Justin Paul Martello, MD| Neurology | MedStar Health
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Specialties: Neurology
Languages: English
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
- Abnormal Movements
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Cervical Dystonia
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson's Disease
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Dystonia
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Huntington's Disease
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Parkinson's Disease
- Tardive Dyskinesia
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Aphasia
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Blepharospasm
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Dysphagia
- Dystonia
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Huntington's Disease
- Lack Of Coordination
- Lewy Body Disease
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Parkinson's Disease
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Spasticity
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Tic Disorder
- Tourette Syndrome
- Tremor
Procedures I perform
- Botox
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Cervical Dystonia
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Limb Spasticity
- Botulinum Toxin Management
- Chemodenervation Of Muscle
- Chorea Management
- Chorea Treatment
- Clinical Trials
- Cognitive Impairment Screening
- Corticobasal Degeneration
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson's Disease
- Dementia Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Huntington's Disease Management
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
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- HighMark
- IH-HMO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Optimum Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- TRICARE East Select
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Sentara Health
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Employee Health Plan
- Choice Fund PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst NASCO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- TRICARE East Prime
- Navigate
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- IH-EPO Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna HMO
- OA Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Choice POS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- POS OA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-POS
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Student Resources
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- First Health PPO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- UHC Passport
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
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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)