About me
Vikram V. Nayar, MD, FAANS, is a board-certified neurosurgeon with advanced training and expertise in brain aneurysms, tumors, and spine surgery. He specializes in minimally disruptive microsurgical techniques. He has practiced at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital since 2010, and serves on the Georgetown University faculty as associate professor. He is the director of Cerebrovascular Surgery, and the surgical director of the Neuro ICU.
Dr. Nayar graduated from Harvard University in 1998. He attended medical school at the University of Maryland, followed by a surgical internship and neurosurgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine. He served as chief resident in neurosurgery at five hospitals in the Texas Medical Center: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Ben Taub General Hospital, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center, and Texas Children's Hospital. He then completed a fellowship in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
For several years, Dr. Nayar has been recognized as a Top Doctor in Neurosurgery by Washingtonian magazine. He has received multiple Caring Star Awards and SPIRIT Awards from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He received the John Carroll Society Pro Bono Health Care Award from the Archbishop of Washington, for his charitable work in neurosurgery. He directs the Cerebrovascular Conference, for multidisciplinary evaluation of patients for microsurgical, endovascular, and Cyberknife treatments. He developed the treatment paradigm at MGUH for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, Active Member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He has authored several publications in peer-reviewed journals and neurosurgery textbooks.
Dr. Nayar sees patients at the following location:
3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-444-4972
Fax: 202-444-7333
Clinical areas of focus
- Aneurysm
- Aneurysm Repair
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Tumor
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Intracranial Aneurysm Repair
- Meningioma
- Meningioma Surgery
- Microvascular Decompression
- Moyamoya Disease
- Spinal Disc Herniation
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spinal Surgery
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Aneurysm
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Benign Tumor
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Disc Herniation Of The Spine
- Herniated Disc In Lower Back
- Herniated Disc In Neck
- Herniated Disc Pain
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Malignant Brain Tumor
- Meningioma
- Moyamoya Disease
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Spinal Disc Herniation
- Spinal Meningioma
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Tumor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
Procedures I perform
- Aneurysm Repair
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy
- Brain Aneurysm Clipping
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Laminotomy
- Cervical Myelopathy Surgery
- Cervical Nerve Release
- Cervical Spinal Cord Release
- Craniectomy For Meningioma
- Cyberknife
- Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass
- Intracranial Aneurysm Repair
- Lumbar Laminectomy And Fusion
- Lumbosacral Disc Excision
- Meningioma Surgery
- Microdiscectomy
- Microsurgery
- Microvascular Decompression
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Meningioma Surgery
- Spinal Surgery
- Suprasellar Meningioma Surgery
- Thoracic Laminectomy
- Vestibular Nerve Tumor Surgery
- Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery
- Vestibular Schwannoma Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Neurosurgery Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-4972Fax 202-444-7333
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
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Choice POS
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- First Health PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-POS
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice Fund PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Network OA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Blue Choice Advantage
- IH-PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- First Health PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-Indemnity
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Beech Street PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- HighMark
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- POS OA
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Choice POS II
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Employee Health Plan
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Sentara Health
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- HealthyBlue PPO
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- UHC Passport
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurology
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School (2010)
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine (2009)
Internship: Baylor College of Medicine (2004)
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine (2003)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025