Saima Ali, MD

Saima Ali, MD

  • Neurology

Languages Spoken

  • Punjabi
  • Urdu

Related Practices

Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated

Primary Areas of Practice

  • Neurology

Procedures

  • Botox for Dystonia
  • Botox for Migraines
  • Cognitive Testing
  • Electromyography (EMG)
  • Epidural Injection into Lumbar Spine
  • Evoked Potential Studies
  • Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
  • Nerve Conduction Studies
  • NeuroTrax Testing for Concussion
  • Sleep Studies (Polysomnography)

Conditions Treated

  • ALS
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Arm Weakness
  • Atypical Facial Pain
  • Back Pain
  • Carotid Stenosis
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebral Vascular Disease
  • Cerebral Vascular Malformation
  • Cervical (Neck) Pain
  • Cervical Spinal Disorders
  • Cervical Spine Disease
  • Cervical Spine Stenosis
  • Concussion
  • Dementia
  • Dizziness
  • Dystonia
  • Epilepsy
  • Facial Nerve Disorders
  • Facial Pain
  • Headaches
  • Herniated Disc
  • Huntington Disease
  • Insomnia
  • Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)
  • Memory Loss
  • Migraine
  • Moyamoya Syndrome
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscle Atrophy
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Musculoskeletal Disease
  • Musculoskeletal Pain
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Narcolepsy
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Seizures
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Spasticity
  • Spinal Disorders
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Stroke
  • Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
  • Vasculitis

Locations &
Appointments

Locations

  • Bergen Neurology Consultants

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    25 Rockwood Place Suite 110 Englewood, NJ 07631

    Main: 201-894-5805

Insurance

Insurances Accepted

Below is a list of the insurance plans that your provider participates in. It is very important that you contact your insurance company prior to receiving services or care. Each health insurance plan is different and some provide different levels of coverage: only your health insurance plan can provide complete information regarding your coverage and potential out-of-pocket costs.

1199 (SEIU)

  • 1199 (SEIU)

Aetna

  • Aetna Assure Premier Plus
  • Aetna FIDE-SNP
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna Medicare Managed Care
  • Aetna POS
  • Aetna PPO
  • Medsolutions
  • Meritan Health

Amerigroup

  • Amerigroup Medicaid
  • Amerivantage

AmeriHealth

  • AmeriHealth Administrator
  • AmeriHealth HMO
  • AmeriHealth PPO
  • Value Network (Exchange Plan)

APWU

  • APWU Health Plan

Cigna

  • Cigna HMO
  • Cigna PPO
  • Cigna Supplemental
  • Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
  • Health Partners

Clover Health

  • Clover Medicare Advantage

CoreSource

  • CoreSource

Coventry

  • CCN

EmblemHealth

  • EmblemHealth EPO
  • EmblemHealth EPO2
  • EmblemHealth FEHB
  • EmblemHealth FEHBP
  • EmblemHealth GHI CBP
  • EmblemHealth GHI PPO
  • EmblemHealth National
  • EmblemHealth PPO1
  • EmblemHealth PPO2
  • EmblemHealth PPO3
  • EmblemHealth Tri-State
  • Vytra

Empire BCBS

  • Blue Priority
  • Empire BCBS EPO
  • Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VJD)
  • Empire BCBS Indemnity
  • Empire BCBS PPO

Empire Plan (NYSHIP)

  • Empire Plan (NYSHIP)

First Health

  • First Health

GEHA

  • GEHA Health Plan

Horizon BCBS

  • Federal Employee Program
  • Horizon BCBS Braven Health
  • Horizon BCBS EPO
  • Horizon BCBS HMO
  • Horizon BCBS Medicare Managed Care
  • Horizon BCBS PPO
  • NJ Carpenters Fund
  • OMNIA Tier 1
  • Traditional

Horizon NJ Health

  • Horizon NJ Health Medicaid
  • Horizon NJ TotalCare (D-SNP)

MagnaCare

  • Local 825
  • MagnaCare PPO

Mail Handlers

  • Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)

Medicare

  • Medicare NJ

MultiPlan/PHCS

  • Beech Street
  • MultiPlan Humana
  • MultiPlan Worker's Comp
  • PHCS
  • Pomco

MVP Health Care

  • MVP Health Care PPO

NALC

  • NALC Health Benefit Plan

Nippon Life Insurance Co of America

  • Nippon Life Benefits

Oxford

  • Freedom
  • Garden State Network
  • Liberty
  • Metro
  • Oxford Medicare

QualCare

  • Choice Care
  • HIP HMO
  • HIP PPO
  • HIP PRIME HMO
  • HIP PRIME PPO
  • Oscar
  • QualCare EPO
  • QualCare FEHB
  • QualCare GHI PPO
  • QualCare HMO
  • QualCare Humana
  • QualCare PPO
  • QualCare Worker's Comp

Railroad Medicare

  • Railroad Medicare NJ

UMR

  • UMR

United Healthcare Community and State

  • Dual Complete
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicaid (NJ FamilyCare)
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicare

UnitedHealthcare

  • AARP
  • Commercial and Marketplace
  • Compass Benefit (Exchange)
  • Medica
  • River Valley
  • UnitedHealthcare EPO
  • UnitedHealthcare HMO
  • UnitedHealthcare POS
  • UnitedHealthcare PPO
  • UnitedHealthcare StudentResources

Wellcare

  • Wellcare Medicaid Managed Care
  • Wellcare Medicare Managed Care

About

About Saima Ali

Dr. Ali is board certified in neurology and in epilepsy. In addition to epilepsy, her clinical interests include Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, concussion, migraine, and stroke. Dr. Ali received her MD from Ross University School of Medicine in Portsmouth, Dominica. She did a neurology residency at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, in Richmond, Virginia, and an epilepsy fellowship at Northwell Health’s North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center on Long Island, New York. In addition to English, Dr. Ali is fluent in Punjabi and Urdu.

Education &
Training

Education & Degrees

MD: Ross University School of Medicine

Residency

Virginia Commonwealth University Health

Fellowship

North Shore Long-Island Jewish Hospital

Board Certifications

  • Neurology (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology)

Publications

Publications

Arora S, Siddiqui M, Ali M, Barzani Y, Ali S, Kitchloo K, Bhatt P, Bhandari R, Aggarwal P, Maini A, Duffoo F, Arya V. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in Hemodialysis patients with positive Hepatitis B/Hepatitis C Serology: Are they good predictors of liver injury? Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2011, 9:2-185