Paola Pergami, MD| Pediatric Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Paola Pergami, MD, PhD, is a Pediatric Neurologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She also serves as an Associate Professor within the Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Pergami has a background in neuroscience, specific training in pediatric neurology, and an interest and expertise in pediatric stroke and rehabilitation. She obtained her MD form the University of Pavia, Italy, and her PhD from the University of Milan, Italy. She completed her Pediatric Neurology Fellowship at UPMC, in Pittsburgh. Complementing her clinical work in pediatric stroke, Dr. Pergami has extensively collaborated with the International Pediatric Stroke Study (IPSS). Within that group, she has contributed to the development of many important studies including studies on seizures in pediatric stroke (SIPS, SIPSII) the role of inflammation in pediatric stroke (VIPS, VIPSII), and investigating potential use of mechanical clot removal in children with stroke. Her clinical expertise and interests focus on acute stroke intervention, neuroimaging, and mechanism of brain plasticity in stroke recovery. Dr. Pergami is the author of over 150 original, peer-reviewed research articles and presentations.
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Limb Loss Rehabilitation
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Nerve Block
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Brain Injuries In Children
- Cerebral Palsy
- Concussions In Children
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Headache In Children
- Hemiplegia
- Ischemic Stroke In Children
- Migraine
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Seizures In Children
- Spasticity In Children
- Tic Disorder
- Tourette Syndrome
Procedures I perform
- Baclofen Pump Refill
- Biofeedback
- Botulinum Toxin Injection For Spasticity
- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials
- Central Nervous Electrical Activity Monitoring
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chemodenervation Of Salivary Glands
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Dystonia Treatment
- Echoencephalography With Image Documentation
- Eeg Monitoring
- Eeg With Nasopharyngeal Leads
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
- Electroencephalogram With Hyperventilation
- Electroencephalogram With Photic Stimulation
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Limb Loss Rehabilitation
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Block
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Pressure Flow Study
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Sleep Stage Study
- Sleep Study With Video Recording
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Tension Headache Treatment
- 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
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice POS II
- Navigate
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Choice POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- HighMark
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Optimum Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Medicare FFS
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Basic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Beech Street PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst NASCO
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE East Prime
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Medicare Direct
- IH-PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- HumanaChoice PPO
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-Open HMO
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-POS
- TRICARE for Life East
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst EPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Network OA
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- TRICARE East Select
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (2008)
Residency: West Virginia University School of Medicine (2007)
Residency: West Virginia University Hospitals (2004)
Medical School: Universita Degli Studi di Pavia (1989)