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)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA EPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-EPO Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Sentara Health
- IH-POS Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- First Health PPO
- United Student Resources
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Blue Choice Advantage
- First Health PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Beech Street PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- 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
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- UHC Passport
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-POS
- TRICARE East Prime
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- 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
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst NASCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- 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)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Employee Health Plan
- Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- POS OA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- 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)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- OA Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Navigate
- IH-Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- TRICARE for Life East
- CIGNA PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- HighMark
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
Education
Fellowship: Washington Hospital Center (2025)
Residency: Howard University Hospital GME (2023)
Medical School: The National Ribat University (2016)