Sabah Mustafa Khalafalla, MD| Rheumatology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Back Pain
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Knee Pain
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Artery Disorders
- Arthritis
- Arthropathy
- Autoimmune Disorders
- Axial Spondyloarthritis
- Back Pain
- Bone Density Disorder
- Chronic Gout
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dermatomyositis
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Effects Of Reduced Temperature
- Elbow Pain
- Elevated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
- Enteropathic Arthritis
- Enteropathic Arthropathies
- Enthesopathies
- Family History Of Disabilities And Chronic Diseases
- General Symptoms
- Genetic Susceptibility To Disease
- Gout
- Hip Bursitis
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Immunodeficiencies
- Inflammatory Myopathy
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Joint Disorder
- Knee Pain
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lower Leg Injury
- Lupus Nephritis
- Lymphadenitis
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Myopathies
- Neck Pain
- Necrotizing Vasculopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Orbit Disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis Of First Carpometacarpal Joint
- Osteopenia
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's Disease
- Pemphigoid
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Polyosteoarthritis
- Pseudogout
- Psoriasis
- Rheumatic Fever
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis With Rheumatoid Factor
- Rheumatoid Vasculitis
- Sacroiliitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Tendinitis
- Vasculitis
- Vasculitis Of Skin
- Wegener's Granulomatosis
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
- Medicare FFS
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- POS OA
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Network OA
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Police and Fire Clinic
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Choice Fund PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Choice POS II Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Medicare Direct
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Choice POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- UHC Passport
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- First Health PPO
Education
Fellowship: Washington Hospital Center (2025)
Residency: Howard University Hospital GME (2023)
Medical School: The National Ribat University (2016)