About me
Dr. Dorai is the Chief of Neurosurgery and Director of Neurosciences, MedStar Health, Central Maryland Region and Associate Professor, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She is board certified in neurological surgery and completed a board-certified fellowship in brain and spinal tumors. Her special clinical interests include degenerative spine disease, brain tumors, cranial trauma, hydrocephalus, and radiosurgery.
Dr. Dorai has authored articles and chapters in spine reconstruction, brain tumors and cerebrovascular surgery. She has given numerous local and national presentations and served as faculty for surgical courses at national neurosurgical meetings. Dr. Dorai is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Dr. Dorai was named a 2023 “Top Doc” by Baltimore magazine for Neurosurgery and also recognized in 2015-2021.
Clinical areas of focus
- Brain Neoplasms
- Herniated Disc
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Tumor
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Vertebrae
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arachnoid Cyst
- Arnold Chiari Malformation
- Astrocytic Cancer
- Astrocytoma Tumors
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain
- Brain Metastases
- Brain Neoplasms
- Bulging Disc
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cavernous Hemangioma
- Central Nervous System Tumors
- Cerebellar Tumor
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebral Cyst
- Cervical Bone Spur
- Cervical Compression Fracture
- Cervical Deformity
- Cervical Disc Degeneration
- Cervical Disc Disease
- Cervical Disc Displacement
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Cervical Spinal Stenosis
- Cervical Spine Fracture
- Cervical Spine Injury
- Complex Spine Deformities
- Compression Fracture
- Degenerative Spine Conditions
- Ependymoma
- Epidural Hematoma
- Epidural Hemorrhage
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Flatback Syndrome
- Foot Drag
- Foot Drop
- Glioma
- Hemangioblastoma
- Herniated Disc
- Herniation Syndrome
- Hydrocephalus
- Intracranial Hemorrhage
- Intracranial Mass
- Intraventricular Tumor
- Kyphosis
- Lower Back Injury
- Lower Back Pain
- Lumbar Scoliosis
- Lumbar Spine Stress Fracture
- Lumbosacral Plexus Lesions
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Malignant Brain Neoplasm
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Cerebellum
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Frontal Lobe
- Meningioma
- Meningioma Of The Spine
- Metastatic Brain Cancer
- Myelopathy
- Neck Pain
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Post Laminectomy Syndrome
- Primary Brain Tumor
- Radiculopathy
- Ruptured Intervertebral Disc
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Skull Base Tumor
- Spinal Cord Anomalies
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Tumors
- Spinal Schwannoma
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Deformities
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Fracture
- Spine Tumor
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylosis
- Spondylosis With Myelopathy
- Subdural Hematoma
- Subdural Hemorrhage
- Temporal Tumor
- Thoracic Herniated Disc
Procedures I perform
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Cervical Spine
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Lumbar Spine
- Back Surgery
- Biological Enhancement Of Spine Fusions
- Biopsy Of Brain
- Brain Surgery
- Burr Hole
- Cerebral Decompression
- Cervical Decompression
- Cervical Laminoplasty
- Cervical Laminotomy
- Cervical Spine Fusion
- Cervical Spine Revision
- Cervical Spine Surgery
- Chiari Decompression
- Complex Spine Surgery
- Craniectomy
- Craniotomy
- Csf Shunt Removal
- Decompression Laminectomy
- Decompression Median Nerve At Elbow
- Disc Arthroplasty
- Disc Replacement
- Disc Surgery
- Diskectomy
- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
- Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (ACDF)
- Laminectomy
- Laminoplasty
- Low Back Surgery
- Lumbar Spine Fusion
- Microdiscectomy
- Microsurgery
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy
- Minimally Invasive Partial Lumbar Discectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Fusion
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Myelopathy Surgery
- Needle Biopsy Of Brain
- Open Biopsy Of Brain
- Peripheral Nerve Surgery
- Posterior Cervical Laminectomy And Fusion
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Fusion, Without Instrumentation
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Instrumentation And Fusion
- Robotic Spine Surgery
- Scoliosis Surgery
- Spinal Cord Surgery
- Spinal Cyst Removal
- Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
- Spine Fusion
- Spine Instrumentation
- Spine Microsurgery
- Spine Reconstruction
- Spine Revision
- Spondylosis Surgery
- Stereotactic Brain Biopsy
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Surgery For Sciatica
- Surgical Treatment Of Myelopathy
- Thoracic Laminectomy
- Ventricular Shunt
- Ventriculo Peritoneal Shunt
- Ventriculostomy
- Vertebrae Surgery
Practice locations
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1838 Greene Tree Road Woodholme Medical Center Ste 245 Pikesville, MD, 21208
410-554-2247Fax 410-554-2231
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
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Tricare for Life East
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Tricare East Select
- Medicaid - Virginia
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- United Navigate
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- D-SNP)
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- United Optimum Choice
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Cigna Indemnity
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Signature
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicaid - Maryland
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- WellPoint Maryland
- I-SNP
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- United Choice Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- United Choice
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Select
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- United Student Resources
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Innovation Health: POS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- CareFirst Administrators
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Virginia Premier
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- United Golden Rule
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Beech Street PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Carefirst EPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Tricare East Prime
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- 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
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Fellowship Program: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (2005)
Residency Program: University of Texas-Dallas (2004)
Internship Program: University of Texas-Dallas (1999)
Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University College of Medical (1998)
Awards
- Baltimore magazine, Top Doc - 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015