About me
Jennifer Haagensen, DO, MS, is a neurologist who practices at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. With a specialized clinical interest in the diagnosis and treatment of adults with epilepsy, Dr. Haagensen is a critical resource for patients who are cared for on the hospital’s neurology unit.
Dr. Haagensen earned a medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She went on to pursue a medical internship at Drexel University School of Medicine at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, and then relocated to Baltimore to continue her post-graduate training. She completed an adult neurology residency and two additional years of fellowship trained dedicated to the study of epilepsy.
During her time in training and in practice, Dr. Haagensen has published a series of peer-reviewed publications and abstracts. She is a member of the American Epilepsy Society, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Osteopathic Association.
Clinical areas of focus
- Concussion
- Encephalopathies
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Headache
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Neuropathy
- Numbness
- Tingling
- Tremor
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abducens Nerve Disease
- Abnormal Echoencephalogram
- Abnormal Eeg
- Abnormal Neuroimaging
- Abnormal Reflexes
- Absence Epilepsy
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Aneurysm
- Anoxic Encephalopathy
- Anti-Nmda Receptor Encephalitis
- Arm Weakness
- Brain Injury
- Brain Lesions
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebral Atherosclerosis
- Cerebral Contusion
- Cerebral Cyst
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (CSVD)
- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Headache
- Cerebrovascular Insufficiency
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
- Childhood Epilepsy
- Chronic Migraines
- Chronic Post Traumatic Headache
- Cluster Headache
- Cognitive Impairment
- Concussion
- Convulsion
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Cranial Nerve Palsy
- Dejerine Sottas Disease
- Dementia
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diplopia
- Distal Motor Neuropathy
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
- Dysarthria
- Dysesthesia
- Dyskinesia
- Encephalopathies
- Episodic Migraine
- Essential Tremor
- Eyelid Closure Weakness
- Facial Droop
- Facial Nerve Palsy
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Facial Pain
- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Fasciculations
- Femoral Neuropathy
- Generalized Seizures
- Grand Mal Status Epilepticus
- Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Headache
- Hemicrania Continua
- Horner Syndrome
- Inclusion Body Myopathy
- Increased Intracranial Pressure
- Intracranial Hypertension
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lacunar Stroke
- Landau Kleffner Syndrome
- Late Effect Of Spinal Cord Injury
- Leg Numbness
- Leg Weakness
- Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
- Locked In Syndrome
- Major Neurocognitive Disorder
- Meralgia Paresthetica
- Merosin Deficient Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
- Migraine
- Monomelic Amyotrophy
- Moyamoya
- Muscle Weakness
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelopathy
- Myoclonus
- Nerve Root Disorder
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neuralgia
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Neuropathy
- New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE)
- New Onset Seizure
- Non Epileptic Event
- Numbness
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Paramyotonia Congenita
- Paresthesia
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Polyneuropathy
- Post Concussion Syndrome
- Post Traumatic Headache
- Post Traumatic Seizures
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Radiculopathy
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Sensory Impairment
- Sensory Neuronopathy
- Sensory Problem
- Slurred Speech
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
- Statin Myopathy
- Status Epilepticus
- Tension Headache
- Tingling
- Tonic Clonic Seizure
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Ulnar Nerve Compression
- Unsteady Gait
- Weakness
Procedures I perform
- Ambulatory Eeg
- Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- Epilepsy Medication Management
- Migraine 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
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Student Resources
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Golden Rule
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- D-SNP)
- I-SNP
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Choice Plus
- United Choice
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Navigate
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- Virginia Premier
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Optimum Choice
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Tricare for Life East
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Tricare East Select
- Tricare East Prime
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Carefirst EPO
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship Program: University of Maryland Medical Center (2019)
Residency Program: University of Maryland Medical Center (2017)
Internship Program: Drexel College of Medicine Hahnemann Univ Hosp (2014)
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (2013)
Graduate Education: Drexel University (2009)