Safia Said Abdillahi, ACNP-BC,DNP| Neurology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Ataxia
- Botulinum Toxin For Movement Disorders
- Chorea
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dyskinesia
- Dystonia
- Falls
- Huntington's Disease
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Spasms
- Spasticity
- Tremor
- Twitching
- Unsteady Gait
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Reflexes
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- 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
- CNS Vasculitis
- Cognitive Impairment
- Concussion
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Dejerine Sottas Disease
- Diabetic Lumbosacral Radiculoplexus Neuropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diplopia
- 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
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lacunar Stroke
- Leg Weakness
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Lip Droop
- Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
- Medication Overuse Headache
- Memory 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 Change LocationEnter your Location
3800 Reservoir Road Northwest Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8525Fax 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
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Navigate
- Kaiser Select
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna Network Open Access
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna Indemnity
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- United Golden Rule
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Virginia Premier
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Student Resources
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland
- CareFirst Administrators
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Choice Plus
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Tricare for Life East
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Carefirst EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- I-SNP
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Tricare East Select
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Optimum Choice
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Tricare East Prime
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Other Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center, -
Allied Health Education: Yale University School of Nursing (2006)