About me
Anatoly Dritschilo, MD, is a Radiation Oncologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Dritschilo was appointed to professor and chairman, Department of Radiation Medicine, at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and chief of service, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, in 2010 and held that role for 12 years. Previously, Dr. Dritschilo served as interim chair of the Department of Oncology and as interim director of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center.
In the course of his clinical career, Dr. Dritschilo has treated more than 5,000 patients with cancers of the breast, prostate, lung, gastrointestinal tract, brain tumors and pediatric cancers. He has been instrumental in bringing state-of-the-art therapies and technologies to the hospital, including Proton Therapy with HYPERSCAN™, CyberKnife SRS and SBRT services. MedStar Georgetown was one of the first CyberKnife sites on the East Coast, leading to its current position as a national leader in volume, experience and expertise. MedStar Georgetown is the first hospital in the Washington, DC metropolitan area to offer proton therapy and the first in the world to offer proton therapy with HYPERSCAN™.
Dr. Dritschilo is a prolific researcher, with a cumulative total of more than $20 million in NIH awards and nearly 250 peer-reviewed, published articles. He is a regular reviewer and editor for prominent scientific and medical publications, a sought-after presenter at national and international meetings and a frequent guest lecturer at medical schools around the county. The holder of a dozen US patents and diplomat of the American College of Radiology, Dr. Dritschilo received his medical degree from the College of Medicine of New Jersey followed by a residency in radiation therapy and a fellowship in radiation oncology at Harvard Medical School. After a brief stint at Tufts University-New England Medical Center, Dr. Dritschilo joined Georgetown in 1979.
Philosophy of Care
Each patient presents with a unique set of cancer-related and personal circumstances that are best evaluated and treated by a multidisciplinary team for optimal outcomes.
Conditions Treated
- Prostate cancer
- Breast cancer
- Lung cancer
- GI cancers
- Brain tumors (malignant and benign)
- Pediatric cancers
Procedures Performed
- Proton therapy with HYPERSCAN™ (Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy)
- CyberKnife (Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery)
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
- RapidArc (VMAT)
- Brachytherapy
- Intraoperative radiation
- Conventional radiation
Clinical areas of focus
- Adenocarcinoma Of The Head And Neck
- Brain And Spine Tumors
- Breast Cancer
- Cyberknife
- Genitourinary Cancers
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
- Kidney Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Prostate Cancer
- Proton Beam Therapy
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
- Total Body Irradiation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Adenocarcinoma Of The Head And Neck
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Astrocytoma Tumors
- Bladder Cancer
- Brain And Spine Tumors
- Breast Cancer
- Carcinoma In Situ Of Breast
- Cervical And Endometrial Cancers
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma
- Eye Cancer
- Genitourinary Cancers
- Glioblastoma Multiforme
- Glioma
- Keloid
- Kidney Cancer
- Laryngeal Cancer
- Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (LCIS)
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Ureter
- Meningioma
- Mouth Cancer
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myxopapillary Ependymoma
- Nasopharyngeal Cancer
- Oligodendroglioma
- Orbital Tumors
- Oropharyngeal Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Paranasal Sinus And Nasal Cavity Cancer
- Pituitary Adenoma
- Prostate Cancer
- Radiation Necrosis
- Radiation Toxicity
- Small Bowel Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Thymoma
- Thyroid Cancer
- Trigeminal Neuropathy
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer
- Vulvar Cancer
Procedures I perform
- 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy
- Balloon Breast Brachytherapy
- Brachytherapy
- Chemoradiation
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Cyberknife
- External Beam Radiation Therapy
- High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
- Image Guided Radiation Therapy
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
- Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy
- Mammosite
- Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
- Pencil Beam Proton Therapy
- Proton Beam Therapy
- Radiation Treatment For Head And Neck Cancer
- Radioembolization
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Stereotactic Spine Radiosurgery
- Three Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy
- Tomotherapy
- Total Body Irradiation
- Unsealed Source Radiotherapy
- Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy
Insurance
MedStar Medical Group accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Medical Group, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- CIGNA EPO
- Innovation Health: POS
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Network OA
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- United Healthcare Core Essential (HMO)
- Open POS II
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Compass (HMO)
- Open EPO Plus
- Open HMO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Opoen HMO Option
- United Healthcare Navigate
- BlueChoice Open Access
- OneNet PPO, Inc.
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MedStar Medicare Choice
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Tricare Extra (Indemnity)
- Tricare Standard
- Tricare Prime
- FIRST HEALTH
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna USAccess (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Radiation Oncology
Residency Program: Joint Center for Radiation Therapy (1977)
Internship Program: Cincinnati General Hospital (1974)
Medical School: College of Medicine of New Jersey (1973)
Awards
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors Lifetime Contribution Award, Georgetown University Medical Center
- Fellow, American College of Radiology Woodward/White Washingtonian Magazine