About me
Jean-Marc Voyadzis, MD, is associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery and co-director of the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at MedStar Georgetown. He is also Director of Spinal Oncology and Spine Tumor Surgery at MedStar Georgetown.
Dr. Voyadzis earned his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and received the Kober Medal for the highest overall record of academic performance. He completed a residency in neurosurgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and a fellowship in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery at the University of Chicago. With broad interests and expertise in both brain and spinal surgery, he is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, and is an active member of several neurosurgical societies.
Dr. Voyadzis has published numerous book chapters, journal articles, and abstracts on various topics related to neurosurgery, including Controversies in Spine Surgery, MIS versus OPEN, and Decision Making for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. He has been invited to speak as an expert on spine surgery and has trained surgeons all over the world, including the United States, Germany, Brazil, China and France.
Clinical areas of focus
- Brain Tumor
- Cervical Myelopathy Surgery
- Scoliosis
- Spine Tumor Surgery
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Aneurysm
- Benign Neoplasm Of Bone And Articular Cartilage
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Benign Tumor
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Bursopathy
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Congenital Malformations Of Nervous System
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Epilepsy
- Head Injury
- Hemangioma
- Hydrocephalus
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Intraspinal Granuloma
- Kyphosis
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Endocrine Glands
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Spinal Cord
- Meningioma
- Meningitis
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Scoliosis
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spine Tumor
- Spondylopathies
- Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
Procedures I perform
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Cervical Corpectomy
- Cervical Facet Joint Denervation
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Myelopathy Surgery
- Cervical Vertebra Reposition
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Discectomy
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery
- Enterectomy
- Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
- Kyphoplasty
- Matrixectomy
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Nerve Block
- Osteotomy
- Pain Clinic
- Pain Medication Management
- Percutaneous Discectomy
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Scoliosis Deformity Correction
- Spinal Abscess Treatment
- Spinal Bone Grafting
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Spinal Cord Stimulation For Pain
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Hematoma Treatment
- Spinal Infection Treatment
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spine Tumor Surgery
- Thoracic Spine Surgery
- Transplant Pediatric Surgery
- Vertebral Body Replacement
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Neurosurgery Washington, DC, 20007
301-856-2323Fax 855-385-5335
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
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- POS OA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Sentara Health
- Choice POS
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Network OA
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Choice Fund PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO
- First Health PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Classic 3500
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- HighMark
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-EPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Open POS II
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Navigate
- Medicare Direct
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Beech Street PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Fellowship: University of Chicago (2007)
Residency: Georgetown University Hospital (2006)
Internship: Georgetown University Hospital (2001)
Medical School: Georgetown University (2000)
Awards
- Top Doctor, Washingtonian, 2017-2023, 2025
- Bethesda Magazine Top Doctors 2021-2023
- Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctors 2022
- Calvert County Community Service Award 2017
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
MedStarGeorgetownMD - Health Newsletter (Spring 2025) Innovative awake spinal surgery delivers a fast, pain-free recovery
MedStarGeorgetownMD - Health Newsletter (Winter 2024) Minimally invasive, robotic spine surgery a life-changer for area physician
Bethesda Magazine Top Doctors (2023) - Magazine Cover
MedStarGeorgetownMD - Health Newsletter (Winter 2021) Remarkable recovery after high-risk spinal tumor removal
We are proud to be the first in the Washington D.C. region to have Globus ExcelsiusGPS, a robotic navigation system specifically designed for spine surgery - (2020) Robotic Spine Surgery
MedStarGeorgetownMD: Robotic spine surgery: promise of less pain, quicker recovery. (Fall 2020) - Robotic Spine Surgery: Promise of Less Pain, Quicker Recovery
MedStarGeorgetownMD - A Real Miracle: Complex Spine Surgery Resolves Partial Paralysis - (Spring 2019) A Real Miracle: Complex Spine Surgery Resolves Partial Paralysis
Washingtonian - Top Doctors (2018) - Technical Innovations in Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery
MedStarGeorgetownMD - Health Newsletter (Summer 2017) No Distance is Too Great for Pain Relief With Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
MedStarGeorgetownMD - Back to Normal: Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Resolves Pain, Restores Mobility (2016) - Back to Normal: Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Resolves Pain, Restores Mobility
(Spring 2014) From Back Pain to Pain Free: Treating Low Back Pain with a Minimally Invasive Procedure
Learn more about how Dr. Voyadzis helped patient, Roseanne Shepler "The Pain is gone!" by patient, Roseanne Shepler