Evelyne S Akoth, PA-C| Neurosurgery | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Aneurysm
- Brain Neoplasms
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Herniated Disc
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Tumor
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Acromegaly
- Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma
- Aneurysm
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arachnoid Cyst
- Arnold Chiari Malformation
- Arterial Malformation Brain
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain
- Berry Aneurysm
- Brain Metastases
- Brain Neoplasms
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cavernous Hemangioma
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cervical Compression Fracture
- Cervical Deformity
- Cervical Disc Degeneration
- Cervical Disc Disease
- Cervical Disc Displacement
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Coccyx Fracture
- Complex Spine Deformities
- Congenital Scoliosis
- Degenerative Spine Conditions
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Essential Tremor
- Facial Spasm
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Flatback Syndrome Post Harrington Rods
- Foot Drop
- Glioma
- Herniated Disc
- Junctional Kyphosis
- Lumbar Scoliosis
- Lumbar Spine Stress Fracture
- Lumbosacral Plexus Lesions
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Meningioma
- Moyamoya
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Prolactinoma
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Tumors
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Tumor
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylosis
- Thoracic Herniated Disc
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Cervical Spine
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Lumbar Spine
- Biological Enhancement Of Spine Fusions
- Cervical Decompression
- Cervical Laminotomy
- Cervical Spine Revision
- Cervical Spine Steroid Injection
- Cervical Spine Surgery
- Complex Spine Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Disc Arthroplasty
- Disc Replacement
- Facet Injection
- Facet Surgery
- Growing Rods
- Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (ACDF)
- Magnetic Expansion Control
- Mehta Casting
- Microdiscectomy
- Microsurgical Laminoplasty
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy
- Minimally Invasive Partial Lumbar Discectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Fusion
- Occipito Cervical Fusion
- Posterior Cervical Laminectomy And Fusion
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Fusion, Without Instrumentation
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Instrumentation And Fusion
- Rigo Cheneau Bracing
- Robotic Spine Surgery
- Sacroiliac Joint Block
- Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
- Sacroiliac Joint Surgery
- Schroth Therapy
- Scoliosis Surgery
- Spinal Abscess Surgery
- Spinal Cord Surgery
- Spinal Cyst Removal
- Spinal Tethering For Scoliosis
- Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
- Spine Microsurgery
- Spine Reconstruction
- Spine Revision
- Spondylosis Surgery
- Surgery For Sciatica
- Thoracic Laminectomy
- Vertebrae Surgery
- Vertebral Stapling
- Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib
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
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- United Navigate
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Carefirst EPO
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Virginia Premier
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Tricare East Prime
- Kaiser Select
- I-SNP
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Kaiser Signature
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Innovation Health: POS
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- D-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- United Student Resources
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna EPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna HMO
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Tricare East Select
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- WellPoint Maryland
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Choice
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Golden Rule
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Choice Plus
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Tricare for Life East
- United Optimum Choice
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
Education
Board Certification: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Physician Assistant
Graduate Education: University of Nebraska Medical Center (2003)