About me
Saeed A. Alqahtani, MD, FAAN, is a board-certified neurologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He is also fellowship-trained in endovascular neurosurgery and vascular neurology. He specializes in the treatment of routine and complex neurovascular conditions including acute strokes and other vascular disorders of the brain. In addition to being a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, he is a member of the American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, American College of Physicians, and the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery.
Dr. Alqahtani’s approach to care centers on helping patients navigate their illnesses by providing reliable education, personalized care plans, and minimally invasive treatments. While offering expert guidance and compassionate support, he empowers patients to make well-informed decisions about their overall health. Moreover, he collaborates with an experienced and multidisciplinary team of neurosurgeons, vascular neurologists, and neuro-ICU experts to help patients achieve the best possible outcomes.
He is dedicated to developing the next generation of medical professionals who are equally committed to advancing the care of people battling neurovascular disorders. Dr. Alqahtani also is passionate about clinical research that deepens the understanding of cerebrovascular diseases, intravenous thrombolysis, ischemic strokes, and endovascular therapies. These studies can lead to new and innovative treatments that further improve patients’ quality of life. Referring physicians should know that he will keep them well informed about their patients’ progress during every step of care!
Philosophy of Care
“The foundation of my patient-centered care model is providing the highest quality of comprehensive and holistic support. I achieve this goal by combining my extensive clinical expertise with minimally invasive techniques that are tailored to address each patient’s unique health and wellness goals. That commitment even extends to ensuring that they have seamless, stress-free, and timely access to appointments at convenient locations.”
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
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- 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
- Malignant Brain Neoplasm
- Meningioma
- Metastatic Brain Cancer
- Moyamoya
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Primary Brain Tumor
- Prolactinoma
- Scoliosis
- Skull Base Tumor
- 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
Practice locations
Distance from Change LocationEnter your Location
3800 Reservoir Road Northwest Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Neurosurgery Washington, DC, 20007
202-877-5026Fax 202-877-5551
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 HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Tricare East Prime
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Signature
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Select
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Navigate
- United Golden Rule
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- United Choice
- United Student Resources
- Carefirst EPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Cigna Network Open Access
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Virginia Premier
- Tricare for Life East
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- D-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- I-SNP
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Tricare East Select
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Optimum Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- WellPoint Maryland
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- United Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna Indemnity
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Aetna HMO
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Vascular Neurology
Fellowship: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2018)
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (2016)
Residency: George Washington University School of Medicine (2015)
Fellowship: George Washington University School of Medicine (2012)
Medical School: King Khalid University (2007)