About me
Dr. Francis G. Tirol, FAES, is a board-certified neurologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, where he specializes in clinical neurophysiology, epilepsy, and general neurology. He delivers advanced, compassionate care to adults who have a wide range of seizure disorders including complex cases where seizures have not responded to medications. Dedicated to patient-centered care, Dr. Tirol works to help individuals reduce both the frequency and duration of their seizures by uncovering underlying causes and developing personalized, effective treatment plans.
Dr. Tirol’s medical journey began at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He continued with a neurology residency at NYU School of Medicine and then completed fellowship training in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at UCLA/David Geffen School of Medicine. This comprehensive education has prepared him to care for patients across the full spectrum of epilepsy. He currently serves as vice chair of clinical operations and associate professor in the Department of Neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, a nationally recognized academic and research medical center.
Working with a dedicated multidisciplinary team—including a skilled neurosurgeon and a patient coordinator—Dr. Tirol provides each patient with seamless, well-coordinated care. For those whose seizures continue despite trying two or more medications, he carefully assesses advanced treatment options such as surgery, device therapy, or other innovative approaches that may offer better seizure control. By prioritizing early evaluation, Dr. Tirol ensures that patients with uncontrolled seizures can access more effective therapies as soon as possible.
Beyond his clinical work, Dr. Tirol is the program director of the Epilepsy Fellowship and associate program director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, playing an important role in training the next generation of epilepsy specialists. He is also active in national clinical trials exploring new therapies for both focal and generalized epilepsies and frequently presents his research at leading medical conferences. As a member of the American Epilepsy Society and the American Academy of Neurology, Dr. Tirol contributes to the field through service on editorial boards and review panels, helping to bring the latest advances into clinical practice.
Clinical areas of focus
- Atonic Epilepsy Treatment
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Binocular Movement Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Congenital Malformations Of Nervous System
- Convulsions
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- 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
- Hydrocephalus
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Monosomies And Deletions From Autosomes
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Neuropathic Pain
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Partial Seizures
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vestibular Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Atonic Epilepsy Treatment
- Brain Imaging
- Central Nervous Electrical Activity Monitoring
- Convulsion Management
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Epilepsy Education
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Seizure Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology
Washington, DC, 20007
1420 Beverly Rd
Ste 300 3rd Fl
McLean, VA, 22101
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
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst NASCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Navigate
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna HMO
- IH-POS Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Administrators
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Sentara Health
- Choice POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Student Resources
- TRICARE for Life East
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- POS OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- HighMark
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Network OA
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Choice POS II
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Epilepsy
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology
Fellowship: UCLA Medical Center (2008)
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2007)
Internship: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2004)
Medical School: Georgetown University (2003)