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Cranial Nerve Palsy
- Dejerine Sottas Disease
- Dementia
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diplopia
- Distal Motor Neuropathy
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
- Dysarthria
- Dysesthesia
- Dyskinesia
- Encephalopathies
- Epilepsy
- Episodic Migraine
- Essential Tremor
- Eyelid Closure Weakness
- Facial Droop
- Facial Nerve Palsy
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Facial Pain
- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Fasciculations
- Femoral Neuropathy
- Generalized Seizures
- Grand Mal Status Epilepticus
- Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Headache
- Hemicrania Continua
- Horner Syndrome
- Inclusion Body Myopathy
- Increased Intracranial Pressure
- Intracranial Hypertension
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lacunar Stroke
- Landau Kleffner Syndrome
- Late Effect Of Spinal Cord Injury
- Leg Numbness
- Leg Weakness
- Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
- Locked In Syndrome
- Major Neurocognitive Disorder
- Meralgia Paresthetica
- Merosin Deficient Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
- Migraine
- Monomelic Amyotrophy
- Moyamoya
- Muscle Weakness
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelopathy
- Myoclonus
- Nerve Root Disorder
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neuralgia
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Neuropathy
- New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE)
- New Onset Seizure
- Non Epileptic Event
- Numbness
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Paramyotonia Congenita
- Paresthesia
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Polyneuropathy
- Post Concussion Syndrome
- Post Traumatic Headache
- Post Traumatic Seizures
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Radiculopathy
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Sensory Impairment
- Sensory Neuronopathy
- Sensory Problem
- Slurred Speech
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
- Statin Myopathy
- Status Epilepticus
- Tension Headache
- Tingling
- Tonic Clonic Seizure
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Ulnar Nerve Compression
- Unsteady Gait
- Weakness
Procedures I perform
- Ambulatory Eeg
- Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- Epilepsy Medication Management
- Migraine Treatment
Insurance
MedStar Medical Group accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Medical Group, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- FIRST HEALTH
- Tricare Prime
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Student Resources
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Network OA
- POS OA & OA Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: POS
- Open HMO
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Open POS II
- Aetna HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)"
- CFBCBS EPO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)"
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO"
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship Program: University of Maryland Medical Center (2019)
Residency Program: University of Maryland Medical Center (2017)
Internship Program: Drexel College of Medicine Hahnemann Univ Hosp (2014)
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (2013)
Graduate Education: Drexel University (2009)