Brendan Eugene Dempsey, MD| Family Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery | MedStar Health
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Specialties: Family Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine
Languages: English
About me
Brendan Dempsey, MD, MS is a fellowship trained physician specializing in sports medicine. He sees his patients in Annapolis and at MedStar Harbor Hospital.
Dr. Dempsey is the head team physician for Goucher College, a team physician for Morgan State University, and a physician at MedStar Health Urgent Care.
As a sports medicine physician, Dr. Dempsey provides non-surgical care for active patients. From head to toe, he specializes in musculoskeletal injuries and non-operative orthopedic care.
Dr. Dempsey received his undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester and earned his medical degree from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He completed his Family Medicine Residency on the Sports Medicine Track with the Allegheny Health Network where he was elected Chief Resident.
He then went on to complete Sports Medicine Fellowship with the University of Maryland where he worked with the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Orioles, the Maryland Terrapins, UMBC Retrievers and the Coppin State Eagles.
He was named by the Pennsylvania Medical Society as a “Top 40 Physician Under 40.” He was inducted into AOA, the Medical Honors Society. He is also a member of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Family Physicians, and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Fatigue Management
- Hip Arthroscopy With Meniscus Repair
- Knee Pain
- Lateral Meniscus Injury
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Sports Concussion
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Ankle And Foot Injury
- Ankle And Foot Ligament Sprain
- Ankle Instability
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury
- Bicep Tendinitis
- Bone Disorders
- Chest Injury
- Elbow And Forearm Injury
- Elbow Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Elbow Pain
- Enthesopathies
- Flexor Tendonitis
- Forearm And Elbow Joint Instability
- Head Injury
- Hip And Thigh Tendon Injury
- Hip Bursitis
- Hip Flexor Strain
- Hip Labral Tear
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Hip Pointer
- Joint Disorder
- Jumper's Knee
- Knee Bursitis
- Knee Dislocation
- Knee Fracture
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Pain
- Labral Tears
- Lateral Meniscus Injury
- Lower Leg Injury
- Medial Epicondylitis (GOLFER'S ELBOW)
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Muscle Disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Plica Syndrome
- Shin Splint
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Muscle, Fascia, And Tendon Injury
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- Shoulder Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Shoulder Strain
- Spinal Osteochondrosis
- Sports Concussion
- Superficial Knee Injury
- Synovium And Tendon Disorder
- Tendinitis Of The Foot
- Tendinous Disorders
- Thumb Synovitis
- Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Tear
- Wrist And Hand Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Wrist And Hand Pain
- Wrist And Hand Tendon Injury
Procedures I perform
- Absence Management
- Bone Repair
- Concussion Rehabilitation
- Fatigue Management
- Fitness And Exercise Programs
- Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Hip Arthroscopy With Meniscus Repair
- Hip Resurfacing
- Muscle Injection
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Pain Medication Management
- Pain Rehabilitation Program
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy
- Scoliosis Deformity Correction
- Self-Care Training
- Spine Orthotics
- Stress Reduction
- Tendon Transplantation
- Tendonitis Treatment
- Therapeutic Activities
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Work Hardening
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
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- POS OA
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- OA Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Sentara Health
- CIGNA Indemnity
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Basic
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Employee Health Plan
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Beech Street PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst EPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open POS II
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Network OA
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Navigate
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Choice POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- TRICARE East Prime
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Family Medicine, Family Medicine
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medicine GME (2024)
Residency: Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium (2023)
Medical School: Dartmouth College (2020)