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