Kathleen M Burger, DO| Neurology, Vascular Neurology | MedStar Health
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Kathleen M Burger

Kathleen M Burger, DO
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.8 out of 5 (167 reviews)

Specialties: Neurology, Vascular Neurology

Languages: English

Clinical areas of focus

  • Epilepsy
  • Migraine
  • Multiple Sclerosis
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Abnormal Movements
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Aneurysm
  • Aphagia And Dysphagia
  • Benign Essential Tremor
  • Binocular Movement Disorders
  • Bleeding In Brain
  • Brain Aneurysm
  • Brain Disorders
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebrovascular Accident
  • Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
  • Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • Cognitive Function Disorders
  • Confusion
  • Convulsions
  • Cranial Nerve Disorder
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
  • Dementia
  • Dysphagia
  • Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy And Seizures
  • Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
  • Facial Nerve Disorder
  • Falls And Gait Disorders
  • Gait And Balance Problems
  • Head Injury
  • Headache
  • Huntington's Disease
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Idiopathic Neuropathy
  • Intracerebral Hemorrhage
  • Ischemic Stroke
  • Lack Of Coordination
  • Migraine
  • Mononeuropathies
  • Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
  • Moyamoya
  • Moyamoya Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscle Weakness
  • Myoneural Disorders
  • Myopathies
  • Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
  • Nervous System Disorders
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Numbness
  • Occipital Neuralgia
  • Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
  • Paralytic Syndrome
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Sensory Neuropathy
  • Spastic Hemiparesis
  • Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
  • Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Unsteady Walking
  • Vestibular Disorders
  • Vestibular Neuritis
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Procedures I perform

  • Balance And Coordination Training
  • Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
  • Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) Treatment
  • Cervicogenic Dizziness Treatment
  • Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
  • Confusion Treatment
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Electrical Nerve Stimulation
  • Electroencephalogram
  • Electroencephalogram Review
  • Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
  • Neuropsychological Testing
  • Numbness Treatment
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke Management
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Practice locations

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1133 21st St NW
5th Fl
Washington, DC, 20036

202-416-2000

Fax 410-354-5956

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Fax 410-354-5956

5454 Wisconsin Ave
Ste 1100
Chevy Chase, MD, 20815

202-444-8766

Fax 202-444-7804

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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology
Washington, DC, 20007

202-444-8525

Fax 877-245-1499

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Fax 877-245-1499

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.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • POS OA
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • TRICARE East Select
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • First Health PPO
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • IH-HMO
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • IH-POS
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • Choice POS II
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • Choice POS
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • HighMark
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Employee Health Plan
    • Navigate
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Basic
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • First Health PPO
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • IH-PPO
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Optimum Choice
    • Aetna HMO
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst EPO
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • CIGNA EPO
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • CIGNA PPO
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • United Student Resources
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • UHC Passport
    • Medicare FFS
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • IH-Open POS II
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • Medicare Direct
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • IH-POS Plus
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • OA Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Beech Street PPO
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Network OA
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Sentara Health
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Vascular Neurology

Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital (2005)

Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2003)

Internship: Nassau University Medical Center (2000)

Medical School: New York Institute of Technology (1999)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.8
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.8
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.8
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.8
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.8
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.8
  • Apr 29, 2026

    I have had Kathleen Burger since 2011. She's my God sent Angel!

  • Apr 17, 2026

    Outstanding physician who has an excellent bedside manner. Personable and very knowledgeable. Compassionate and a great educator

  • Apr 9, 2026

    Dr. Burger was very attentive and listened to all my concerns.