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Specialties: Plastic Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Languages: French, English, Spanish, German
202-444-0300
About me
Christopher E. Attinger, MD, is board certified plastic surgeon, located at our MedStar Georgetown University Hospital location. Dr. Attinger is Director of the Center for Wound Healing and Professor for our MedStar Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department.
His experience during his two tours of duty in the Vietnam War led Dr. Attinger to his career in medicine. The complexity and challenges of healing wounds while preserving function is the key to his continued focus within reconstructive surgery and wound care.
As a wound care specialist and surgeon, he focuses on using limb-saving techniques and amputation to give patients the ability to take full advantage of their physical capabilities.
He leads a team that specializes in preventing and treating lower extremity complications caused by trauma, vascular disease, and Diabetes. The team includes Vascular, Plastic, Podiatric and Orthopedic Surgeons, as well as Prosthetitists, Hyperbarists, Hospitalists, Rheumatologists, Dermatologists and Infectious Disease specialists, who provide seamless care and expertise that is tailored to returning patients to their optimal function.
Read details about Dr. Attinger's background and accomplishments.
Clinical areas of focus
- Clubfoot Correction
- Flap Surgery
- Foot Sprain Treatment
- Skin Graft
- Wound Care
Procedures I perform
- Abdominoplasty
- Bilateral Breast Augmentation
- Breast Augmentation
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Reduction
- Cleft Lip And Palate Treatment
- Cleft Palate Repair
- Club Hand Reconstruction
- Clubfoot Correction
- Debridement Of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection
- Diabetes Foot Care
- Diabetic Limb Salvage
- Facelift
- Facial Cosmetic Surgery
- Fasciotomy
- Femoral Nerve Transfer
- Flap Reconstruction
- Flap Surgery
- Foot Sprain Treatment
- Hindfoot Amputation
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Liposuction
- Mastopexy
- Microsurgery
- Non-Healing Wound Treatment
- Patching Therapy
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Scar Revision
- Skin Graft
- Skin Graft Urethroplasty
- Skin Tag Removal
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Suture Removal
- Tissue Expansion
- Toe Amputation
- Toe Replacement Surgery
- Venous Ulcer Treatment
- Vestibuloplasty
- Wound Care
- Wound Closure
- Wound Debridement
- Wound Dressing
- Wound Dressing Change
- Wound Excision
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 PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Police and Fire Clinic
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Network OA
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Student Resources
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- UHC Passport
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Medicare Direct
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- POS OA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Sentara Health
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HighMark
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna HMO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Employee Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Choice POS
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-EPO Plus
- OA Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- BlueChoice Open Access
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Open POS II
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- First Health PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Residency: New York University School of Medicine (1989)
Fellowship: Brigham and Womens Hospital (1987)
Residency: Brigham and Womens Hospital (1986)
Internship: Brigham and Womens Hospital (1982)
Medical School: Yale University (1981)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
MyGeorgetownMD - Health Newsletter (Winter 2017) Novel Heel Surgery Saves Patient's Foot for the Across the Bay 10K