About me
Samir Sur, MD, is a board certified, fellowship-trained neurosurgeon who serves as Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery, as part of the Comprehensive Stroke Center team at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. MedStar Franklin Square was named a Comprehensive Stroke Center in 2023, the highest level of designation available by The Joint Commission and the Maryland Institute of EMS Systems (MIEMSS). Dr. Sur also practices at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He utilizes a number of minimally invasive strategies including the transradial approach for Neuroendovascular surgery and minimally invasive craniotomies for treatment of brain tumors and aneurysms. In 2023 and 2024, he was named a Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine.
Dr. Sur’s credentials include:
Undergraduate Degree: Yale University
Medical degree: Boston University School of Medicine
Fellowship and Residency: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Dr. Sur’s main areas of clinical expertise include:
- Endovascular and microsurgical treatment of cerebral aneurysms
- Multi-modal treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations
- Endoscopic microsurgical resection of skull base tumors
- Microsurgical resection of brain and spine tumors
- Minimally invasive craniotomy for brain tumors and vascular disease
- Neurosurgical treatment of epilepsy and pain syndromes
Clinical areas of focus
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
- Brain Tumor
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Meningioma
- Moyamoya Disease
- Parotid Biopsy
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spine Tumor Surgery
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
- Vascular Malformation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Adrenal Tumor
- Aneurysm
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Artery Blockage In The Brain
- Back Pain
- Benign Neoplasm Of Bone And Articular Cartilage
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Benign Tumor
- Biomechanical Lesions
- Bleeding In Brain
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Bone Density Disorder
- Bone Disorders
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Aneurysm Rupture
- Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Bursopathy
- Carotid Stenosis
- Central Nervous System Disorder
- Cerebral Edema
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cervical Fracture
- Chiari Malformation
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Hydrocephalus
- Congenital Malformations Of Nervous System
- Congenital Malformations Of Peripheral Vascular System
- Congenital Malformations Of Skull And Face Bones
- Congenital Malformations Of Spine And Bony Thorax
- Congenital Musculoskeletal Deformities
- Craniosynostosis
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dermatophytosis (RINGWORM)
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Encephalitis
- Epilepsy
- Fractures Of The Neck
- Fungal Meningitis
- Head Injury
- Hemangioma
- Herniated Disc In Neck
- Hydrocephalus
- Increased Intracranial Pressure
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Intraspinal Granuloma
- Kyphosis
- Lumbar Disc Disorders
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Lumbar Spine Injury
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Endocrine Glands
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Eye And Adnexa
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Spinal Cord
- Meningioma
- Meningitis
- Moyamoya Disease
- Muscle Disorders
- Musculoskeletal System Complications
- Neck Fracture
- Neoplasm Of Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasms Of Lymphoid, Hematopoietic And Related Tissue
- Nerve Root Disorders
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neurodegeneration
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Omphalocele
- Orbit Disorders
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Skull Base Tumor
- Skull Fractures
- Spinal Cord Abscess
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Disc Herniation
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Tumor
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Syncope
- Thoracic Spine Fractures
- Thoracic Spine Injury
- Thoracic Spine Instability
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vascular Malformation
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
Procedures I perform
- Angiography
- Brain Angioplasty
- Brain Tumor Diagnosis
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Central Nervous Electrical Activity Monitoring
- Cerebellar Hemorrhage Evacuation
- Cerebral Hemisphere Extirpation
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Revision
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Nerve Release
- Cervical Spinal Cord Release
- Common Carotid Artery Dilation
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Cranial Nerve Neurostimulator Electrode Array And Pulse Generator Implantation
- Craniectomy For Abscess
- Craniectomy For Cerebellopontine Angle Tumor
- Craniectomy For Hematoma Evacuation
- Craniectomy For Meningioma
- Cranioplasty
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dilation Of Left External Iliac Artery With Stent
- Drainage Of Bladder
- Drainage Of Cranial Cavity
- Duplex Scan Of Upper Extremity Arteries
- Dura Mater Supplement
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Endovascular Intracranial Prolonged Administration
- Endovascular Intracranial Prolonged Administration Of Pharmacologic Agent
- Excision Of Cerebellum
