About me
Dr. Amjad is an Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Movement Disorder Division and co clinical Director of the Care Education and Research Center for Huntington Disease at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. He received his medical degree from Georgetown School of Medicine. He completed his internship training in internal medicine at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Amjad completed his neurology residency at Georgetown University Medical Center, where he served as academic chief resident. He also completed a two-year fellowship in movement disorders at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He is a board certified neurologist. His special interests include the medical and surgical management of Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and dystonia. He is also experienced in the treatment of Parkinsons Plus Syndromes, ataxia, tardive dyskinesia, Huntington Disease and tic disorders. He specializes in therapeutic botulinum toxin injections for blepharospasm, spasticity, dystonia and sialorrhea.
Clinical areas of focus
- Aggressive Behavior
- Ataxia
- Botulinum Toxin For Movement Disorders
- Chorea
- Clumsiness
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Depression
- Disturbance Of Attention
- Dyskinesia
- Dystonia
- Falls
- Huntington's Disease
- Irritability
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Memory Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Spasms
- Spasticity
- Tremor
- Twitching
- Unsteady Gait
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Reflexes
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Aggressive Behavior
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Arm Weakness
- Arteriovenous Fistula
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Ataxia
- Behcet Syndrome
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Carotid Stenosis
- Central Nervous System Lupus
- Cerebellar Ataxia
- Cerebellar Disease
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cervical Dystonia
- Cervical Plexopathy
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
- Chorea
- Clumsiness
- CNS Vasculitis
- Cognitive Impairment
- Concussion
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Dejerine Sottas Disease
- Depression
- Diabetic Lumbosacral Radiculoplexus Neuropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diplopia
- Disturbance Of Attention
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
- Dyskinesia
- Dystonia
- Encephalopathies
- Epilepsy
- Facial Droop
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Facial Pain
- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Falls
- Femoral Neuropathy
- Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Headache
- HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
- HIV Myopathy
- Horner Syndrome
- Huntington's Disease
- Inclusion Body Myopathy
- Irritability
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lacunar Stroke
- Leg Weakness
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Lip Droop
- Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
- Medication Overuse Headache
- Memory Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Movement Diseases And Disorders
- Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Weakness
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelitis
- Myoclonic Epilepsy With Ragged Red Fibers
- Nerve Root Disorder
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neuralgia
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO)
- Neuropathy
- Non Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Paramyotonia Congenita
- Paraplegia
- Paresthesia
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Periodic Paralysis
- Peripheral Nerve Injury
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Periventricular Leukomalacia
- Plexopathy
- Positional Vertigo
- Primary Cerebellar Degeneration
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Quadriplegia
- Radiculopathy
- Sensory Impairment
- Sensory Neuronopathy
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
- Spasms
- Spasticity
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia
- Spinocerebellar Degeneration
- Spinocerebellar Diseases
- Statin Myopathy
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Syncope
- Tetraplegia
- Tic Disorders
- Tinnitus
- Torticollis
- Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Twitching
- Unsteady Gait
- Vertigo
- Vision Loss
- Visual Impairment
Procedures I perform
- Angiography
- Avm Embolization
- Botox For Dystonia
- Botox For Hemifacial Spasm
- Botox For Spasticity
- Botulinum Toxin For Movement Disorders
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Evaluation (EMU)
- Headache Therapy
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Infusion Treatment
Practice locations
Distance from Enter your Location
3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center
Washington,
DC,
20007
Fax 410-354-4565
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
- KAISER PERMANENTE
Kaiser Signature
Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
Kaiser Medicare Plus
Kaiser Select
Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
Virginia Premier
Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
Kaiser Select-Added Choice
Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
Kaiser Flexible Choice
- AETNA
Innovation Health: POS
Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
Aetna HMO
Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
Innovation Health: POS Plus
Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Aetna Student Health Insurance
Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
Innovation Health: PPO
Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
Innovation Health: Open POS II
Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
Innovation Health: Indemnity
Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HEALTH CARE
Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
Cigna Indemnity
Cigna POS/Network POS
Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
Cigna EPO
Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
Cigna Preferred Medicare
Cigna HMO Open Access
Cigna Network Open Access
Cigna Choice Fund PPO
Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- UNITED HEALTHCARE (UHC)
United Student Resources
United Navigate
United Erickson Advantage Plans
United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
I-SNP
United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
United Choice Plus
United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
United Optimum Choice
United MD IPA (HMO)
United Choice
D-SNP)
United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
United Select Plus (POS)
United Mamsi Life & Health
United Core Essential (HMO)
United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
United Golden Rule
United AARP Medicare Complete
- MEDICARE
Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- MEDICAID (MD, DC, VA)
Medicaid - Virginia
Medicaid - Maryland
Medicaid - District of Columbia
- HUMANA MILITARY (TRICARE EAST)
Tricare East Prime
Tricare East Select
Tricare for Life East
Tricare Reserve Select
- CHOICE CARE NETWORK/HUMANA
Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- WELLPOINT MARYLAND
WellPoint Maryland
- CAREFIRST
CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
CareFirst Administrators
CareFirst MedStar PPO
Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
HealthyBlue PPO
Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
CareFirst NASCO
CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
Carefirst EPO
CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- ANTHEM BCBS OF VA
Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE
HumanaChoice PPO
HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- VETERAN'S AFFAIRS COMMUNITE CARE NETWORK (VA CCN)
Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC. (PHCS)
Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- MEDSTAR FAMILY CHOICE
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- AMERIGROUP
WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- BEECH STREET
Beech Street PPO
- POLICE AND FIRE CLINIC (PFC, INC.)
Police and Fire Clinic
- HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (HSCSN)
Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HEALTH PARTNERS
Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- COVENTRY HEALTH NETWORK
First Health PPO
Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- KAISER PERMANENTE
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2015)
Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2008)
Internship: MedStar Union Memorial Internal Medicine GME (2005)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2004)