About me
Vikram V. Nayar, MD, FAANS, is a board-certified neurosurgeon with advanced training and expertise in brain aneurysms, tumors, and spine surgery. He specializes in minimally disruptive microsurgical techniques. He has practiced at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital since 2010, and serves on the Georgetown University faculty as associate professor. He is the director of Cerebrovascular Surgery, and the surgical director of the Neuro ICU.
Dr. Nayar graduated from Harvard University in 1998. He attended medical school at the University of Maryland, followed by a surgical internship and neurosurgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine. He served as chief resident in neurosurgery at five hospitals in the Texas Medical Center: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Ben Taub General Hospital, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center, and Texas Children's Hospital. He then completed a fellowship in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
For several years, Dr. Nayar has been recognized as a Top Doctor in Neurosurgery by Washingtonian magazine. He has received multiple Caring Star Awards and SPIRIT Awards from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He received the John Carroll Society Pro Bono Health Care Award from the Archbishop of Washington, for his charitable work in neurosurgery. He directs the Cerebrovascular Conference, for multidisciplinary evaluation of patients for microsurgical, endovascular, and Cyberknife treatments. He developed the treatment paradigm at MGUH for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, Active Member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He has authored several publications in peer-reviewed journals and neurosurgery textbooks.
Dr. Nayar sees patients at the following location:
3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-444-4972
Fax: 202-444-7333
Clinical areas of focus
- Aneurysm
- Brain Neoplasms
- Herniated Disc
- Meningioma
- Moyamoya
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Tumor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Aneurysm
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Berry Aneurysm
- Brain Metastases
- Brain Neoplasms
- Bulging Disc
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Spinal Stenosis
- Clonic Hemifacial Spasm
- Facial Spasm
- Glioma
- Herniated Disc
- Lumbar Herniated Disc
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Malignant Brain Neoplasm
- Meningioma
- Moyamoya
- Nerve Compression Of The Cervical Spine
- Pituitary Tumor
- Skull Base Tumor
- Spinal Cord Tumors
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Tumor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Procedures I perform
- Acoustic Neuroma Removal
- Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery
- Back Surgery
- Brain Surgery
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Cervical Herniated Disc Surgery
- Cervical Spine Fusion
- Cervical Spine Surgery
- Clipping Of Brain Aneurysm
- Craniotomy
- Decompression Laminectomy
- Disc Surgery
- Diskectomy
- Endoscopic Endonasal Approach
- Endoscopic Neurosurgery
- Herniated Disc Surgery
- Intracranial Arterial Bypass
- Laminectomy
- Low Back Surgery
- Lumbar Herniated Disc Surgery
- Lumbar Spine Fusion
- Lumbar Spine Surgery
- Microneurosurgery
- Microsurgery
- Microsurgery Of The Cervical Spine
- Microsurgery Of The Lumbar Spine
- Microvascular Decompression
- Microvascular Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Neuroendoscopy
- Pituitary Surgery
- Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery
- Resection Of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Spinal Schwannoma Surgery
- Spinal Stenosis Surgery
- Spine Fusion
- Spine Microsurgery
- Spine Surgery
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Surgery For Sciatica
- Surgical Treatment Of Myelopathy
Practice locations
Distance from Enter your Location
3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Neurosurgery
Washington,
DC,
20007
Fax 202-444-7333
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
- AETNA
Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
Innovation Health: Open POS II
Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
Innovation Health: POS Plus
Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
Innovation Health: POS
Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
Aetna HMO
Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
Innovation Health: Indemnity
Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
Aetna Student Health Insurance
Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
Innovation Health: PPO
- CIGNA HEALTH CARE
Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
Cigna Preferred Medicare
Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
Cigna POS/Network POS
Cigna Indemnity
Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
Cigna Network Open Access
Cigna HMO Open Access
Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
Cigna EPO
Cigna Choice Fund PPO
Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- VETERAN'S AFFAIRS COMMUNITE CARE NETWORK (VA CCN)
Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- UNITED HEALTHCARE (UHC)
United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
United Student Resources
United Select Plus (POS)
United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
United Golden Rule
United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
D-SNP)
I-SNP
United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
United Erickson Advantage Plans
United Choice Plus
United Choice
United Mamsi Life & Health
United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
United MD IPA (HMO)
UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
United Optimum Choice
United Navigate
United Core Essential (HMO)
United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
United AARP Medicare Complete
- MEDSTAR FAMILY CHOICE
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- KAISER PERMANENTE
Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
Kaiser Signature
Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
Kaiser Select-Added Choice
Kaiser Select
Kaiser Medicare Plus
Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
Kaiser Flexible Choice
Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
Virginia Premier
- HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE
HumanaChoice PPO
HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (HSCSN)
Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- CHOICE CARE NETWORK/HUMANA
Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- BEECH STREET
Beech Street PPO
- ANTHEM BCBS OF VA
Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- AMERIGROUP
WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WELLPOINT MARYLAND
WellPoint Maryland
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HEALTH PARTNERS
Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC. (PHCS)
Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- POLICE AND FIRE CLINIC (PFC, INC.)
Police and Fire Clinic
- MEDICARE
Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- MEDICAID (MD, DC, VA)
Medicaid - Virginia
Medicaid - Maryland
Medicaid - District of Columbia
- HUMANA MILITARY (TRICARE EAST)
Tricare for Life East
Tricare Reserve Select
Tricare East Select
Tricare East Prime
- CAREFIRST
Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
HealthyBlue PPO
Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
CareFirst NASCO
CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
CareFirst MedStar PPO
CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
CareFirst Administrators
CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
Carefirst EPO
Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- COVENTRY HEALTH NETWORK
Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
First Health PPO
Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- AETNA
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Fellowship: Brigham and Womens Hospital (2010)
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School (2010)
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine (2009)
Internship: Baylor College of Medicine (2004)
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine (2003)