About me
Dr. Faria Amjad is director of the Spasticity Clinic at MedStar Georgetown where she manages spasticity affecting the upper or lower extremities using medications, botulinum toxin and intrathecal baclofen pumps. She is also the director of clinical trials involving autoimmune disorders affecting the nervous system.
Board-certified in neurology, Dr. Amjad completed her undergraduate degree, medical degree, neurology residency and fellowship in multiple sclerosis all at Georgetown. During her two-year multiple sclerosis fellowship, Dr. Amjad focused on how to diagnose and manage patients with MS and other autoimmune disorders affecting the nervous system.
Given her long standing affiliation with Georgetown and its core values of service, Dr. Amjad hopes to use her medical training and knowledge to make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and their families affected with multiple sclerosis. She feels fortunate to practice at a time when physicians have so much hope to offer patients with multiple sclerosis a disease that is chronic and can be debilitating in terms of therapeutics and alternative medicine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Baclofen Pump Refill
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Demyelinating Disease
- Electromyography
- Immunoglobulin Administration
- Intravenous Immunoglobulin
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Sarcoidosis
- Subarachnoid Block
- Vestibular Neuritis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Mri
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Anxiety
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Artery Disorders
- Binocular Movement Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Bone Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Edema
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Convulsions
- Deficiency Of Essential Nutrients
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Muscle Tone Of Newborn
- Disorders Of Sphingolipid Metabolism And Lipid Storage
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Dizziness And Lightheadedness
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Dystonia
- Emotional Disorders
- Encephalitis, Myelitis And Encephalomyelitis
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Episcleritis
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eyelid Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hemiplegia
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Herpes
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypotension
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Lack Of Coordination
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Meningitis
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Muscle Disorders
- Muscle Weakness
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neurodegeneration
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Paralytic Strabismus
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Pernicious Anemia
- Postprocedural States
- Precerebral Artery Occlusion
- Psoriasis
- Pulmonary Vasculitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Sleep Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Subcortical Infarction
- Tic Disorder
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Vascular Dementia
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vision Disturbances
- Vitamin Deficiency
- Voice And Resonance Disorders
- Zoster
Procedures I perform
- Anxiety Management
- Baclofen Pump Refill
- Biofeedback
- Bipap Therapy
- Botox Injection
- Brain-Computer Interface Training
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Facet Joint Injection
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Flash Electroretinography
- Functional Mri
- Immunoglobulin Administration
- Immunotherapy
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Lumbar Puncture
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Molst Discussions
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Block
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Nutrition Counseling
- Oral And Pharyngeal Swallowing Function Evaluation
- Pain Medication Management
- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Polysomnography
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Pulmonary Exercise Testing
- Radiofrequency Thermoablation
- Seizure Treatment
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Sleep Study
- Soft Tissue Neck Ct Without Contrast
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Speech Therapy
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Pulsed Radiofrequency
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Stem Cell Therapy
- Stress Reduction
- Swallowing Disorder Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Vaccinations
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Neurosurgery Washington, DC, 20007
202-877-5026Fax 202-877-5551
3800 Reservoir Road Northwest Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology Washington, DC, 20007
301-774-8931Fax 301-774-8957
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
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Navigate
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst EPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- HumanaChoice PPO
- OA Plus
- POS OA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- TRICARE for Life East
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Sentara Health
- Choice POS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare FFS
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Network OA
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna VA Exchange
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Medicare Direct
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst NASCO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2015)
Residency: Georgetown University Hospital (2013)
Internship: St. Agnes Healthcare-GME (2010)
Medical School: Georgetown University (2009)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- A Rare Case of Primary Mediastinal Seminoma Associated with Anti-Hu Paraneoplastic Syndrome (PS). Faria Amjad, and Carlo Tornatore, MD. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology 67thAnnual Meeting in Washington DC 2015.
- Neurological involvement and characterization in acquired hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adulthood. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. Sean M. Gratton, Tasha R. Powell, Brett J. Theeler, Jason S. Hawley, Faria S. Amjad, Carlo Tornatore. J Neurol Sci.2015 Oct 15;357(1-2):136-42.
- The Safety and Efficacy of Switching from Natalizumab to Dimethyl Fumarate: Real World Experience. Faria Amjad, MD, Nasima Afsari, MBBS, Carlo Tornatore, MD. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology 67thAnnual Meeting in Washington DC 2015, and Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana 2015.
- Bilateral hearing loss as a manifestation of neuromyelitis optica. Sean Gratton, MD, Faria Amjad, MD, Forough Ghavami, DO, Benjamin Osborne, MD, Carlo Tornatore, MD and Carlos Mora, MD. Neurology. June 10, 2014. Vol. 82, Num. 23.
- Expanding the clinical spectrum of neuromyelitis optica: three cases with brainstem involvement. Faria Amjad, MD, Sean Gratton, MD, Benjamin Osborne, MD, Carlos Mora, MD and Carlo Tornatore, MD. Presented as a poster at the 29thcongress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) and the 18th Annual Conference of rehabilitation in MS (RIMS), Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2-5, 2013. Abstract Number 690. Presented as a poster at the American Academy of Neurology 66th Annual Meeting, April 26 to May 3, 2014 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. Scientific Abstract Number
- A case of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with progression to severe axonal neuropathy. Faria Amjad, MD and Michael Sirdofsky, MD. Submitted and presented as a poster at the 64th American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting; New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21-28, 2012. Abstract Number P01.118.