About me
Anatoly Dritschilo, MD, 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. 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
- Proton therapy with HYPERSCANTM (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
- Anal Cancer
- 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
- Esophageal Cancer
- Eye Cancer
- Genitourinary Cancers
- Glioblastoma Multiforme
- Glioma
- Keloid
- Kidney Cancer
- Laryngeal Cancer
- Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (LCIS)
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Ureter
- Melanoma
- 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
- Sarcoma
- Skin Cancer
- Small Bowel Cancer
- Stomach 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
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna USAccess (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- FIRST HEALTH
- Tricare Prime
- Tricare Standard
- Tricare Extra (Indemnity)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Medicare Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Student Resources
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- OneNet PPO, Inc.
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Core Essential (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare Compass (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Network OA
- POS OA & OA Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: POS
- Open HMO
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Open POS II
- Aetna HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO 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