Toluwalase O Tofade, MBBS MD| Neurology | MedStar Health
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Toluwalase O Tofade

Toluwalase O Tofade, MBBS MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.8 out of 5 (450 reviews)

Specialties: Neurology

Languages: English

About me

Toluwalase Tofade, MBBS, is a board certified neurologist and was fellowship trained in autoimmune neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. She serves as the director of autoimmune neurology and multiple sclerosis at MedStar St Mary's Hospital and also serves as an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. 

She is passionate about patient education and building trustful relationships with patients that hopefully span generations. She prides herself on her enthusiasm for figuring out complex neurological presentations.

Clinical areas of focus

  • Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Care
  • Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
  • Electromyography
  • Median Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Migraine
  • Multiple Sclerosis
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Abnormal Movements
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Aneurysm
  • Aphagia And Dysphagia
  • Apraxia
  • Bell's Palsy
  • Brain Aneurysm
  • Brain Disorders
  • Brain Tumor
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • Chiari Malformation
  • Cognitive Function Disorders
  • Convulsions
  • Cranial Nerve Disorder
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
  • Dementia
  • Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  • Dystonia
  • Epilepsy And Seizures
  • Episcleritis
  • Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
  • Facial Nerve Disorder
  • Falls And Gait Disorders
  • Gait And Balance Problems
  • General Sensations And Perceptions
  • Head Injury
  • Headache
  • Hereditary Ataxia
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Idiopathic Neuropathy
  • Lack Of Coordination
  • Migraine
  • Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Myoneural Disorders
  • Myopathies
  • Narcolepsy
  • Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
  • Nervous System Disorders
  • Neuropathy
  • Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
  • Paralytic Syndrome
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Secondary Parkinsonism
  • Seizure Disorders
  • Spasticity
  • Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
  • Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
  • Vestibular Disorders
  • Vestibular Neuritis
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Procedures I perform

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
  • Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
  • Chronic Headache Treatment
  • Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Care
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Dementia Treatment
  • Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
  • Eeg Monitoring
  • Electroencephalogram
  • Electromyography
  • Gait And Balance Evaluation
  • Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) Biofeedback
  • Median Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Nerve Block
  • Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
  • Neuropsychological Testing
  • Seizure Treatment
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Status Epilepticus Treatment
  • Sti Treatment
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Practice locations

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25500 Point Lookout Rd
Outpatient Pavilion 2nd Fl
Leonardtown, MD, 20650

240-434-7929

Fax 844-569-0853

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Fax 844-569-0853

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.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • IH-Open POS II
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • CIGNA PPO
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • Medicare Direct
    • OA Plus
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • Optimum Choice
    • HighMark
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • Sentara Health
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • IH-POS Plus
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Choice POS II
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • CareFirst EPO
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • Aetna Basic
    • Employee Health Plan
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • IH-HMO
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • UHC Passport
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • IH-POS
    • Medicare FFS
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • CIGNA EPO
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • IH-PPO
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • TRICARE East Select
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • First Health PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • POS OA
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Choice POS
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • First Health PPO
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • Navigate
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • United Student Resources
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Network OA
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Aetna HMO
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • Beech Street PPO

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology

Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital (2023)

Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (2022)

Internship: Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (2015)

Medical School: University of Lagos College of Medicine (2013)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.8
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.8
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.8
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.8
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.8
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.8
  • Apr 28, 2026

    Dr. Tofade is very easy to talk to and listened to my concerns. She asked several times if I had more questions. She did a great job answering questions. I never felt rushed during the appointment

  • Apr 25, 2026

    Excellent care!

  • Apr 18, 2026

    Highly highly recommend