About me
Richard Y. Hinton, MD, MPH, PT, is the Medical Director of MedStar Sports Medicine, Division Director for Sports Medicine MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, and past Director of the MedStar Sports Medicine Fellowship Program.
Dr. Hinton's practice is concentrated on knee and shoulder conditions and involves athletes at the recreational, scholastic, collegiate, and professional levels of play. Dr. Hinton specializes in ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction and revision surgery, patellofemoral instability, shoulder instability and rotator cuff injuries. He has a special interest in pediatric and adolescent sports medicine, including ACL injuries and osteochondritis dissecans.
Having trained at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia, Dr. Hinton began his sports medicine career as a physical therapist and certified athletic trainer. He then received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and residency training in orthopaedic surgery at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. He completed fellowship training in both pediatric orthopaedic surgery and adult sports medicine at these same institutions. He then received his Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, with a concentration in epidemiology and injury prevention.
Dr. Hinton has served as a team physician for the Baltimore Ravens, Towson University, Loyola University, Morgan State University, the U.S. National Lacrosse Teams, and a number of scholastic and youth organizations. He is Co Chair of the NFL's Research and Innovations Committee, one of 14 members of the NFL's Health and Safety Oversight Committee, and is an executive member of US Lacrosse's Sports Science Committee. He is the Director of the nation's leading lacrosse-specific sports medicine program located at USA Lacrosse and MedStar Health. He has served as president of the Maryland Orthopaedic Association, held membership on various AOSSM committees, and served on the Maryland Board of Physicians Athletic Trainers Oversight Committee.
Dr. Hinton has authored numerous articles in the areas of injury epidemiology, lacrosse sports medicine, ACL injury and reconstruction, and knee conditions in the skeletally immature. He is frequently invited to speak at regional and national medical meetings, as well as public conferences focused on youth sports medicine.
Hinton directs the lecture series / podcast: Sports Agora: Where Sport, Health, and Culture Meet. Hinton also directs a nonprofit musical group, the Common Man Project that speaks to purposeful, engaged living in our American culture.
Awards
Dr. Hinton was named a “Top Doc” by Baltimore Magazine for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine in 2017, 2019, and 2020.
Pioneer Award Maryland Athletic Trainers Association
AOSSM NCAA Research Award
Alpha Omega Alpha Johns Hopkins Medical Society
Eddie Wojecki Award National Athletic Trainer's Association
Margert Moore Scholar UNC School of Physical Therapy
Clinical areas of focus
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
- Cartilage Injury
- Knee Injury
- Knee Pain
- Meniscus Injury
- Rotator Cuff Disorders
- Shoulder Dislocation
- Shoulder Instability
- Shoulder Pain
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acromioclavicular Joint Separation
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
- Apophysitis
- Arthritis Of Knee
- Bucket Handle Meniscus Tear
- Bursitis
- Bursitis Of The Shoulder
- Calcific Tendonitis
- Cartilage Injury
- Dislocated Patella
- Distal Clavicular Osteolysis
- Growth Plate Injury
- Joint Dislocation
- Jumper's Knee
- Juvenile Osteochondrosis
- Knee Clunk Syndrome
- Knee Fracture
- Knee Growth Plate Fracture
- Knee Growth Plate Injury
- Knee Injury
- Knee Instability
- Knee Pain
- Knee Pain For Patients Aged Younger Than 60
- Lateral Collateral Ligament Tear
- Ligament Injury
- Ligament Tear
- Locking Knee
- Loose Body In The Knee
- Medial Collateral Ligament Injury Of The Knee
- Meniscus Injury
- Meniscus Tear
- Multiple Ligament Knee Injury
- Muscle Injury
- Muscle Strain
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Osgood Schlatter Disease
- Osteochondral Defect
- Osteochondral Lesions
- Osteochondritis Dissecans
- Osteonecrosis
- Overuse Injury
- Patella Dislocation
- Patella Injury
- Patellar Instability
- Patellar Tendon Rupture
- Patellofemoral Injury
- Patellofemoral Syndrome
- Pectoral Muscle Injury
- Pectoralis Major Tendon Injury
- Persistent Pain After Orthopedic Surgery
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Tear
- Posterolateral Corner Injury
- Quadriceps Injury
- Rotator Cuff Disorders
- Rotator Cuff Impingement
- Rotator Cuff Injury
- Running Injury
- Scapular Dyskinesis
- Separated Shoulder
- Shoulder Dislocation
- Shoulder Impingement
- Shoulder Injury
- Shoulder Instability
- Shoulder Pain
- Shoulder Strain
- Shoulder Tendonitis
- Sports Related Injury
- Synovial Chondromatosis
- Tenosynovitis
- Throwing Injury
- Tibial Spine Fracture
- Tricep Injury
- Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair
- Anti Inflammatory Medications
- Arthroscopy
- Arthroscopy Of Knee
- Arthroscopy Of Shoulder
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
- Bone Grafting
- Bone Surgery
- Cartilage Transplant
- Closed Reduction And Manipulation
- Cortisone Injection
- Damaged Knee Cartilage Removal
- Hyaluronic Acid Injection
- Joint Aspiration
- Joint Injection
- Joint Replacement
- Joint Replacement And Reconstructive Surgery
- Knee Microfracture Surgery
- Knee Stabilization
- Knee Surgery
- Medial Collateral Ligament Repair
- Meniscal Surgery
- Meniscectomy
- Multiple Ligament Reconstruction
- Osteochondral Allograft
- Osteochondral Autograft
- Pectoralis Major Tendon Tear Repair
- Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injection Of The Knee
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Repair
- Rotator Cuff Repair
- Shoulder Injection
- Shoulder Labral Tear Repair
- Shoulder Stabilization
- Surgery For Arthritis
- Total Knee Replacement
- Total Knee Replacement, Age Greater Than 50
- Total Knee Replacement, Age Less Than 50
Practice locations
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3333 North Calvert Street Johnston Professional Bldg Ste 400 Baltimore, MD, 21218
410-554-2161Fax 667-359-6844
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
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- WellPoint Maryland
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Select
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- United Choice Plus
- United Navigate
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Golden Rule
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Innovation Health: POS
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Signature
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Optimum Choice
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Tricare East Prime
- Aetna HMO
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Virginia Premier
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Tricare for Life East
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- United Choice
- I-SNP
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Tricare East Select
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- D-SNP)
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Carefirst EPO
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Cigna EPO
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicaid - Maryland
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (1998)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (1996)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (1992)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Office of the Registrar (1990)
Awards
- Baltimore Magazine Top Doc: 2017, 2019, and 2020