The 20 Best Meningitis Doctors Near Me in Silver Spring, MD

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The 20 Best Meningitis Doctors near Silver Spring, MD

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 139 doctor with experience in Meningitis near Silver Spring, MD. Of these, 129 are Experienced, 8 are Advanced and 2 are Distinguished.

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139 providers found
    Distinguished in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease
    Distinguished in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease

    Yeheyis T. Negussie MD PC

    8604 2nd Ave, 
    Silver Spring, MD 
     (0.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Gopal Reddy is an Infectious Disease provider in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Reddy is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Compartment Syndrome, Meningitis, Osteomyelitis, and Infective Endocarditis.

    Distinguished in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease
    Distinguished in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease

    Nih Clinical Center

    9000 Rockville Pike Bldg 10, 
    Bethesda, MD 
     (4.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Hasan Seher is an Infectious Disease provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Seher is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. Her top areas of expertise are Meningitis, Cryptococcosis, HIV/AIDS, and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).

    Steven Holland
    Advanced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease
    Advanced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease

    Office

    Bethesda, MD 
     (4.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Steven Holland is an Infectious Disease provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Holland is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Coccidioidomycosis, Mycobacterium Avium Complex Infections, Meningitis, Common Variable Immune Deficiency, and Endoscopy.

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    Advanced in Meningitis
    Advanced in Meningitis

    MedStar Health: Ophthalmology At Silver Spring

    8630 Fenton St # 7, 
    Silver Spring, MD 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Benjamin Osborne is a Neurologist in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Osborne is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Neuromyelitis Optica, Optic Neuritis, Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome, and Increased Intracranial Pressure.

    Advanced in Meningitis
    Internal Medicine
    Advanced in Meningitis
    Internal Medicine

    Mark H Eig MD

    10801 Lockwood Dr Ste 280, 
    Silver Spring, MD 
     (2.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Stephen Gordon is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Gordon is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Strep Throat, Pneumonia, Bacterial Meningitis, and Pneumococcal Meningitis.

    Advanced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease
    Advanced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease

    Office

    10 Clinical Ctr, 
    Bethesda, MD 
     (4.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Anil Panackal is an Infectious Disease provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Panackal is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Cryptococcosis, Meningitis, Arachnoiditis, and Pneumococcal Meningitis.

    Advanced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease
    Advanced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease

    Office

    12c103b National Institutes Of Healt, 
    Bethesda, MD 
     (4.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    John Bennett is an Infectious Disease provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Bennett is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Cryptococcosis, Meningitis, Arachnoiditis, and Nocardiosis.

    Advanced in Meningitis
    Advanced in Meningitis

    Office

    10 Center Dr Rm 3D20, 
    Bethesda, MD 
     (4.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Prashant Chittiboina is a Neurosurgery provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Chittiboina is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Cushing's disease, Hemangioblastoma, Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Syndrome, Pituitary Tumor, and Laminectomy.

    Tara Palmore
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease

    Dept Of Transfusion Medicine/Nih Clinical Center

    10 Center Dr, 
    Bethesda, MD 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Tara Palmore is an Infectious Disease provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Palmore is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. Her top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Ebola Virus Disease, and Monkeypox.

    Vasilios J. Pyrgos
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease

    Sibley Memorial Hospital

    Washington, DC 
     (6.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Greek
    Offers Telehealth

    Vasilios Pyrgos is an Infectious Disease provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Pyrgos is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Myelitis, AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome, and AIDS Dementia Complex.

    Rebecca H. Shaffer
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease

    Sibley Memorial Hospital

    Washington, DC 
     (6.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Rebecca Shaffer, M.D., is an infectious disease physician with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. Dr. Shaffer cares for patients who need in-patient/hospital-based infectious disease management, as well as out-patient general infectious disease care. She has specialized expertise in HIV, HIV prevention, urinary tract infections, soft tissue infections, orthopedic infections and fever of unknown origin. As a physician, she enjoys engaging with her patients in collaborative partnerships to achieve the best possible outcomes and optimize infection prevention. Dr. Shaffer provides a welcoming space to discuss concerns, to be heard and to move forward together with a clear plan. Dr. Shaffer and her family live in Maryland. In her free time, she enjoys attending live music performances, playing golf and fly fishing. Dr. Shaffer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. Her top areas of expertise are Myelitis, AIDS Dementia Complex, HIV/AIDS, and AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome.

