About me
Jennifer Haagensen, DO, MS, is a neurologist who practices at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. With a specialized clinical interest in the diagnosis and treatment of adults with epilepsy, Dr. Haagensen is a critical resource for patients who are cared for on the hospital’s neurology unit.
Dr. Haagensen earned a medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She went on to pursue a medical internship at Drexel University School of Medicine at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, and then relocated to Baltimore to continue her post-graduate training. She completed an adult neurology residency and two additional years of fellowship trained dedicated to the study of epilepsy.
During her time in training and in practice, Dr. Haagensen has published a series of peer-reviewed publications and abstracts. She is a member of the American Epilepsy Society, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Osteopathic Association.
Clinical areas of focus
- Concussion
- Encephalopathies
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Headache
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Neuropathy
- Numbness
- Tingling
- Tremor
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abducens Nerve Disease
- Abnormal Echoencephalogram
- Abnormal Eeg
- Abnormal Neuroimaging
- Abnormal Reflexes
- Absence Epilepsy
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Aneurysm
- Anoxic Encephalopathy
- Anti-Nmda Receptor Encephalitis
- Arm Weakness
- Brain Injury
- Brain Lesions
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebral Atherosclerosis
- Cerebral Contusion
- Cerebral Cyst
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (CSVD)
- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Headache
- Cerebrovascular Insufficiency
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
- Childhood Epilepsy
- Chronic Migraines
- Chronic Post Traumatic Headache
- Cluster Headache
- Cognitive Impairment
- Concussion
- Convulsion
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Cranial Nerve Palsy
- Dejerine Sottas Disease
- Dementia
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diplopia
- Distal Motor Neuropathy
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
- Dysarthria
- Dysesthesia
- Dyskinesia
- Encephalopathies
- Epilepsy
- Episodic Migraine
- Essential Tremor
- Eyelid Closure Weakness
- Facial Droop
- Facial Nerve Palsy
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Facial Pain
- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Fasciculations
- Femoral Neuropathy
- Generalized Seizures
- Grand Mal Status Epilepticus
- Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Headache
- Hemicrania Continua
- Horner Syndrome
- Inclusion Body Myopathy
- Increased Intracranial Pressure
- Intracranial Hypertension
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lacunar Stroke
- Landau Kleffner Syndrome
- Late Effect Of Spinal Cord Injury
- Leg Numbness
- Leg Weakness
- Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
- Locked In Syndrome
- Major Neurocognitive Disorder
- Meralgia Paresthetica
- Merosin Deficient Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
- Migraine
- Monomelic Amyotrophy
- Moyamoya
- Muscle Weakness
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelopathy
- Myoclonus
- Nerve Root Disorder
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neuralgia
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Neuropathy
- New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE)
- New Onset Seizure
- Non Epileptic Event
- Numbness
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Paramyotonia Congenita
- Paresthesia
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Polyneuropathy
- Post Concussion Syndrome
- Post Traumatic Headache
- Post Traumatic Seizures
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Radiculopathy
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Sensory Impairment
- Sensory Neuronopathy
- Sensory Problem
- Slurred Speech
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
- Statin Myopathy
- Status Epilepticus
- Tension Headache
- Tingling
- Tonic Clonic Seizure
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Ulnar Nerve Compression
- Unsteady Gait
- Weakness
Procedures I perform
- Ambulatory Eeg
- Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- Epilepsy Medication Management
- Migraine Treatment
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
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- CFBCBS EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Open EPO Plus
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- United Healthcare Choice
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Opoen HMO Option
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Network OA
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Open HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Open POS II
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Tricare Prime
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA Indemnity
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- FIRST HEALTH
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship Program: University of Maryland Medical Center (2019)
Residency Program: University of Maryland Medical Center (2017)
Internship Program: Drexel College of Medicine Hahnemann Univ Hosp (2014)
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (2013)
Graduate Education: Drexel University (2009)