Tricia Y. Ting, MD| Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Tricia Ting, MD, is professor of neurology and regional director of epilepsy at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. As regional director, her focus is to integrate epilepsy and EEG services across MedStar Health in order to bring the highest level of care to neurology patients in the Washington, D.C. and surrounding region.
Dr. Ting specializes in evaluating new onset seizures and caring for women with epilepsy. She has extensive experience in clinical trials of new drugs for epilepsy and seizure rescue therapies. Dr. Ting's current research is funded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to answer a common concern of both patients and physicians, whether the action and safety of generic antiepileptic drugs is identical to brand-name medications in patients with epilepsy.
Individualizing care for every patient is central to Dr. Ting's philosophy of care at MedStar Georgetown. Her goal is to empower patients to optimize their seizure control by managing common risks and to minimize medication side effects. She works closely with patients to explore treatment options, including newer antiepileptic drugs.
Dr. Ting and the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery use an interdisciplinary approach to guide patients to their best treatment plan. The Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) at MedStar Georgetown is unique within the MedStar Health system. It is a specialized inpatient unit for evaluating and managing refractory seizures in adults and children. The EMU definitively diagnoses and localizes seizures by capturing them with simultaneous EEG brain wave recordings. An EMU evaluation is often the first step to determine if epilepsy surgery may be a treatment option for some patients with intractable seizures.
Clinical areas of focus
- Convulsions
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Polysomnography
- Seizure Treatment
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Mri
- Abscess Of The Brain
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Anxiety
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Bipolar Disorder
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Bone Density Disorder
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cerebral Edema
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Congenital Malformations Of Nervous System
- Convulsions
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Disturbances Of Cerebral Status Of Newborn
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Dorsalgia
- Dyslexia And Symbolic Dysfunctions
- Dystonia
- Emotional Disorders
- Encephalitis, Myelitis And Encephalomyelitis
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Fractures Of The Neck
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hemangioma
- Herpes
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypotension
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Impulse Disorder
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Lack Of Coordination
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lower Leg Injury
- Lumbar Myelopathy
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Maternal Diseases
- Meningitis
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mood Disorders
- Muscle Disorders
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neurodegeneration
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Neurofibromatosis
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Nystagmus
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Phakomatoses
- Poisoning
- Postprocedural States
- Precerebral Artery Occlusion
- Presence Of Functional Implants
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Rett Syndrome
- Sarcoidosis
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Skull Base Tumor
- Sleep Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
- Subcortical Infarction
- Syncope
- Tic Disorder
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tremors
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Vascular Dementia
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vision Disturbances
- Vitamin Deficiency
- Zoster
Procedures I perform
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials
- Central Nervous Electrical Activity Monitoring
- Central Sleep Apnea Treatment
- Cerebral Palsy Management
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervicogenic Dizziness Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dementia Treatment
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Disease Prevention
- Dystonia Treatment
- Eeg Monitoring
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram Review
- Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Facial Weakness Treatment
- Flash Electroretinography
- Functional Mri
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Measurement Of Central Nervous Electrical Activity
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
- Nerve Block
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Occupational Therapy Evaluation
- Oral And Pharyngeal Swallowing Function Evaluation
- Parkinson's Disease
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Polysomnography
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Management
- Prostate Injury Treatment
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Seizure Treatment
- Soft Tissue Neck Ct Without Contrast
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Speech Therapy
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Spondylolysis Treatment
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Swallowing Disorder Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology 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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- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-EPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Network OA
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
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- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
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- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
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- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
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- Aetna Classic 5000PD
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- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
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- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Navigate
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- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-POS
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- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Police and Fire Clinic
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- POS OA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UHC Passport
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- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Basic
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- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
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- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
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- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
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- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Sentara Health
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Medicare Direct
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- United Student Resources
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Choice POS II
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Optimum Choice
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- First Health PPO
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
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- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
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Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2002)
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2000)
Internship: Albert Einstein Medical Center GME (1997)
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania (1996)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- Generic lamotrigine versus brand-name Lamictal bioequivalence in patients with epilepsy: A field test of the FDA bioequivalence standard. Epilepsia. 2015;56:1415-1424.
- American Academy of Neurology; American Epilepsy Society. Practice parameter update: management issues for women with epilepsy äóñ focus on pregnancy (an evidence-based review): obstetrical complications and change in seizure frequency: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee and Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and American Epilepsy Society. Neurology. 2009 Jul 14; 73(2):126-32
- Practice Parameter: Evaluating an apparent unprovoked first seizure in adults (an evidence-based review): Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. Neurology. 2007;69: 1996-2007
- Uncertain value of electronic fetal monitoring in predicting cerebral palsy. New England Journal of Medicine.1996;334:613-618.
- FDA Town Hall (Tricia Ting, Platform Presentation): "Exploring generic brittleness in epilepsy patients." AES Annual Meeting, Houston. December 5, 2016.
- Posted Video Podcast interview from the AES Annual Meeting with Dr. Sirven interviewing Dr. Ting on March 15, 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3_OK56yYLk
- AES (American Epilepsy Society) Ask the Expert Webinar: "Use of Generic AEDs", Presenter: Tricia Ting MD, Moderator: Dennis J. Dlugos, M.D. May 10, 2016.
- Medscape Interview of Dr. Ting by Bret S. Stetka, MD posted on-line. "How Pill Color Affects Drug Adherence". Medscape. May 09, 2016
- Dr. Ting interviewed; Cohn, Meredith."Injection easier than IV in treating deadly epileptic seizures, study shows."The Baltimore Sun. 2 March 2012. https://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-epilepsy-pen-20120301-story.html