Prerna Malla, MBBS MD| Neurology, Epilepsy | MedStar Health
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Prerna Malla

Prerna Malla, MBBS MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.7 out of 5 (535 reviews)

Specialties: Neurology, Epilepsy

Languages: English, Hindi

About me

Prerna Malla, MD is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neurologist. She sees patients in the Department of Neurology at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Malla specializes in general neurology and epilepsy. She is board certified in Neurology, Electromyography and Epilepsy.

Clinical areas of focus

  • Chronic Headache Treatment
  • Eeg Monitoring
  • Electroencephalogram
  • Electroencephalogram Review
  • Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
  • Migraine
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Abnormal Movements
  • Acute Disseminated Demyelination
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Aphagia And Dysphagia
  • Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
  • Binocular Movement Disorders
  • Brain Aneurysm
  • Brain Disorders
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • Cognitive Function Disorders
  • Convulsions
  • Cranial Nerve Injury
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
  • Dementia
  • Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
  • Dystonia
  • Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy And Seizures
  • Episcleritis
  • Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
  • Facial Nerve Disorder
  • Gait And Balance Problems
  • General Sensations And Perceptions
  • Head Injury
  • Headache
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Idiopathic Neuropathy
  • Lack Of Coordination
  • Migraine
  • Mononeuropathies
  • Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
  • Myoneural Disorders
  • Myopathies
  • Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
  • Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
  • Nervous System Disorders
  • Paralytic Syndrome
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Secondary Parkinsonism
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
  • Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
  • Vestibular Disorders
  • Vestibular Neuritis
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Procedures I perform

  • Acute Stroke Care
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Care
  • Atonic Epilepsy Treatment
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Treatment
  • Central Nervous Electrical Activity Monitoring
  • Cervicogenic Dizziness Treatment
  • Chronic Headache Treatment
  • Dementia Treatment
  • Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
  • Eeg Monitoring
  • Electroencephalogram
  • Electroencephalogram Review
  • Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
  • Electromyography
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
  • Median Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Myasthenia Gravis Treatment
  • Nerve Block
  • Nerve Stimulation
  • Neuromuscular Testing
  • Numbness Treatment
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Seizure Treatment
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Practice locations

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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl
Washington, DC, 20007

202-295-0540
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Fax 877-245-1499

110 Irving St NW
G019
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-5026
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miles away

Fax 202-877-5551

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.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • Sentara Health
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • HighMark
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Network OA
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • Choice POS II
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • IH-HMO
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • CareFirst EPO
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • Medicare Direct
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • POS OA
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Aetna Basic
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • First Health PPO
    • Navigate
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • IH-POS Plus
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • CIGNA PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • Choice POS
    • CIGNA EPO
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • Medicare FFS
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • UHC Passport
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • Beech Street PPO
    • TRICARE East Select
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • IH-POS
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • IH-Open POS II
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • OA Plus
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • Aetna HMO
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • Optimum Choice
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • Employee Health Plan
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • United Student Resources
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • IH-PPO
    • First Health PPO
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Epilepsy

Fellowship: University Hospitals Case Medical Center-Cleveland (2016)

Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital (2015)

Residency: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (2014)

Residency: Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (2009)

Medical School: Kasturba Medical College Manipal (2008)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.7
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.8
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.8
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.7
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.8
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.8
  • May 21, 2026

    Very satisfied with my doctor's professional services

  • May 15, 2026

    Dr. Malla took my issues seriously and found me solutions, her care has changed my life in dealing with awful migraines and I'm very grateful

  • May 14, 2026

    I like being under the care of Dr. Malla. She has a practical intelligent plan for treatment and maintenance of my condition