About me
Andrew Satinsky, MD, is an attending radiation oncologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and clinical director of the Radiation Oncology Center at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center.
A specialist in prostate cancer and lung cancer, Dr. Satinsky uses the very latest radiation oncology techniques and tools including proton therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, low- and high-dose rate gynecologic brachytherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy/image-guided radiation therapy (IMRT/IGRT/ Rapid Arc), and CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) plus CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).
Dr. Satinsky has been involved in research on a variety of radiation oncology-related issues. Active in his profession, Dr. Satinsky helps train new doctors as the chair of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Radiation Oncology Residency Program Clinical Competency Committee. He also serves as chair of the MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Cancer Committee, and is a member of the education committee.
Philosophy of Care
"At the MedStar Southern Maryland Radiation Oncology Center, we have a full team of experienced physicians, nurses, radiation therapists, and physicists who create a holistic approach to cancer care. Being on the grounds of MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center greatly improves the convenience of daily radiation treatments for our patients. We take great pride in not only our outstanding clinical outcomes and consistently excellent patient satisfaction scores but in our continuing ability to provide cancer care excellence to the Southern Maryland region."
Conditions Treated
- All adult cancers, including:
- Prostate cancer
- Lung cancer
- Gynecologic cancers
- Breast cancer
- Others
Procedures Performed
- Proton therapy
- Permanent prostate brachytherapy
- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy
- CyberKnife stereotactic cranial and body radiosurgery
- Low- and high-dose rate gynecologic brachytherapy
- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy/image-guided radiation therapy (IMRT/IGRT/ Rapid Arc)
- CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
- CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
- ZAP-X® Gyroscopic Radiosurgery™ (SRS)
Clinical areas of focus
- Whole Breast Radiation Therapy
Procedures I perform
- Bladder Cancer
- Brachytherapy
- Breast Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer Treatment
- Cyberknife
- Genitourinary Cancer Treatment
- Gynecologic Cancer Treatment
- Intrafraction Tracking Motion
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
- Kidney Cancer
- Lymphoma Treatment
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Radiation Treatment
- Ovarian Cancer
- Penile Cancer
- Radiation Dosimetry Calculation
- Special Dosimetry
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
- Testicular Cancer
- Transitional Cell Carcinoma Treatment
- Uterine Cancer
- Vulvar Cancer
- Whole Breast Radiation Therapy
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
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- Choice POS II
- Medicare FFS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- POS OA
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- OA Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Beech Street PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Navigate
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- TRICARE East Select
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-EPO Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Choice POS
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Network OA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Medicare Direct
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HighMark
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Residency: Georgetown University Medical Center GME (1993)
Residency: George Washington University School of Medicine (1990)
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (1989)