About me
Following a neuro-restoration research fellowship at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, neurologist Yasar Torres-Yaghi, MD, has joined the staff as director of the Parkinsonism and Dementia Clinic. Dr. Torres-Yaghi is also spearheading an initiative to care for the growing population of aging patients with neurodegenerative conditions
characterized by overlapping features of both cognitive impairment and Parkinson’s disease.
Dr. Torres-Yaghi’s credentials include:
Medical Degree: George Washington University
Internship: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Neuro-restoration research
(Movement disorders, dementia)
Dr. Torres-Yaghi’s areas of expertise include:
- Movement Disorders
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
- Multiple-System Atrophy
- Frontal Temporal Lobe Dementia
Clinical areas of focus
- Aggressive Behavior
- Ataxia
- Botulinum Toxin For Movement Disorders
- Chorea
- Clumsiness
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Depression
- Disturbance Of Attention
- Dyskinesia
- Dystonia
- Falls
- Huntington's Disease
- Irritability
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Memory Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Spasms
- Spasticity
- Tremor
- Twitching
- Unsteady Gait
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Reflexes
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Aggressive Behavior
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Arm Weakness
- Arteriovenous Fistula
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Ataxia
- Behcet Syndrome
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Carotid Stenosis
- Central Nervous System Lupus
- Cerebellar Ataxia
- Cerebellar Disease
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cervical Dystonia
- Cervical Plexopathy
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
- Chorea
- Clumsiness
- CNS Vasculitis
- Cognitive Impairment
- Concussion
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Dejerine Sottas Disease
- Depression
- Diabetic Lumbosacral Radiculoplexus Neuropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diplopia
- Disturbance Of Attention
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
- Dyskinesia
- Dystonia
- Encephalopathies
- Epilepsy
- Facial Droop
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Facial Pain
- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Falls
- Femoral Neuropathy
- Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Headache
- HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
- HIV Myopathy
- Horner Syndrome
- Huntington's Disease
- Inclusion Body Myopathy
- Irritability
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lacunar Stroke
- Leg Weakness
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Lip Droop
- Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
- Medication Overuse Headache
- Memory Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Movement Diseases And Disorders
- Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Weakness
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelitis
- Myoclonic Epilepsy With Ragged Red Fibers
- Nerve Root Disorder
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neuralgia
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO)
- Neuropathy
- Non Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Paramyotonia Congenita
- Paraplegia
- Paresthesia
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Periodic Paralysis
- Peripheral Nerve Injury
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Periventricular Leukomalacia
- Plexopathy
- Positional Vertigo
- Primary Cerebellar Degeneration
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Quadriplegia
- Radiculopathy
- Sensory Impairment
- Sensory Neuronopathy
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
- Spasms
- Spasticity
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia
- Spinocerebellar Degeneration
- Spinocerebellar Diseases
- Statin Myopathy
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Syncope
- Tetraplegia
- Tic Disorders
- Tinnitus
- Torticollis
- Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Twitching
- Unsteady Gait
- Vertigo
- Vision Loss
- Visual Impairment
Procedures I perform
- Angiography
- Avm Embolization
- Botox For Dystonia
- Botox For Hemifacial Spasm
- Botox For Spasticity
- Botulinum Toxin For Movement Disorders
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Evaluation (EMU)
- Headache Therapy
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Infusion Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology Washington, DC, 20007
703-852-8588Fax 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
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser Signature
- Cigna EPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Medicaid - Maryland
- United Optimum Choice
- I-SNP
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Tricare East Select
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Navigate
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Tricare East Prime
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Cigna Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Cigna Network Open Access
- United Choice
- United Golden Rule
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Innovation Health: POS
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- United Choice Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- D-SNP)
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Tricare for Life East
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Virginia Premier
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Carefirst EPO
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Residency: Georgetown University Hospital (2015)
Medical School: George Washington University Department of Internal Medicine (2011)