Saira Malik, MS PA| Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Adrenal Tumor
- Angiogram
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Flap Surgery
- Hydrocephalus
- Lumbar Discectomy
- Median Nerve Decompression
- Pituitary Tumor Surgery
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Tumor
- Spine Tumor Surgery
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adrenal Tumor
- Aortic Aneurysm Rupture
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Tumor
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cerebral Vasospasm
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Chiari Malformation
- Craniocerebral Trauma
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Deep Brain Stimulation Complications
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Essential Tremor
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Movement Disorders
- Epidural Hematoma
- Epilepsy
- Fractures Of The Neck
- Head Injury
- Hydrocephalus
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Meningioma
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Parkinson's Disease
- Scoliosis
- Skull Fractures
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Tumor
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Sports Concussion
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vertebral Fractures
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Bifrontal Craniectomy
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Endovascular Treatment
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Fibula Osteotomy
- Flap Surgery
- Gastrointestinal Tube Placement
- Hydrocephalus Shunting
- Image-Guided Neurosurgery
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy
- Lumbar Discectomy
- Lumbar Laminectomy
- Lumbar Laminectomy And Fusion
- Median Nerve Decompression
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Neuroendovascular Surgery
- Parkinson's Disease
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Pituitary Tumor Surgery
- Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spine Tumor Surgery
- Thoracic Discectomy
- Thoracic Laminectomy
- Transsphenoidal Surgery
- Vascular Malformation Treatment
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
- IH-Open HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Basic
- First Health PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Optimum Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-POS
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Police and Fire Clinic
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Network Only Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-POS Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- POS OA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Navigate
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- HighMark
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open POS II
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Choice POS
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Student Resources
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Medicare Direct
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA EPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Indemnity
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- Network OA
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- OA Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
Education
Board Certification: National Committee on Certification of Physician Assistants,
Graduate: George Washington University (1998)
Graduate: Georgetown University (1990)
