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 (442 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

301-997-1788

Fax 301-997-1790

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Fax 301-997-1790

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
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • CIGNA PPO
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • IH-Open POS II
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • Medicare Direct
    • OA Plus
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • Optimum Choice
    • HighMark
    • Sentara Health
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • IH-POS Plus
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Choice POS II
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • CareFirst EPO
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • Aetna Basic
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • Employee Health Plan
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • IH-HMO
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • UHC Passport
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • Medicare FFS
    • IH-POS
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • CIGNA EPO
    • IH-PPO
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • TRICARE East Select
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • First Health PPO
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • POS OA
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • 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
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • Navigate
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • United Student Resources
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • Network OA
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Aetna HMO
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • 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
  • Mar 25, 2026

    She really showed me everything that the MRI showed.

  • Mar 10, 2026

    Have already recommended her.

  • Mar 3, 2026

    Dr has improved her interviewing and responding skills at every visit. Seems more interested and engaging.