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
- 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
Practice locations
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110 Irving St NW
Rm 1A-50B
Washington, DC, 20010
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
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Sentara Health
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Student Resources
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Optimum Choice
- Beech Street PPO
- Choice POS II
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Choice POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- OA Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Tricare Reserve Select
- First Health PPO
- UHC Passport
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Network OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Navigate
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- POS OA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TRICARE East Select
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
Education
Fellowship: Washington Hospital Center (2025)
Residency: Howard University Hospital GME (2023)
Medical School: The National Ribat University (2016)