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