About me
Rohit Satoskar, MD, is the Director of Medical Services for the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. He is also medical director of Liver Transplantation and Associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. An expert in hepatology and liver transplantation, Dr. Satoskar is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology.
He is widely published and a frequent lecturer, regionally and nationally. In addition to Dr. Satoskar's role as a clinician, teacher and researcher, he is actively involved in public policy efforts to benefit patients with liver disease. He serves in leadership positions with professional societies such as the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the American Liver Foundation and is a founding board member of the Global Liver Institute dedicated to collaboration and innovation in dealing with liver disease. Dr. Satoskar is highly rated by patients for explaining things well, listening carefully, and treating patients with respect, among other things. He believes in personalized care for each patient to address their particular needs and help achieve the best possible outcome and quality of life. Each patient is cared for as an individual, using the latest evidence-based medicine and technology available.
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Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Combined Transplant (KIDNEY-LIVER)
- Heterotopic Liver Transplant
- Liver Transplant
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Pretransplant Clearance
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 2nd Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-3700Fax 877-680-8192
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
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Tricare Prime
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- United Student Resources
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- FIRST HEALTH
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Transplant Hepatology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship Program: University of Chicago Medical Center (2007)
Fellowship Program: University of Chicago Medical Center (2006)
Residency Program: University of Chicago Medical Center (2003)
Medical School: Medical College of Ohio (2000)
Awards
- Gastroenterology Fellows Teaching Award 2016
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration Award, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
- 1st Place, Academic Debates, American Liver Foundation, Illinois
- Microbiology and Immunology Award, Medical College of Ohio
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- Satoskar R and Reau N. Potential consequences of healthcare recommendations: A focus on the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Hepatology 2013; 58:422-427.
- Nguyen P, Plotkin J, Fishbein TM, Laurin JM, Satoskar R, Shetty K, Taylor AJ. Dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation: a pooled analysis of accuracy, perioperative and long term cardiovascular prognosis. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Dec;29(8):1741-8.
- Desai AP, Satoskar R, Appannagari A, Reddy KG, Te HS, Reau N, Meltzer DO, Jensen D. Co-management between hospitalist and hepatologist improves the quality of care of inpatients with chronic liver disease. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2014 Apr;48(4):e30-6.
- Sosin M, Nassif SR, Girlanda R, Desai CS, Satoskar R, Kallakury B, Cermak T, Fishbein T. Isolated peritoneal donor-related plasmacytoma 3 years after liver transplantation: a case report. Am J Transplant. 2014 Feb;14(2):472-6.
- Deising A and Satoskar R. MELD: Which patients fall through the cracks? Curr Hepatology Rep 2014.13:60-73.