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
- Epilepsy
- Migraine
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Myopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Parkinson's Disease
Procedures I perform
- Central Nervous Electrical Activity Monitoring
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cranial Electrical Stimulation
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Nerve Block
- Neuroimmunopathology
- 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
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst EPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Healthcare Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Choice Fund PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-EPO Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-Open HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Medicare FFS
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- OA Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- Network OA
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-POS Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HealthyBlue PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- HighMark
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Optimum Choice
Videos
Education
Board Certification: ,
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.