About me
Brett Levine, MD, is a fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with nearly two decades of experience with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush. He joins MedStar Orthopaedic Institute as Chief of Joint Arthroplasty Division, MedStar Orthopaedic Institute, Washington Region.
He specializes in adult reconstruction of the hip and knee and his areas of special expertise and interest include:
- Minimally invasive joint replacement
- Partial and total knee replacement
- Hip replacement
- Complex primary knee and hip replacement
- Revision hip and knee replacement
- Degenerative joint disease
- Inflammatory arthritis
- Post-joint replacement infections
- Total femoral replacement
- Knee fusion
Dr. Levine is an active researcher. His research has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals, including The Journal of Arthroplasty, Arthroplasty Today, and The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He is also the author of numerous book chapters and has presented at national and international conferences and meetings.
He serves as editor in chief of Arthroplasty Today and is a member of the Hip Society, Knee Society, ORS, AOA, MAOA, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. In addition to his clinical work and research, Dr. Levine holds an academic appointment at Georgetown University School of Medicine, teaching medical students and residents.
Dr. Levine takes time to explain each patient’s diagnosis and treatment options, so the patient can be an informed partner in decision-making. His focus is on providing individualized care for each patient based on their specific needs and goals. He enjoys building relationships with patients so they feel confident and comfortable before proceeding with surgery.
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Clinical areas of focus
- Bursitis Of Knee
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Revision Surgery
- Knee Pain
- Knee Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Septic Arthritis Of The Hip
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Bone Discontinuity
- Bursitis Of Knee
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Femur Shaft Fracture
- Fibula Fracture
- Hip Joint Dislocation
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Infected Total Knee Replacement
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Disorder
- Knee Dislocation
- Knee Fracture
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Pain
- Knee Revision Surgery
- Knee Stiffness
- Limb Deformity
- Limited Range Of Motion In The Knee
- Loosening Of Knee Replacement
- Lower Leg And Ankle Fracture
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Musculoskeletal System Complications
- Orthopedic Aftercare
- Osteonecrosis
- Presence Of Functional Implants
- Revision Of Hip Replacement
- Septic Arthritis Of The Hip
- Shoulder Fracture
- Thigh Fracture
- Total Knee Replacement Complications
- Wrist Stiffness
Procedures I perform
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
- Avascular Necrosis Treatment
- Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
- Bursitis Treatment
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) Surgery
- Heel Tendon Repair
- Hip Arthritis Treatment
- Hip Arthroscopy With Meniscus Repair
- Hip Bursa Extraction
- Hip Distraction
- Hip Resurfacing
- Hip Revision Surgery
- Joint Arthroscopy
- Knee Arthroscopy With Meniscectomy
- Knee Injection
- Knee Injury Treatment
- Knee Joint Resurfacing
- Knee Ligament Repair
- Knee Replacement
- Knee Revision Surgery
- Ligament Sprain Treatment
- Metacarpal Joint Arthrodesis
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Nerve Block
- Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation
- Osteonecrosis Treatment
- Piriformis Syndrome Treatment
- Robotic-Assisted Hip Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Spondylolysis Treatment
- Tendinitis Treatment
- Tendon Transplantation
- Total Hip Replacement
- Trochanteric Bursitis Treatment
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
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Employee Health Plan
- OA Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- TRICARE for Life East
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HighMark
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open POS II
- Beech Street PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- United Student Resources
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Navigate
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Sentara Health
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open HMO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- POS OA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Administrators
- UHC Passport
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Rush University Medical Center (2006)
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2005)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2000)
Awards
- 2024 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award in Medical Research and Education Rush University (2024) Selected as Section Editor for the Resident Orthopaedic Core Knowledge (ROCK), 2023-24 Named a Member-at-Large for AAHKS (November 2023) Recipient of the Commitment to Excellence Award for Edward Elmhurst Memorial Hospital (2022) Inducted into the Hip Society (2021) Selected as a faculty member for the 2021 AAHKS Spring Meeting (April-May 2021) Selected to participate in the Level 3 of the AAOS Leadership Institute (March 2021) Recognized as a volunteer Expert in Orthopaedics from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (2021)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
New Podcast:
What it takes to be a journal reviewer:
https://www.aahks.org/beingajournalreviewer/
Last 10 Publications:
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Levine BR. Keep the Momentum Going. Arthroplast Today. 2025 Feb8;31:101638. PMID: 40012618.
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Levine BR. A Tribute to Greg Golladay, MD FAOA: Big Shoes to Fill! Arthroplast Today. 2025 Feb 8;31:101639. PMID: 40012616
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Dandamudi S, Tollemar V, Spaan J, Manivannan A, Levine BR. Effect of Resurfaced Patellar Thickness on Outcomes after Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Knee Surg. 2025 Mar 24. doi: 10.1055/a-2530-7953. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39900105
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Dandamudi S, Guerrero O, DeBenedetti A, Minter J, Levine BR. Rotation Hinge Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty With and Without Porous Cone Adjunct Fixation. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Jan 23:S0883-5403(25)00041-5. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2025.01.026. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39863061.
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Dandamudi S, Jan K, Malvitz, DeBenedetti, Behery O, Levine BR. Preoperative vs. Postoperative Patient Outcome and Recovery Expectations of Total Joint Arthroplasty. Arthroplast Today. 2025 Feb 11;32:101626. PMID: 40026486.
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Dandamudi S, Jan K, Malvitz M, DeBenedetti A, Behery O, Levine BR. Patient Perspective on Robotic-Assisted Total Joint Arthroplasty. Arthroplast Today. 2024 Dec 20;31:101598. PMID: 39811776
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Tseng J, Acuña AJ, Kurina S, Magill N, Levine BR, Behery O. Aseptic Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty in Octogenarians: A Matched Cohort Comparison of Early Clinical Outcomes. The Journal of Arthroplasty. January 2025.
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Forlenza EM, Terhune EB, Acuna AJ, Gerlinger TL, Levine BR, Della Valle CJ. Intraoperative Femoral Fractures During Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty are Associated with Increased Revision and Complication Rates. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Jan 16:S0883-5403(25)00023-3. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2025.01.009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39826585.
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Forlenza EM, Burnett RA, Acuna AJ, Levine BR, Gilliland JM, Della Valle CJ. Revision Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: Worse than a primary, but better than a revision total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Jan 3:S0883-5403(24)01336-6. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.12.026.Online ahead of print. PMID39755220
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Jones CM, Forlenza EM, Spaan J, Levine BR, Karas V, Della Valle CJ. The Impact of Travel Distance on Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Apr;40(4):935-940. PMID: 39419414