About me
Dr. Yasir Al-Khalili is currently seeing patients at the following location:
110 Irving Street Northwest
G019
Washington DC, 20010
Phone: 202-877-2172
Fax: 855-354-3967
Yasir Al-Khalili, MD, is a neurologist specializing in neuromuscular disease at MedStar Health. A fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, he is board-certified in neurology, clinical neurophysiology, and electrodiagnostic and neuromuscular medicine. Dr. Al-Khalili is a three-time recipient of the Richmond Magazine Top Docs award. His other accolades include Drexel University College of Medicine’s Golden Apple Teaching Award, and the American Academy of Neurology’s A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award for excellence in neurology education, of which he is a two-time recipient.
In his clinical practice, Dr. Al-Khalili is committed to shared decision-making and involving patients in treatment options. He is dedicated to promoting the highest quality of life for those with chronic neurologic conditions.
Dr. Al-Khalili’s credentials include:
Fellowship: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Drexel University College of Medicine
Internship: University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: St. George’s University, St George’s, Grenada
Graduate School: University of Pennsylvania, Master of Science in Medical Education
Dr. Al-Khalili’s areas of expertise include:
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Myopathy
- Muscular dystrophy
- Radiculopathy
- Diplopia
Philosophy of care
“From the first interaction, I prioritize building trust with patients through kindness and respect. I believe in treating patients like family members, and I always put myself in their shoes to gain as much perspective as I can. It’s important to truly listen to patient concerns and decide on a treatment line together, with the goal of helping them resume their lives as fully as possible.”
—Dr. Al-Khalili
Clinical areas of focus
- Cerebral Vasospasm
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Binocular Movement Disorders
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Atrophy
- Cerebral Edema
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebral Vasospasm
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Cranial Nerve Disorder
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Lack Of Coordination
- Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neurosyphilis
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Paralysis
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vertigo
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Electromyography
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Muscle Biopsy
- Neuromuscular Testing
- 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
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Choice POS II
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MultiPlan, Inc
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst NASCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Navigate
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UHC Passport
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- HighMark
- IH-Open POS II
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- POS OA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- OA Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Network OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Open HMO
- Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Medicare FFS
- First Health PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Administrators
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Advantage 6350
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology
Fellowship: Drexel University College of Medicine (2019)
Residency: Drexel University College of Medicine (2017)
Internship: Mercy Catholic Medical Center (2014)
Medical School: St. George's University School Of Medicine (2013)