About me
Dr. Kenneth Vaz is an adult reconstruction orthopedic surgeon. His areas of special interest and expertise include:
- Partial and total knee replacement
- Hip replacement
- Hip and knee replacement revision
- Treatment of complex failed hip and knee replacements
Dr. Vaz completed his orthopaedic surgery training, including a dedicated year of lab research, at the University of California - San Diego, where he was awarded the inaugural senior resident teaching award as a chief resident. After completing his medical degree and residency, he underwent fellowship specialist training in adult reconstruction at Scripps Clinic in San Diego, one of the top 10 hospitals for orthopedics in the U.S., where he was trained in the latest techniques in primary hip and knee replacement. Dr. Vaz then did an additional year of specialist training in the UK at the world-renowned Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, an academic affiliate of the University of Oxford. While at Oxford, Dr. Vaz was trained extensively in implanting and evaluating partial knee replacements and the treatment of complex failed and infected hip and knee replacements within the Nuffield's Bone Infection Unit, the only unit of its kind in the UK.
Dr. Vaz focuses on meeting the needs of patients at every point in the joint replacement process, including patients who are considering their first-time joint replacement options and those who are continuing to have difficulty after undergoing a joint replacement. He is ready to discuss all options with patients, from non-operative treatments including medical therapy and injections to surgical options including partial or total knee replacement, hip replacement, and revision hip and knee replacement.
Dr. Vaz has published multiple articles and given presentations in the U.S. and internationally on joint replacement topics ranging from pain control measures after surgery to treatment of infected joint replacements.
Outside of the office, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son, watching Georgetown Hoyas basketball, and spending time in the kitchen.
Medical Degree: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Residency: University of California - San Diego, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Scripps Clinic, San Diego, Adult Reconstruction
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK, Implantation and Evaluation of Partial Knee Replacements, Treatment of Complex Failed and Infected Hip and Knee Replacements
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Clinical areas of focus
- Anterior Hip Replacement
- Custom Hip Replacement
- Hip Arthritis Surgery
- Hip Fracture
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Knee Pain
- Knee Replacement
- Knee Revision Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Total Hip Replacement
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Arthropathy
- Bone Discontinuity Of Hip
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Hip Fracture
- Hip Joint Derangement
- Hip Joint Dislocation
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Infected Hip Prosthesis
- Infected Knee Prosthesis
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Derangement Of Knee
- Joint Disorder
- Knee Pain
- Loose Hip Prosthesis
- Loosening Of Knee Replacement
- Osteonecrosis
- Periprosthetic Fracture
- Periprosthetic Fracture Of Hip
- Periprosthetic Fracture Of Knee
- Tendonitis Of The Hip
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Hip Replacement
- Custom Hip Replacement
- Hip Arthritis Surgery
- Hip Arthritis Treatment
- Hip Resurfacing
- Knee Replacement
- Knee Revision Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Total Hip Replacement
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
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-HMO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CIGNA EPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Beech Street PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Network OA
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Network Only Plus
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Choice Fund PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice POS II Open Access
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- Optimum Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- OA Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- Choice POS
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst NASCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UHC Passport
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- HighMark
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open POS II
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna HMO
- TRICARE for Life East
- POS OA
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Nuffield Orthopedic Center (2020)
Fellowship: Scripps Research (2019)
Residency: University of California Medical Center San Diego (2018)
Fellowship: University of California Medical Center San Diego (2014)
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (2012)