- Excision Of Cerebral Ventricle
- Extirpation Of Brain Matter
- Extirpation Of Right Femoral Vein
- Factor Vii Infusion
- Fluoroscopy Bilateral Common Carotid Arteries
- Fluoroscopy Of Bilateral Common Carotid Arteries Using Other Contrast Agent
- Fluoroscopy Right Upper Extremity Arteries
- Fluoroscopy Upper Arteries
- Foot Subcutaneous Tissue Diagnostic Drainage
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Hematoma Drainage
- Intracranial Artery Restriction
- Intracranial Subdural Space Drainage
- Laminectomy
- Laminotomy
- Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement
- Lumbar Laminectomy
- Lumbar Laminectomy And Fusion
- Lumbar Nerve Release
- Lumbar Puncture
- Lumbar Vertebral Disc Excision
- Lumboperitoneal Shunt
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mesenteric Angiography
- Microsurgical Procedures
- Neuroendoscopy
- Occlusion Intracranial Artery
- Occlusion Left External Iliac Artery
- Open Optic Nerve Release
- Orbitocranial Approach To Anterior Cranial Fossa
- Papilledema And Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Parkinson's Disease
- Parotid Biopsy
- Pec Implants
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Pressure Flow Study
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Pump Therapy
- Reconstruction Of Bifrontal, Superior
- Replacement Frontal Bone
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Meninges Supplement
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spine Tumor Surgery
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
- Stereotactic Spinal Procedure
- Subclavian Artery Extirpation
- Supplement Dura Mater
- Supratentorial Hematoma Evacuation
- Thoracic Aorta Fluoroscopy
- Thoracic Aorta To Carotid Artery Bypass With Synthetic Substitute
- Thread Lift
- Thromboendarterectomy With Patch Graft
- Transcatheter Occlusion
- Twist Drill Hole With Ventricular Catheter
- Upper Artery Synthetic Substitute Removal
- Venous Access Device Removal
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Neurosurgery Washington, DC, 20007
202-877-5026Fax 202-877-5551
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
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Medicare Direct
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-Open HMO Option
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- OA Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- TRICARE East Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- Optimum Choice
- Choice POS II Open Access
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna HMO
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- IH-POS
- Employee Health Plan
- HighMark
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Sentara Health
- Beech Street PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Student Resources
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Indemnity
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UHC Passport
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- POS OA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Open HMO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice POS
- Blue Choice Advantage
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Administrators
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Fellowship: University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital (2020)
Residency: University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital (2019)
Residency: University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital (2018)
Fellowship: University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital (2017)
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine (2012)
Awards
- Best Resident Teaching Award 2018-2019, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery
- Sanjiv Bhatia, MD Distinction in Leadership and Service Award 2018-2019, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery
- Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine, 2023, 2024
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Selected Publications:
Sur S, Menaker SA, Alvarez C, Chen S, Shah SS, Peterson EC, Elhammady MS, Starke RM. Multimodal Management of Carotid-Cavernous Fistulas. World Neurosurg. 2020 Jan;133:e796-e803. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.10.004. Epub 2019 Oct 9. PMID: 31605852.
Chen SH, Snelling BM, Shah SS, Sur S, Brunet MC, Starke RM, Yavagal DR, Osbun JW, Peterson EC. Transradial approach for flow diversion treatment of cerebral aneurysms: a multicenter study. J Neurointerv Surg. 2019 Aug;11(8):796-800. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-014620. Epub 2019 Jan 22. PMID: 30670622.
Snelling BM, Sur S, Shah SS, Caplan J, Khandelwal P, Yavagal DR, Starke RM, Peterson EC. Transradial Approach for Complex Anterior and Posterior Circulation Interventions: Technical Nuances and Feasibility of Using Current Devices. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Sep 1;17(3):293-302. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy352. PMID: 30496537.
Snelling BM, Sur S, Shah SS, Khandelwal P, Caplan J, Haniff R, Starke RM, Yavagal DR, Peterson EC. Transradial cerebral angiography: techniques and outcomes. J Neurointerv Surg. 2018 Sep;10(9):874-881. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013584. Epub 2018 Jan 8. PMID: 29311120.
Sur S, Snelling B, Khandelwal P, Caplan JM, Peterson EC, Starke RM, Yavagal DR. Transradial approach for mechanical thrombectomy in anterior circulation large-vessel occlusion. Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Apr;42(4):E13. doi: 10.3171/2017.1.FOCUS16525. PMID: 28366055.