About me
Katherine Hamilton, MD is an assistant professor of Neurology at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. She specializes in caring for patients with headache and is board certified in neurology and headache medicine. She sees patients in Chevy Chase, MD and in Washington, DC as part of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Headache Center.
Dr. Hamilton treats a wide array of headache-related disorders such as migraine, headaches related to neck and jaw tension, facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia, and rare headache disorders. She has a particular interest in women’s health, hormonal contributions to migraine, and treating migraine during pregnancy and perimenopause.
Dr. Hamilton believes that a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to headache is critical in managing headaches and uses a variety of treatments including medications, procedures, devices, and complementary and behavioral approaches.
Dr. Hamilton is involved in medical education at Georgetown and has spoken and published on various headache topics. Some recent publications are listed below.
Clinical areas of focus
- Headache
- Migraine
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Botox Injection For Migraines
- Nerve Block
Practice locations
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5454 Wisconsin Ave
11th Fl
Chevy Chase, MD, 20815
1133 21st St NW
5th Fl
Washington, DC, 20036
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
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- UHC Passport
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- OA Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Medicare Direct
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- United Student Resources
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst NASCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- First Health PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-HMO
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Navigate
- Choice POS II
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open HMO Option
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- POS OA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center (2018)
Residency: University of California San Francisco (2017)
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2013)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Hamilton KT, Seligman R, Blue R, Lee JYK. Refractory glossopharyngeal neuralgia successfully treated with onabotulinumtoxinA: A case report. Headache. 2022;62(10):1424-8.
Hamilton KT. The evidence (or lack thereof) for treatment of primary headache during pregnancy and lactation. Headache. 2021; 9-10.
Hamilton KT. Headache in Pregnancy and Postpartum. Elselvier Clinical Overview. 2021 Oct. https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/clinical_overview/67-s2.0-V1283
Hamilton KT, Halker Singh RB, Ailani J, Butterfield RJ, Robbins MS. Migraine Treatment in Pregnancy: An American Headache Society Survey. Headache. 2020; 2594-2596.