Arash Taavoni, DO| Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Arash Taavoni, DO, joins MedStar Health Neurology at Reston as a board-certified neurologist with subspecialties in clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy. When combined with his fellowship training, Dr. Taavoni’s extensive experience includes diagnosing and treating epilepsy, seizures, migraines, trigeminal neuralgia, and other neurological disorders. He also is an expert at treating headaches with nerve blocks and Botox® injections.
Dr. Taavoni’s approach to care centers on providing individualized services that are tailored to address the specific needs of each patient. He begins this process by talking with patients about their conditions and wellness goals. After carefully reviewing medical histories and diagnostic assessments, he then develops comprehensive and effective treatment plans. These holistic strategies may include medication management, nerve conduction studies, electrodiagnostic tests, lifestyle modifications, and other evidence-based options. Moreover, he collaborates closely with a skilled team of neurologists and other specialists to further advance patients’ health.
Guided by ongoing clinical research, Dr Taavoni stays abreast of new medication and treatment options that provide patients with innovative methods to manage neurological disorders. He also is dedicated to keeping referring physicians informed about their patients’ progress and outcomes throughout the care process.
Philosophy of Care
“Every patient deserves respect, compassion, and excellent care. I cultivate trust-based relationships that prioritize the treatment of neurologic conditions alongside lifestyle modifications such as nutrition, exercise, and sleep. This holistic focus empowers many of my patients to enhance their overall well-being and quality of life.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Back Pain
- Dementia
- Ischemic Stroke
- Muscle Disorders
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Adrenal Tumor
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Back Pain
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Central Sleep Apnea
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Dementia
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Dorsalgia
- Encephalitis
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hemiplegia
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Insomnia
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Intracranial Hypertension
- Ischemic Stroke
- Meningitis
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Disorders
- Myopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neurodegeneration
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neuropathic Pain
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Paralytic Strabismus
- Parkinson's Disease
- Poisoning
- Precerebral Artery Occlusion
- Psychosis
- Pulmonary Vasculitis
- Rett Syndrome
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Sleep Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Sports Concussion
- Status Epilepticus
- Subcortical Infarction
- Tic Disorder
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vascular Dementia
- Vasculitis
- Vision Disturbances
- Vitamin Deficiency
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Biofeedback
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Botox Injection
- Brain-Computer Interface Training
- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder-Related Anxiety
- Dementia Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram With Hyperventilation
- Electroencephalogram With Photic Stimulation
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Flash Electroretinography
- Functional Mri
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Lumbar Puncture
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Block
- Nerve Stimulation Therapy
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neurodevelopmental Therapy
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Polysomnography
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Sleep Study
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Speech Therapy
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- HighMark
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UHC Passport
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-HMO
- Beech Street PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Navigate
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Blue Choice Advantage
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna HMO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- First Health PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-POS Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Sentara Health
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Network OA
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- CIGNA PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna VA Exchange
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Basic
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst NASCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2011)
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital (2010)
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital (2007)
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University (2006)