About me
Jay Khanna, MD, is a board-certified, combined neurosurgical and orthopaedic fellowship-trained spine surgeon whose clinical practice is based at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, part of the MedStar Orthopaedic Institute.
In addition to his clinical and academic work, Dr. Khanna serves as Chair and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He is also the Physician Executive Director for MedStar Orthopaedic Institute which has oversight for orthopaedic surgery, spine surgery and musculoskeletal health programs at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center and MedStar St. Mary's Hospital. Through these roles, he collaborates closely with numerous excellent spine and orthopaedic surgeons to provide best-in-class care to his patients and many others in and around the Washington, D.C. region.
Dr. Khanna's clinical interests include the treatment of a wide range of spine pathologies using techniques ranging from minimally invasive spine surgery to complex spinal reconstructions. Many of the patients that he sees are first treated with non-operative measures such as medications, physical therapy and interventional pain management modalities before surgical options are considered.
In addition to the management of patients with typical degenerative conditions of the spine, Dr. Khanna has a special interest and expertise in the treatment of patients who have had prior spine surgery, require revision surgery or treatment at adjacent levels.
Although caring for patients with conditions of the spine is Dr. Khanna's primary interest, he is also actively involved in research and has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters on topics in spine surgery and is regarded as a leader in the field of spine surgery.
One of Dr. Khanna's greatest interests is education and he is the Co-Director of the annual American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Board Review Course which prepares orthopaedic surgeons during the months before they sit for their board and recertification examinations. He also teaches at and leads many other courses at the national level that seek to teach others both the foundations of and advanced techniques in spine surgery.
Dr. Khanna has received many awards and accolades, one of which is recognition by Becker's Orthopedic and Spine Review as one of the nation's Top 50 spine surgeons and specialists.
Dr. Khanna is a native of the Washington, D.C. region and obtained his undergraduate and medical degrees from Georgetown University and the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He is a dual-trained spine surgeon with background and expertise in both neurosurgical and orthopaedic spine surgery. Dr. Khanna's orthopedic surgery residency training was completed at Johns Hopkins and his spine surgery fellowship was at the Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute in the Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery.
Clinical areas of focus
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Myelopathy Surgery
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
- Lumbar Myelopathy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Navigation Surgery
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spinal Stenosis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Aneurysm
- Bone Density Disorder
- Bone Disorders In Diseases
- Bursopathy
- Burst Fracture
- Cervical Fracture
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Congenital Malformations Of Heart
- Congenital Malformations Of Nervous System
- Congenital Malformations Of Spine And Bony Thorax
- Congenital Musculoskeletal Malformations
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Drop Foot
- Foraminal Stenosis
- Fractures Of The Neck
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Intraspinal Granuloma
- Joint Disorder
- Kyphosis
- Limb Deformity
- Lordosis
- Lower Back Injury
- Lower Leg And Ankle Fracture
- Lumbar Disc Disease
- Lumbar Disc Disorders
- Lumbar Myelopathy
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Lumbar Spondylosis
- Muscle Disorders
- Musculoskeletal System Complications
- Neck Injury
- Neck Sprain
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Osteoporosis
- Presence Of Functional Implants
- Rib And Sternum Fracture
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder Burns
- Skull Base Tumor
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cyst
- Spinal Infection
- Spinal Osteotomy
- Spinal Reconstruction
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spinal Stenosis Surgery
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Osteoporosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Stress Fracture
- Thigh Fracture
- Vertebral Fractures
Procedures I perform
- Back Pain Treatment
- Cervical Corpectomy
- Cervical Facet Joint Denervation
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Myelopathy Surgery
- Cervical Vertebra Reposition
- Clubfoot Correction
- Degenerative Disc Disease Surgery
- Discectomy
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery
- Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
- Fibula Osteotomy
- Flap Surgery
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy
- Lumbar Laminectomy And Fusion
- Median Nerve Decompression
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Ostectomy
- Osteotomy
- Pedicle Screw Fixation
- Percutaneous Discectomy
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Posterior Vertebral Column Resection
- Scoliosis Deformity Correction
- Spinal Cyst Surgery
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Navigation Surgery
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Surgical Treatment Of Myelopathy
- Thoracic Spine Surgery
- Transpsoas Approach Surgery
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
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Choice Fund PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS II
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Sentara Health
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Choice POS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Network OA
- CIGNA PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- HighMark
- IH-EPO Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Student Resources
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- OA Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-POS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Navigate
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- UHC Passport
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- POS OA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst NASCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Premier 200PD
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic (2004)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital (2003)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital (1998)
Internship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (1996)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (1995)
Awards
- Named in 50 of the Best Spine Specialists in America, Becker’s Orthopaedic and Spine Review
- 2015 - 2021, 2025 Top Doctor Award, Washingtonian Magazine
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- Distinguished Philanthropist Endows Chair and Makes a Philanthropic Investment to New Medical/Surgical Pavilion
- Washingtionian Top Docs Award for 2019
- The Pradhan Chair in Spine Surgery: A Legacy Continues
- The best advice for a spine surgeon's continuous professional growth
- Innovative Care for the Spine and Brain
- How to Prepare for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Exam
- Dr. Khanna in Becker's Spine Review's List of 65 orthopedic surgeons
- Trouble With The Curve
- A discussion on the systemic approach to spine imaging studies
- 4 Biggest Opportunities in Spine Surgery — From Spine Surgeon Dr. Jay Khanna
- 50 Spine Surgeons and Specialists to Know
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