Sepideh Panahi, MD| Neurology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervicogenic Dizziness Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia Injections
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Movement Disorder Treatment
- Neuropathy
- Numbness
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Sports Concussion
- Tremor
- Twitching
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- Abnormal Cerebrospinal Fluid Findings
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Mri
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Anxiety
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Artery Disorders
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorder
- Back Pain
- Binocular Movement Disorders
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Bone Density Disorder
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Carotid Artery Occlusion
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Conversion Disorders
- Convulsions
- Cranial Nerve Disorder
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dermatophytosis (RINGWORM)
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Dysarthria
- Dyskinesia
- Dyslexia
- Dyslexia And Symbolic Dysfunctions
- Dystonia
- Dystonic Spasms
- Effects Of Air Pressure And Water Pressure
- Emotional Disorders
- Encephalitis, Myelitis And Encephalomyelitis
- Encephalomyelitis
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Episcleritis
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eyelid Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Facial Weakness
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hemangioma
- Hemiplegia
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Herpes Encephalitis
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypotension
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Infectious Diseases Of Skin
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Insomnia
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lack Of Coordination
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Meningitis
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Muscle Disorders
- Muscle Weakness
- Myelitis
- Myoclonus
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Neck Pain
- Nerve Root Disorders
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neuropathy
- Neurosyphilis
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Numbness
- Nystagmus
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Optic Nerve Disorders
- Optic Neuropathy
- Paralysis
- Paralytic Strabismus
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Peripheral Nerve Damage
- Pneumococcal Disease
- Poisoning
- Postprocedural States
- Precerebral Artery Occlusion
- Presence Of Functional Implants
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Retinal Disease
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Sleep Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Sports Concussion
- Subcortical Infarction
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Syncope
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Tic Disorder
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Twitching
- Unsteady Walking
- Vascular Dementia
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
- Vertigo
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vision Disturbances
- Vitamin Deficiency
- Voice And Resonance Disorders
- Zoster
Procedures I perform
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Care
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Biofeedback
- Blurred Vision Therapy
- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials
- Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology
- Cerebrovascular Disease Management
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervicogenic Dizziness Treatment
- Chemodenervation Of Muscle
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chemodenervation Of Salivary Glands
- Chorea Management
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder-Related Anxiety
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson's Disease
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Duplex Scan Of Upper Extremity Arteries
- Dystonia Injections
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Emg Guided Botox Injections
- Encephalitis Management
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Facial Nerve Palsy Treatment
- Falls Prevention
- Fatigue Management
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Intraoperative Brain Mapping
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Lewy Body Dementia Treatment
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Migraine Prevention
- Molst Discussions
- Movement Disorder Treatment
- Muscle Injection
- Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
- Myasthenia Gravis Management
- Nerve Block
- Neuroanesthesiology
- Neurocardiology
- Neurocognitive Training
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuroepidemiology
- Neuroimaging
- Neuroinfectious Disease
- Neurological Emergencies
- Neuromodulation
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuro-Otology
- Neuropharmacogenetics
- Neuroprotection
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Neuroregeneration
- Neuroregenerative Biology
- Neuro-Rehabilitation
- Neurostimulation
- Neurotoxicology
- Neurotrauma
- Neuro-Urology
- Neurovascular Surgery
- Numbness Therapy
- Pain Medication Management
- Pain Rehabilitation
- Palliative Care
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Parkinson's Disease
- Patching Therapy
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Management
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Seizure Treatment
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Speech Therapy
- Sports Neurology
- Stereotactic And Functional Neurosurgery
- Stroke And Cerebrovascular Medicine
- Stroke Management
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Swallowing Disorder Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Traumatic Brain Injury And Neurocritical Care
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
- Tremor Management
- Twitching Treatment
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Network OA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- TRICARE for Life East
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna HMO
- Navigate
- Choice POS II Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice POS
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- HighMark
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Choice POS II
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- OA Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- POS OA
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Student Resources
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (2020)
Residency: University of Maryland Medical System (2018)
Internship: University of Maryland Medical System (2015)
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital (2014)
Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences (2011)