Gary Joseph Volkell, DO| Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Gary Volkell, DO, is a board-certified neurologist who is fellowship trained in movement disorders. He sees patients at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center.
Dr. Volkell specializes in treatment for Parkinson’s disease, dystonia (including cervical dystonia/spasmodic torticollis), tardive dyskinesia, chorea, Huntington’s disease, tremor (including essential tremor), tics, Tourette’s syndrome, restless legs syndrome, REM-sleep behavior disorder, ataxia, and functional movement disorders. In addition to these movement conditions, Dr. Volkell also treats general neurologic concerns such as stroke, seizure, headache and migraines, memory issues, neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, and Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Dr. Volkell is experienced in the latest neurologic innovations. He performs lumbar punctures; microelectrode recording and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) programming for conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia; and Botulinum toxin injections for dystonia, cervical dystonia/spasmodic torticollis, spasticity, sialorrhea, blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, and migraines. He has also worked in clinical trial research for diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism.
It is important to Dr. Volkell to get to know his patients long-term. He works collaboratively with his patients to solve neurologic problems, share his knowledge, and develop a personalized treatment plan so that his patients find relief. He also dedicates time by speaking to the community at educational events and support groups on topics such as Parkinson’s disease.
He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. He is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
During medical school, Dr. Volkell provided healthcare in Costa Rica at Universidad de Iberoamerica. He is conversational in medical Spanish.
In 2023, he was named a Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Dizziness And Lightheadedness
- Dystonia
- Dystonia Treatment
- Gait And Balance Evaluation
- Hemorrhagic Stroke Treatment
- Numbness Treatment
- Telerehabilitation
- Vestibular Testing
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
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chromosome Abnormalities
- Chronic Pain
- 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
- Dentofacial Abnormality
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Dizziness And Lightheadedness
- Dorsalgia
- Dystonia
- Encephalitis
- Encephalitis, Myelitis And Encephalomyelitis
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eyelid Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hemiplegia
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Herpes
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypotension
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Insomnia
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Lack Of Coordination
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Meningitis
- Migraine
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Muscle Disorders
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nerve Root Disorders
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Nystagmus
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Paralytic Strabismus
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Poisoning
- Precerebral Artery Occlusion
- Sarcoidosis
- Scoliosis
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Sleep Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Subcortical Infarction
- Tic Disorder
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Vascular Dementia
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vision Disturbances
- Voice And Resonance Disorders
- Zoster
Procedures I perform
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Botox Injection
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Central Sleep Apnea Treatment
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chemodenervation Of Salivary Glands
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Facial Weakness Treatment
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Hemorrhagic Stroke Treatment
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Intraoperative Brain Mapping
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Molst Discussions
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Block
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Palliative Care
- Parkinson's Disease
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
- Seizure Treatment
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Sleep Stage Study
- Social Gerontology
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Stereotactic Spinal Procedure
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Trigger Point Injection
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Vascular Malformation Treatment
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
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-EPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- POS OA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Network OA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Network Only Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-POS
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- OA Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Sentara Health
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UHC Passport
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna VA Exchange
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA PPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Albany Medical Center Hospital (2021)
Residency: Albany Medical Center (2020)
Medical School: NYIT College Of Osteopathic Medicine (2016)
Awards
- Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine - 2023
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Research
Abstract
- King, J., Volkell, G., Wyant, J., and Molho, E. Subacute Encephalopathy with Pimavanserin Treatment in Parkinson’s Disease. Submitted to International Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Society
Chapter
- “Cervical Dystonia” Volkell, G and Molho, accepted to Neurology MedLink on 1/24/2021