    Lynette H. Posorske
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease

    Sibley Memorial Hospital

    Washington, DC 
     (6.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Lynette Posorske is an Infectious Disease provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Posorske is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. Her top areas of expertise are Myelitis, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome, and AIDS Dementia Complex.

    Jonathan Ross
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Experienced in Meningitis

    MidAtlantic Epilepsy & Sleep Center

    Bethesda, MD 
     (6.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Prior to joining the Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center, Dr. Jonathan Ross was Director of The New England Epilepsy Institute, a division of New England Neurological Associates (NENA) in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He also served as head of the Neurology division at NENA. After graduating medical school in 1991, Dr. Ross completed postgraduate training at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine, and also served as Teaching Fellow at Harvard and Boston University. Dr. Ross is an active member of the American Epilepsy Society, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Massachusetts Medical Society, and the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Ross is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features, and Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.

    Experienced in Meningitis
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Family Medicine

    Office

    503 Robert Grant Ave Rm 1W30, 
    Silver Spring, MD 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Bryan Smith is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Smith is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Dementia Complex, and CACH Syndrome.

    Experienced in Meningitis
    Pediatric Neurology
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Pediatric Neurology

    Children's National Hospital

    1400 Forest Glen Rd Ste 335, 
    Silver Spring, MD 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Michael Fayad is a Pediatric Neurologist in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Fayad is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Infant Epilepsy with Migrant Focal Crisis, Epilepsy in Children, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, and Myoclonic Epilepsy.

    Experienced in Meningitis
    Neurosurgery
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Neurosurgery

    Montgomery Brain And Spine LLC

    1300 Spring St Ste 210, 
    Silver Spring, MD 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Amin Amini is a Neurosurgery provider in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Amini is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Cervical Myelopathy, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft.

    Experienced in Meningitis
    Pediatric Neurology
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Pediatric Neurology

    Children's National Hospital

    1400 Forest Glen Rd Ste 335, 
    Silver Spring, MD 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Ilana Kahn is a Pediatric Neurologist in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Kahn is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. Her top areas of expertise are Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, Encephalitis, Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease, and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.

    Experienced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Infectious Disease

    Walter Reed Army Medical Center

    6900 Georgia Ave, 
    Washington, DC 
     (1.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Matthew Hepburn is an Infectious Disease provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Hepburn is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Brucellosis, Meningitis, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, and Anthrax Infection.

    Experienced in Meningitis
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Meningitis
    Family Medicine

    Office

    10750 Columbia Pike Ste 320, 
    Silver Spring, MD 
     (2.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Anuradha Arun is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Arun is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. Her top areas of expertise are Sitosterolemia, Vitamin D Deficiency, High Cholesterol, and Familial Hypertension.

    Experienced in Meningitis
    Experienced in Meningitis

    Office

    10750 Columbia Pike Ste 600, 
    Silver Spring, MD 
     (2.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Eric Jeffries is a Neurologist in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Jeffries is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningitis. His top areas of expertise are Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome, Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation (PAVM), Memory Loss, and Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS).

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Meningitis?

    Meningitis is an infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. This covering is called the meninges.

    When should I see an Meningitis doctor near Silver Spring, MD?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing an Meningitis doctor near Silver Spring, MD?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Meningitis doctors near Silver Spring, MD?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Meningitis doctors near Silver Spring, MD?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with an Meningitis doctor near Silver Spring, MD?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Meningitis doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Meningitis doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with an Meningitis doctor near Silver Spring, MD?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Meningitis doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Meningitis doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Meningitis doctors near Silver Spring, MD?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Meningitis doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find an Meningitis doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Meningitis doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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