The 20 Best Tension Headache Doctors Near Me in Ellicott City, MD

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The 20 Best Tension Headache Doctors near Ellicott City, MD

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 82 doctor with experience in Tension Headache near Ellicott City, MD. Of these, 74 are Experienced and 8 are Advanced.

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    Richard R. Babkes
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Experienced in Tension Headache

    NeuroCare Center LLC

    3290 North Ridge Road, Suite 102, Suite 240, Suite 102, Suite 240, 
    Ellicott City, MD 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Offers Telehealth

    Richard Babkes is a Neurologist in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dr. Babkes is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Essential Tremor, Peripheral Neuropathy, Neuralgia, and Dravet Syndrome.

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Experienced in Tension Headache

    NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring

    10275 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Ste 300, 
    Columbia, MD 
     (4.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Bassel Shneker is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Shneker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Cervical Myelopathy, Hemangioblastoma, Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET), and Brain Stem Cancer.

    Kendra Kay
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine

    Padder Health Services

    8860 Columbia 100 Pkwy Ste 212, 
    Columbia, MD 
     (4.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Kendra Kay is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Kay is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Vitamin D Deficiency, Obesity, Obesity in Children, and Sitosterolemia.

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    Advanced in Tension Headache
    Advanced in Tension Headache

    Maryland Center For Neuro-Ophthalmology & Neuro-Otology PC

    10724 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 101, Suite 101, 
    Columbia, MD 
     (6.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Learn more at mdneuroeyeandear.com. Dr. Carter is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy, Tension Headache, Vertigo, and Neuralgia.

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine

    Ascension Saint Agnes Health Center Catonsville

    6501 Baltimore National Pike Ste D, 
    Catonsville, MD 
     (2.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Usha Vemulakonda is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Catonsville, Maryland. Dr. Vemulakonda is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, and Xanthoma.

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Family Medicine

    Ascension Saint Agnes Health Center Catonsville

    6501 Baltimore National Pike Ste D, 
    Catonsville, MD 
     (2.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Robert Vandenbosche is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Catonsville, Maryland. Dr. Vandenbosche is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Sitosterolemia, High Cholesterol, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Familial Hypertension.

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine

    Office

    6333 Baltimore National Pike, 
    Catonsville, MD 
     (2.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Motti Mulleta is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Catonsville, Maryland. Dr. Mulleta is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Atypical Pneumonia, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Acute Cystitis, and Bronchitis.

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Family Medicine

    Office

    6333 Baltimore National Pike, 
    Catonsville, MD 
     (2.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Winko Zan is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Catonsville, Maryland. Dr. Zan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Bronchitis, Flu, COVID-19, and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine

    Signaturemd

    405 Frederick Rd Ste 200, 
    Catonsville, MD 
     (3.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Scott Poulton is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Catonsville, Maryland. Dr. Poulton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Cirrhosis, Acute Cystitis, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, and Xanthoma.

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Experienced in Tension Headache

    Padder Health Services LLC

    8850 Columbia 100 Pkwy Ste 301, 
    Columbia, MD 
     (4.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Nandakumar Vellanki is a primary care provider, practicing in Geriatrics in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Vellanki is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Familial Hypopituitarism, Vitamin D Deficiency, Orotic Aciduria Type 1, and Obesity.

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Experienced in Tension Headache

    St. Agnes Healthcare Inc.

    3407 Wilkens Ave Ste 430, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (5.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Zhaoming Chen is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Chen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Periodic Limb Movement Disorder, and Peripheral Neuropathy.

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Experienced in Tension Headache

    Mid-Atlantic Neurology Consultants

    7226 Lee Deforest Dr, Suite 102, 
    Columbia, MD 
     (6.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Gena Romanow is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Romanow is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Periventricular Leukomalacia, Migraine, Memory Loss, and Seizures.

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Experienced in Tension Headache

    NeuroCare Center LLC

    Columbia, MD 
     (6.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Offers Telehealth

    Laura Reaven is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Reaven is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Migraine, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Essential Tremor, and Tension Headache.

