Sara Dehbashi, MD| Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine | MedStar Health
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Amyloidosis
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Aphasia
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dermatomyositis
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Dysphagia
- Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
- Inflammatory Myopathy
- Inflammatory Myositis
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Motor Neuron Diseases
- Muscle Disorders
- Muscle Weakness
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neuropathy
- Polymyositis With Muscle Weakness
- Spasticity
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
Procedures I perform
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Migraines
- Brain Imaging
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
- Chorea Treatment
- Clinical Trials
- Cognitive Impairment Therapy
- Confusional Arousals
- Electromyography
- Electrophysiology Testing
- Muscle Biopsy
- Myasthenia Gravis Treatment
- Numbness Treatment
- Seizure 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
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Core Essential (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Medicare FFS
- Beech Street PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Medicare Direct
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Navigate
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-Open POS II
- Tricare Reserve Select
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- IH-HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- POS OA
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Basic
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- First Health PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Choice POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Network OA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Student Resources
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- HighMark
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai (2019)
Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals (Galveston) (2018)
Internship: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals (Galveston) (2015)
Fellowship: Washington University In St. Louis (2014)
Medical School: Shiraz University of Medical Science (2007)