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
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HighMark
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Navigate
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Student Resources
- IH-HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Optimum Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-POS
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Medicare Direct
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Choice POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- OA Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Medicare FFS
- Beech Street PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- UHC Passport
- TRICARE East Prime
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE for Life East
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Radiation Oncology
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)