    Arens Taga
    Advanced in Tension Headache
    Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine | Neurology
    Advanced in Tension Headache
    Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine | Neurology

    Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center

    Baltimore, MD 
     (10.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Albanian, Italian

    Arens Taga is a neurologist specializing in neuromuscular diseases, with a particular focus on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other motor neuron diseases. His clinical work aims to improve the quality of care for patients with ALS through biomarker-based, precision medicine approaches that refine disease stratification and facilitate more targeted and efficient enrollment in clinical trials. As a clinician-scientist, Dr. Taga uses patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells to model ALS, uncover novel disease mechanisms and identify therapeutic targets that are translatable to clinical trials. In recognition of his work in ALS, Dr. Taga was awarded the 2025 Richard Olney Clinician Scientist Development Award, which honors early-career physician-scientists dedicated to advancing ALS research. Dr. Taga earned his medical degree from the School of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Parma, Italy, where he also completed his neurology residency. He subsequently trained at The Johns Hopkins University, completing a postdoctoral research fellowship in the neuromuscular division, an internal medicine internship, a neurology residency and a neuromuscular clinical fellowship. Dr. Taga is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are 15q11.2 Microdeletion, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), and Cluster Headache.

    Advanced in Tension Headache
    Advanced in Tension Headache

    Crossroads Medical Associates

    4801 Dorsey Hall Drive, Suite 201, Suite 201, 
    Ellicott City, MD 
     (5.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Gujarati , Hindi, Marathi
    Offers Telehealth

    Rupal Desai is a primary care provider, practicing in Neurologist in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dr. Desai is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Inborn Amino Acid Metabolism Disorder, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, Anemia, and High Cholesterol.

    Advanced in Tension Headache
    Family Medicine
    Advanced in Tension Headache
    Family Medicine

    Office

    3608 Milford Mill Rd, 
    Windsor Mill, MD 
     (6.5 miles away)
    Experience:
    44+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Babajide Runsewe is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Windsor Mill, Maryland. Dr. Runsewe has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Tension Headache, Food Poisoning, Common Cold, and Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia.

    Advanced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine
    Advanced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine

    Dr Pokovs Polyclinic PC

    6821 Reisterstown Rd Ste 206, 
    Baltimore, MD 
     (8.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Alexander Pokov is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Pokov is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Carboxylase Deficiency, Folate Deficiency, Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia, and Subacute Combined Degeneration.

    Aruna Rao
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Neurology | Sleep Medicine
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Neurology | Sleep Medicine

    Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

    Baltimore, MD 
     (13.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Aruna Rao completed her Neurology residency at Johns Hopkins school of medicine followed by a fellowship in Sleep medicine. She sees patients at the headache center, cerebro spinal fluid (CSF) disorders center and sleep disorders center, which are located at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She specializes in all headache disorders including migraine, cluster, tension headaches, trigeminal neuralgia and facial pain. Dr. Rao is currently not accepting new patients. In the CSF Disorders Center she evaluates patients with pseudotumor cerebri and other CSF disorders. In the sleep disorders center she sees patients with sleep apnea, insomnia, hypersomnolence disorders and movement disorders associated with sleep like restless leg syndrome. Dr. Rao is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt, and Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome.

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine

    Gary A. Milles M.D. P.A.

    8186 Lark Brown Rd Ste 203, 
    Elkridge, MD 
     (5.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Gary Milles is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Elkridge, Maryland. Dr. Milles is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Sitosterolemia, High Cholesterol, Hereditary Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy.

    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Tension Headache
    Internal Medicine

    Office

    711 Maiden Choice Ln, 
    Catonsville, MD 
     (5.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Abebe Imiru is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Catonsville, Maryland. Dr. Imiru is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tension Headache. His top areas of expertise are Nephrosclerosis, Renovascular Hypertension, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), and COVID-19.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Tension Headache?

    A tension headache is the most common type of headache. It is pain or discomfort in the head, scalp, or neck, and is often associated with muscle tightness or tenderness in these areas.

    When should I see a Tension Headache doctor near Ellicott City, 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 a Tension Headache doctor near Ellicott City, 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 Tension Headache doctors near Ellicott City, 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 Tension Headache doctors near Ellicott City, 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 a Tension Headache doctor near Ellicott City, 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 Tension Headache doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Tension Headache 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 a Tension Headache doctor near Ellicott City, 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 Tension Headache 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 Tension Headache 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 Tension Headache doctors near Ellicott City, MD?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Tension Headache 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 a Tension Headache doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Tension Headache 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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