About me
Fernando L. Pagan, MD, is a Professor and Vice Chairman for the Department of Neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Pagan received his medical degree from Georgetown University and completed an internal medicine internship and a neurology residency at MedStar Georgetown. Dr. Pagan also completed a fellowship in movement disorders and magnetic resonance spectroscopy at the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke within the National Institutes of Health. He is a board-certified neurologist. Dr. Pagan is director of the Movement Disorders Program and the medical director of MedStar Georgetown's National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence, as well as the fellowship director for the clinical research fellowship in movement disorders at MedStar Georgetown. Dr. Pagan also serves as the Medical Director of the Translational Neurocience Program (TNP).
Dr. Pagan's special interests include Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, and other related disorders; ataxia; essential tremor; dystonia; and tics, and he is an expert in botulinum toxin treatment for dystonia, tremor, spasticity, and tics. He is a member of the functional neurosurgery team for movement disorders, performing preoperative evaluations and programming for deep brain stimulators in Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and dystonia.
The TNP focuses on repourposing drugs for the treatment of Neurodenegenerative Disorders like Parkinson's Disease (PD), Lewy Body Disease, Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Huntington's Disease, ALS, CTE, PSP, MSA and others. Currently Dr. Pagan is the PI (Primary Investigator) in mutiple clinical trials. The TNP is currently involved with clinical research trials with Nilotinib in PD and AD.
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Clinical areas of focus
- Electroencephalogram
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy
- Migraine
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Degenerative Disorders Of Nervous System In Diseases
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Parkinson's Disease
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Atonic Epilepsy Treatment
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Chemodenervation Of Muscle
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Electrophysiology Testing
- Movement Disorder Rehabilitation
- Neuroimmunology Treatment
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Parkinson's Disease
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8525Fax 877-245-1499
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
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open HMO Option
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- First Health PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-POS Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- POS OA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Tricare Reserve Select
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-HMO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-Open POS II
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst NASCO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Choice POS
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- OA Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- HighMark
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-POS
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (2003)
Residency: University Hospital (2000)
Internship: University Hospital (1997)
Medical School: Georgetown University (1996)
Awards
- AOA Honor Society
- Washingtonian Magazine "Top Doctors" 2016-2018.