About me
Ishita Arya Gambhir, MD, is a board-certified neurologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital specializing in Movement Disorders. Her areas of expertise and interest include Parkinson's Disease, Atypical Parkinsonisms, deep brain stimulator (DBS) programming, Essential Tremor and other forms of tremor, and tics/Tourette's Syndrome. Dr. Gambhir also performs botulinum toxin injections for dystonia, spasticity, sialorrhea and facial nerve disorders (hemifacial spasm, blepharospasm). She sees patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and in Mclean, VA.
Dr. Gambhir developed a particular interest for Movement Disorders during her Neurology residency and has a special focus on working with patients and their families to formulate a comprehensive treatment plan. She believes that the management of a neurological condition is not just limited to medications, but rather requires a multi-modal approach to improve quality of life. Dr. Gambhir is a long-time resident of the D.C .Metropolitan area. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and two children and enjoys spending time with her large extended family and friends.
Clinical areas of focus
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Limb Spasticity
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder-Related Anxiety
- Dystonia
- Dystonia Treatment
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Hemifacial Spasm
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Tremor
- Xeomin Injections For Blepharospasm
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Mri
- Anxiety
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Dementia
- Dystonia
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Hypokinetic Movement Disorders
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Lack Of Coordination
- Myoneural Disorders
- Nervous System Disorders
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Poisoning
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Spasticity
- Subcortical Infarction
- Tic Disorder
- Tourette Syndrome
- Vascular Dementia
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vision Disturbances
- Wilson Disease
Procedures I perform
- Baclofen Pump Refill
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Botulinum Toxin Injection For Spasticity
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Deep Brain Stimulation For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder-Related Anxiety
- Dopamine Therapy
- Dystonia Treatment
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Speech Therapy
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
202-295-0540Fax 410-354-4565
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
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- TRICARE for Life East
- HighMark
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Network OA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Choice POS
- TRICARE East Prime
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Choice POS II
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- Medicare FFS
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Choice Fund PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Navigate
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- First Health PPO
- Sentara Health
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UHC Passport
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-POS Plus
- First Health PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Medstar Health (2013)
Residency: Georgetown University Hospital (2011)
Internship: Medstar-Washington Hospital Center (2008)
Medical School: University of Maryland-Baltimore (2007)