Ayesha Sana Ahmad, MD| Psychiatry, Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Ayesha Ahmad, MD, has joined MedStar Health as a headache neurologist for the department of Neurology. A vital member of the world-class team of MedStar Health neurology experts, Dr. Ahmad takes a patient-centered approach to care, connecting to each patient as she develops tailored treatment plans. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a member of the American Headache Society and the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Ahmad, whose work is published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and events.
Dr. Ahmad’s areas of special interest include:
- Cluster headache
- Migraine
- Facial pain
- Headache
- Tension-type headache
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Botox for chronic migraine
- Nerve block
Clinical areas of focus
- Botox Injection For Migraines
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Chronic Pain
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Facial Pain
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Block
- Neuropathic Pain
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Pain Medication Management
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Mri
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Anxiety
- Brain Disorders
- Central Sleep Apnea
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Pain
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dentofacial Abnormality
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Dizziness And Lightheadedness
- Dorsalgia
- Dystonia
- Emotional Disorders
- Encephalitis
- Encephalitis, Myelitis And Encephalomyelitis
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eyelid Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Facial Pain
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypotension
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Insomnia
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Ischemic Stroke
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Meningitis
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Migraine With Aura
- Mixed Tension Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Disorders
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Narcolepsy
- Nerve Root Disorders
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathic Pain
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Optic Nerve Disorders
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Parkinson's Disease
- Poisoning
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Sleep Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Sports Concussion
- Subcortical Infarction
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vascular Dementia
- Vertigo
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Neuritis
- Vision Disturbances
Procedures I perform
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Biofeedback
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Botox Injection For Migraines
- Brain Wave Testing
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Chemodenervation Of Muscle
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electromyography
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Headache Infusion Therapy
- Lumbar Puncture
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Migraine Infusion Therapy
- Muscle Biopsy
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Block
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Occipital Nerve Stimulation
- Pain Medication Management
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
- Seizure Treatment
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Stroke Management
- Subarachnoid Block
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Trigger Point Injection
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Vestibular Testing
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
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-POS
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open HMO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Student Resources
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA EPO
- First Health PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Choice
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- POS OA
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Network Only Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- UHC Passport
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Network OA
- TRICARE East Select
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Navigate
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Choice POS
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna VA Exchange
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-POS Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Police and Fire Clinic
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (2021)
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital (2019)
Medical School: Drexel University (2015)