Justin Paul Martello, MD| Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Justin Martello, MD, FAAN, is a fellowship-trained neurologist, board-certified in both psychiatry and neurology, who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders. He also serves as chief of neurology for the Central Maryland region of MedStar Health, leading the organization’s comprehensive, evidence-based neurological program to serve patients with clinical conditions ranging from common to complex.
Dr. Martello uses the latest technologies to optimize outcomes for his patients. He is the only neurologist in the country trained to perform MRI-guided focused ultrasound without neurosurgery involvement. This innovative new procedure uses ultrasound waves to treat patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease and essential tremors.
Recognized as a leader in his field, Dr. Martello is:
- Actively involved with the American Academy of Neurology
- A member of numerous committees focused on quality improvement
- Credited as an author of the most recent published guidelines to advance the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
- A graduate of two prestigious training programs: The Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety—The Telluride Experience, and the Advanced Quality and Safety Improvement Science Program through the ChristianaCare Value Institute
Clinical areas of focus
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Electroencephalogram
- Epilepsy
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neuropathy
- Parkinson's Disease
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Movements
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Amyloidosis
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Aphasia
- Artery Disorders
- Back Pain
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Binocular Movement Disorders
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Edema
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Convulsions
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Cranial Nerves
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Dysarthria
- Dysphagia
- Dystonia
- Encephalitis, Myelitis And Encephalomyelitis
- Encephalomyelitis
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eyelid Disorders
- Facial Weakness
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Headache
- Hemiplegia
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Huntington's Disease
- Hypotension
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lack Of Coordination
- Meningioma
- Meningitis
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Muscle Disorders
- Muscle Weakness
- Myelitis
- Narcolepsy
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neuropathy
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Numbness
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Paralytic Strabismus
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Postprocedural States
- Precerebral Artery Occlusion
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Rett Syndrome
- Sarcoidosis
- Sciatica
- Seizure Disorders
- Sleep Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Spasticity
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Syncope
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Vascular Dementia
- Vasculitis
- Vertigo
- Voice And Resonance Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Acupuncture
- Alternative Therapies
- Anxiety Treatment
- Aphasia Therapy
- Attention Assessment
- Baclofen Pump Management
- Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent (BOLD) Imaging
- Botox
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Cervical Dystonia
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Limb Spasticity
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Migraines
- Botulinum Toxin Management
- Brain Biopsy
- Brain Imaging
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Blood Pool Spect
- Carotid Angioplasty And Stenting
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatment
- Catamenial Epilepsy
- Cerebellar Ataxia Treatment
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
- Chemodenervation Of Muscle
- Chorea Management
- Chorea Treatment
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment
- Chronic Pain Treatment
- Clinical Trials
- CNS Vasculitis Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Impairment Screening
- Cognitive Impairment Therapy
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Concussion Rehabilitation
- Confusional Arousals
- Corpus Callosotomy
- Cortical Mapping
- Cortical Stimulation
- Corticobasal Degeneration
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson's Disease
- Dementia Treatment
- Depression Treatment
- Diazepam Binding Inhibitor (DBI) Spect
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electrodermal Activity (EDA) Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Electrophysiology Testing
- Encephalitis Treatment
- Epidural Stimulation
- Epilepsy Education And Counseling
- Epilepsy Panel
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Epilepsy Treatment Planning
- Epilepsy Treatment With Cannabis
- Event-Related Potentials (ERP)
- Executive Function Assessment
- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis Treatment
- Facial Nerve Stimulation
- Fatal Familial Insomnia
- Flumazenil Pet
- Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Pet Scan
- Focal Shock Wave Therapy
- Functional Electrical Stimulation
- Functional Mri
- Functional Mri With Eeg
- Galactorrhea
- Genetic Counseling
- Geriatric Care
- Gut Microbiome Analysis
- Headache Infusion Therapy
- Hemispherectomy
- High-Density Eeg
- Holter Monitoring
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Ictal Spect
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Intramuscular Stimulation
- Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS)
- Intraoperative Cortical Stimulation
- Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Management
- Intrathecal Pump Management
- Irregular Sleep-Wake Rhythm Disorder
- Language Assessment
- Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT)
- Lewy Body Dementia Treatment
- Lifestyle Modification
- Lifestyle Modification Counseling
- Low-Level Laser Therapy
- Lumbar Puncture
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Magnetoencephalography With Fmri
- Memory Therapy
- Memory Training
- Menstrual Migraine
- Microvascular Decompression
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Mood Stabilization
- Motor Cortex Stimulation
- Muscle Biopsy
- Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
- Myasthenia Gravis Treatment
- Neck Pain Treatment
- Nerve Biopsy
- Nerve Block
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Neurostimulation
- Numbness Treatment
- Nutritional Counseling
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Post-Concussion Syndrome Treatment
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Research Studies
- Sarcoidosis Treatment
- Seizure Focus Localization
- Seizure Rehabilitation
- Seizure Treatment
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Sleep Study
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Southern Blot
- Speech Therapy
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Stereotactic Eeg
- Stroke Care
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Treatment
- Subdural Grid Placement
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Transcranial Doppler
- Transverse Myelitis Treatment
- Tumor Localization
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Navigate
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- POS OA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Employee Health Plan
- Choice POS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-Network Only Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst NASCO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Basic
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Administrators
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HighMark
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Optimum Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Medicare FFS
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Classic 5000
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-EPO Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Network OA
- OA Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown GME (2016)
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown GME (2015)
Internship: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (2012)
Medical School: University of Maryland-Baltimore (2011)