Safia Said Abdillahi, ACNP-BC MSN| Neurology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia Treatment
- Epilepsy
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Migraine
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Aneurysm
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chorea
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Confusion
- Dystonic Spasms
- Epilepsy
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Headache
- Huntington's Disease
- Memory Loss
- Migraine
- Muscle Weakness
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Parkinson's Disease
- Seizure Disorders
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Stroke With Weakness
- Swallowing Disorders
- Twitching
- Unsteady Walking
Procedures I perform
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Balance And Gait Disorders
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Botox Injection
- Botox Injections For Movement Disorders
- Botulinum Toxin Injection For Spasticity
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Limb Spasticity
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Migraines
- Chorea Management
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson's Disease
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electromyography
- Electrophysiology Testing
- Fall Prevention And Management
- Falls Prevention
- Functional Neurosurgery For Movement Disorders
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Movement Analysis And Training
- Movement Disorder Rehabilitation
- Movement Disorder Treatment
- Muscle Biopsy
- Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Parkinson's Disease
- Parkinson's Disease Rehabilitation
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
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Navigate
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Core Essential (HMO)
- HighMark
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- POS OA
- Optimum Choice
- IH-PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Sentara Health
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Administrators
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Student Resources
- TRICARE for Life East
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- IH-POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-POS Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Choice POS
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- First Health PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
Education
Board Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Graduate: Yale University (2006)