About me
Syed H Shabbir, MD is the Director of Epilepsy and Medical Director of the EEG lab at Franklin Square Hospital. He is also an Associate Professor of Neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center. He studied neuroscience at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor graduating with Honors and High Distinction. He completed his medical training and neurology residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City with Distinction in Reseach. He specialized in Clinical Neurophysiology with a focus on EEG, Epilepsy and Surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
He is board-certified in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology / Epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He also has board certification in Clinical Neurophysiology with added competency in Critical Care EEG Monitoring by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology. He has authored papers that have been published in major journals.
He was named a Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine in 2023 and 2024.
He sees patients at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center providing comprehensive evaluation and treatment of all adult neurological disorders. He specializes in seizure disorders and their treatment, however also has an interest and expertise in Headache disorders, Migraines, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease / Dementia and Stroke.
He strives to develop a personal rapport with every patient. Dr. Shabbir feels that by learning from his patients, he can provide better care and build rewarding, trusting relationships.
“There has never been a more exciting time in Neurology. With growing understanding of the genetic and molecular basis of neurological disorders, there are ever-expanding treatment options for otherwise progressive and debilitating conditions.”
- Dr. Syed H Shabbir
Clinical areas of focus
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Epilepsy And Seizures
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Headache
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Parkinson's Disease
Procedures I perform
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Nerve Block
- Parkinson's Disease
- Seizure 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
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Choice POS II
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Navigate
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- First Health PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- HighMark
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- OA Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-POS Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Sentara Health
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UHC Passport
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open POS II
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- POS OA
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Beech Street PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medicine GME (2020)
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College (2019)
Internship: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College (2016)
Medical School: Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2015)
Awards
- Baltimore magazine Top Doctor 2023 and 2024 Teaching Star 2019 & 2020, Education of medication students, Montefiore Medical Center Best Case Report award 2014, Milford Fulop Poster Competition, Jacobi Medical Center Community Service Award, 2013, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Shabbir SH, Nadeem FZ, Labovitz DL. Anteromedial thalamic infarct: a rare presentation. Case Report. BMJ Case Reports. 2018.
Shabbir SH, Nadeem FZ, Labovitz DL. A rare presentation of AICA syndrome. Case Report. BMJ Case Reports. 2018. pii: bcr-2017-223402. DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223402.
Shabbir SH, Liberman A, Milstein M. A case of new onset seizures. Images. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2017. 47:118-119. DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2017.09.017
Shabbir SH, Elina M, Milstein M. Microhemorrhages in the Corpus Callosum. Letter to the Editor. Can J Neurol Sci. 2017. DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2017.238
Nadeem FZ, Shabbir SH. Hypertriglyceridemia-induced Acute Pancreatitis. Clinical Images. J Gen Intern Med. 2017
Shabbir SH, Tong O, Gluck L, Robbins M. Convergence spasm in Wernicke encephalopathy. The Neurohospitalist. 2017. DOI: 10.1177/1941874417690668
Shabbir SH, Jadeja NM. Non-ketotic hyperglycemic chorea-ballism (NKHCB): an atypical case and a review of literature. Case Report. EJBM. 2016; 31:25–26.
Shabbir SH, Maria Teresa M. Santos. The role of prehealth student volunteers at a student-run free clinic in New York, the United States. J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2015. 12:49. PMID: 26582631.
Shabbir SH. DNA Repair Dysfunction and Neurodegeneration: Lessons From Rare Pediatric Disorders. Topical Review. Journal of Child Neurology. 2015. 1-5. PMID: 26116382.
Shabbir SH. Psychiatric underpinnings of chronic diabetic neuropathic pain. Commentary. EJBM. 2015. 30:37-40.
Shabbir SH, Sanders AE. Clinical Significance in Dementia Research: A Review of the Literature. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2014. PMID: 24526758.