About me
Brett Levine, MD, is a fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with nearly two decades of experience with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush. He joins MedStar Orthopaedic Institute as Chief of Joint Arthroplasty Division, MedStar Orthopaedic Institute, Washington Region.
He specializes in adult reconstruction of the hip and knee and his areas of special expertise and interest include:
- Minimally invasive joint replacement
- Partial and total knee replacement
- Hip replacement
- Complex primary knee and hip replacement
- Revision hip and knee replacement
- Degenerative joint disease
- Inflammatory arthritis
- Post-joint replacement infections
- Total femoral replacement
- Knee fusion
Dr. Levine is an active researcher. His research has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals, including The Journal of Arthroplasty, Arthroplasty Today, and The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He is also the author of numerous book chapters and has presented at national and international conferences and meetings.
He serves as editor in chief of Arthroplasty Today and is a member of the Hip Society, Knee Society, ORS, AOA, MAOA, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. In addition to his clinical work and research, Dr. Levine holds an academic appointment at Georgetown University School of Medicine, teaching medical students and residents.
Dr. Levine takes time to explain each patient’s diagnosis and treatment options, so the patient can be an informed partner in decision-making. His focus is on providing individualized care for each patient based on their specific needs and goals. He enjoys building relationships with patients so they feel confident and comfortable before proceeding with surgery.
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Clinical areas of focus
- Bursitis Of Knee
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Revision Surgery
- Knee Pain
- Knee Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Septic Arthritis Of The Hip
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Bone Discontinuity
- Bursitis Of Knee
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Femur Shaft Fracture
- Fibula Fracture
- Hip Joint Dislocation
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Disorder
- Knee Dislocation
- Knee Fracture
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Pain
- Knee Revision Surgery
- Knee Stiffness
- Limb Deformity
- Limited Range Of Motion In The Knee
- Loosening Of Knee Replacement
- Lower Leg And Ankle Fracture
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Musculoskeletal System Complications
- Orthopedic Aftercare
- Osteonecrosis
- Presence Of Functional Implants
- Revision Of Hip Replacement
- Septic Arthritis Of The Hip
- Shoulder Fracture
- Thigh Fracture
- Total Knee Replacement Complications
- Wrist Stiffness
Procedures I perform
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
- Avascular Necrosis Treatment
- Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
- Bursitis Treatment
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) Surgery
- Heel Tendon Repair
- Hip Arthritis Treatment
- Hip Arthroscopy With Meniscus Repair
- Hip Bursa Extraction
- Hip Distraction
- Hip Resurfacing
- Hip Revision Surgery
- Joint Arthroscopy
- Knee Arthroscopy With Meniscectomy
- Knee Injection
- Knee Injury Treatment
- Knee Joint Resurfacing
- Knee Ligament Repair
- Knee Replacement
- Knee Revision Surgery
- Ligament Sprain Treatment
- Metacarpal Joint Arthrodesis
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Nerve Block
- Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation
- Osteonecrosis Treatment
- Piriformis Syndrome Treatment
- Robotic-Assisted Hip Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Spondylolysis Treatment
- Tendinitis Treatment
- Tendon Transplantation
- Total Hip Replacement
- Trochanteric Bursitis Treatment
- Vestibuloplasty
Practice locations
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13950 Brandywine Rd
2nd Fl Ste 225
Brandywine, MD, 20613
5454 Wisconsin Ave
Ste 1100
Chevy Chase, MD, 20815
3800 Reservoir Rd NW
G-PHC
Washington, DC, 20007
1420 Beverly Rd
Ste 210 Fl 2
McLean, VA, 22101
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 Better Health of VA
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Choice POS II
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- First Health PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Network OA
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Student Resources
- Aetna VA Exchange
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- IH-HMO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Choice Fund PPO
- Medicare FFS
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- POS OA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Open POS II
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Navigate
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CIGNA EPO
- TRICARE East Select
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- OA Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- UHC Passport
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- HighMark
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery
Fellowship: Rush University Medical Center (2006)
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2005)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2000)
Awards
- 2024 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award in Medical Research and Education Rush University (2024) Selected as Section Editor for the Resident Orthopaedic Core Knowledge (ROCK), 2023-24 Named a Member-at-Large for AAHKS (November 2023) Recipient of the Commitment to Excellence Award for Edward Elmhurst Memorial Hospital (2022) Inducted into the Hip Society (2021) Selected as a faculty member for the 2021 AAHKS Spring Meeting (April-May 2021) Selected to participate in the Level 3 of the AAOS Leadership Institute (March 2021) Recognized as a volunteer Expert in Orthopaedics from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (2021)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
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Last 10 Publications:
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Levine BR. Keep the Momentum Going. Arthroplast Today. 2025 Feb8;31:101638. PMID: 40012618.
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Levine BR. A Tribute to Greg Golladay, MD FAOA: Big Shoes to Fill! Arthroplast Today. 2025 Feb 8;31:101639. PMID: 40012616
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Dandamudi S, Tollemar V, Spaan J, Manivannan A, Levine BR. Effect of Resurfaced Patellar Thickness on Outcomes after Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Knee Surg. 2025 Mar 24. doi: 10.1055/a-2530-7953. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39900105
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Dandamudi S, Guerrero O, DeBenedetti A, Minter J, Levine BR. Rotation Hinge Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty With and Without Porous Cone Adjunct Fixation. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Jan 23:S0883-5403(25)00041-5. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2025.01.026. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39863061.
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Dandamudi S, Jan K, Malvitz, DeBenedetti, Behery O, Levine BR. Preoperative vs. Postoperative Patient Outcome and Recovery Expectations of Total Joint Arthroplasty. Arthroplast Today. 2025 Feb 11;32:101626. PMID: 40026486.
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Dandamudi S, Jan K, Malvitz M, DeBenedetti A, Behery O, Levine BR. Patient Perspective on Robotic-Assisted Total Joint Arthroplasty. Arthroplast Today. 2024 Dec 20;31:101598. PMID: 39811776
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Tseng J, Acuña AJ, Kurina S, Magill N, Levine BR, Behery O. Aseptic Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty in Octogenarians: A Matched Cohort Comparison of Early Clinical Outcomes. The Journal of Arthroplasty. January 2025.
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Forlenza EM, Terhune EB, Acuna AJ, Gerlinger TL, Levine BR, Della Valle CJ. Intraoperative Femoral Fractures During Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty are Associated with Increased Revision and Complication Rates. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Jan 16:S0883-5403(25)00023-3. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2025.01.009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39826585.
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Forlenza EM, Burnett RA, Acuna AJ, Levine BR, Gilliland JM, Della Valle CJ. Revision Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: Worse than a primary, but better than a revision total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Jan 3:S0883-5403(24)01336-6. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.12.026.Online ahead of print. PMID39755220
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Jones CM, Forlenza EM, Spaan J, Levine BR, Karas V, Della Valle CJ. The Impact of Travel Distance on Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Apr;40(4):935-940. PMID: 39419414