About me
Dr. Kenneth Means, Jr. is an orthopaedic hand surgeon who sees patients in Baltimore and Ellicott City. He is the Vice Chief and Clinical Research Consultant at the Curtis National Center at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Means is a fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, and holds the Certificate of Added Qualification for Surgery of the Hand from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is the hand/upper extremity consultant for multiple sports teams including the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Orioles, Towson University, Morgan State University, Stevenson University, and many other local and regional schools.
Dr. Means specializes in hand, wrist, forearm, and elbow conditions, including fractures, dislocations, and nerve/tendon/ligament/blood vessel injuries; upper extremity nerve compression, including carpal and cubital tunnel syndromes; Dupuytren's contracture; trigger finger; and arthritis and other issues affecting these areas. Dr. Means uses both nonsurgical and surgical treatment options for patients.
At the Curtis National Hand Center, Dr. Means is involved in academic activities including research, grants acquisition, lecturing, book and journal publication, and education of fellows and residents from MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He has received Golden Apple teaching awards from the MedStar Union Memorial Hospital Orthopedic Surgery Residency and from the Curtis National Hand Center Hand/Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship. Dr. Means was also part of the inaugural international hand mission with Operation Smile.
Dr. Means attended a 7-year accelerated B.S./M.D. program at TSC-UMDNJ-NJMS, now TCNJ-Rutgers-NJMS, and then completed his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He did additional fellowship training in hand and upper extremity surgery at the Curtis National Hand Center.
Dr. Means has been named an annual Top Doc by Baltimore magazine for Hand Surgery since 2017, most recently in 2023.
Clinical areas of focus
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Club Hand Reconstruction
- Cubital Tunnel Release
- Distal Radius Fracture Fixation
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Ganglion Cysts
- Hand And Wrist Fracture
- Heel Tendon Repair
- Radial Nerve Entrapment
- Scaphoid Fracture Treatment
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Trigger Finger
- Wrist And Hand Tendon Injury
- Wrist Instability Reconstruction
- Wrist Instability Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acantholytic Disorders
- Acquired Absence Of Limb
- Acquired Finger Deformity
- Amputation Of Fingers
- Areola Deformity
- Arm Fracture
- Arthritis
- Arthritis Of The Wrist
- Arthropathy
- Benign Neoplasm Of Bone And Articular Cartilage
- Benign Tumor
- Bone Discontinuity
- Bone Disorders
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Bone Nonunion
- Boutonniere Deformity
- Boxer's Fracture
- Bursopathy
- Chronic Gout
- Congenital Hand Deformities
- Congenital Malformations Of Limb
- Contact With Powered Hand Tools And Household Machinery
- Crush Injury Of The Hand
- Cutaneous Abscess, Furuncle And Carbuncle
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Elbow And Forearm Injury
- Elbow Arthritis
- Elbow Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Enteropathic Arthropathies
- Finger Arthritis
- Finger Injury
- Finger Joint Dislocation
- Finger Laceration
- Finger Sprains
- Finger, Hand, And Wrist Open Wound
- Flexor Tendon Rupture
- Forearm And Elbow Joint Instability
- Forearm Fracture
- Forearm Tendon Injury
- Ganglion Cysts
- Gout
- Hand And Wrist Arthritis
- Hand And Wrist Fracture
- Hand Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Hand Tendon Injury
- Head Injury
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Disorder
- Laceration Of Hand
- Lateral Meniscus Injury
- Limb Deformity
- Lower Leg And Ankle Fracture
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Connective And Soft Tissue
- Mallet Finger
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Muscle Disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis Of First Carpometacarpal Joint
- Osteochondropathies
- Osteonecrosis
- Osteonecrosis Of The Hand
- Polyosteoarthritis
- Radial Nerve Entrapment
- Radial Nerve Injury
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Of Hand
- Rheumatoid Arthritis With Rheumatoid Factor
- Scaphoid Fracture
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Muscle, Fascia, And Tendon Injury
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Tendon Injury
- Shoulder Fracture
- Spinal Osteochondrosis
- Swan Neck Deformity
- Syndactyly
- Synovium And Tendon Disorder
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- Tendinous Disorders
- Tendon Damage In The Hand
- Tendonitis Of The Hand
- Thumb Synovitis
- Trigger Finger
- Trigger Thumb
- Wrist And Hand Amputation
- Wrist And Hand Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Wrist And Hand Laceration
- Wrist And Hand Tendon Injury
- Wrist Blood Vessel Injury
- Wrist Joint Dislocation
- Wrist, Hand, And Finger Crushing Injury
Procedures I perform
- Amputation With Direct Closure
- Arthrocentesis
- Articular Fracture Treatment
- Bennett Fracture Treatment
- Bone Density Scan
- Bone Graft
- Bone Repair
- Boutonniere Deformity Correction
- Boxer's Fracture Treatment
- Capsulotomy Of Wrist
- Carpal Bone Fracture Treatment
- Carpal Scaphoid Fracture Fixation
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Carpectomy Of All Bones Of Proximal Row
- Carpectomy Of One Bone
- Carpometacarpal Dislocation Treatment
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Vertebra Reposition
- Club Hand Reconstruction
- Cubital Tunnel Release
- De Quervain Tenosynovitis Treatment
- Distal Phalangeal Fracture Treatment
- Distal Radius Fracture Fixation
- Distal Radius Fracture Treatment
- Dupuytren Contracture Treatment
- Electromyography
- Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release
- Excision Of Bone Cyst Or Tumor Of Radius Or Ulna
- Excision Of Tendon
- Excision Of Tendon Sheath Or Joint Capsule Lesion
- Excision Of Tumor Or Vascular Malformation
- Excision Or Curettage, Radius Or Olecranon Process
- Excision, Tumor, Soft Tissue, Or Vascular Malformation, Of Hand Or Finger
- Extensor Tendon Grafting
- Extensor Tendon Sheath Incision
- Facial Nerve Repair
- Fasciectomy Of Palm
- Fasciectomy With Release Of Single Digit
- Femoral Nerve Reposition
- Femoral Nerve Transfer
- Finger Arthroscopy
- Finger Contracture Release
- Finger Joint Replacement
- Foot Subcutaneous Tissue Diagnostic Drainage
- Ganglion Cyst Excision
- Hand Drainage
- Hand Fracture External Fixation
- Hand Replantation
- Hand Tendon Excision
- Hand Tendon Repair
- Hand Transplantation
- Heel Tendon Repair
- Intercarpal Arthroplasty
- Interphalangeal Joint Arthroplasty
- Interphalangeal Joint Capsulectomy
- Joint Arthroscopy
- Joint Drainage
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Median Nerve Release
- Metacarpal Fracture Treatment
- Metacarpal Joint Arthrodesis
- Metacarpophalangeal Joint Arthroplasty
- Microsurgery
- Muscle Flap
- Nail Biopsy
- Nail Plate Avulsion
- Nerve Block
- Nerve Graft
- Neuroma Excision, Digital Nerve
- Neuroplasty
- Opponensplasty
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Osteotomy
- Partial Excision Of Bone
- Phalangeal Fracture Treatment
- Phalangeal Shaft Fracture Treatment
- Phalanx Bone Excision
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Radial And Ulnar Shaft Fracture Fixation
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Removal Of Implant
- Scaphoid Fracture Treatment
- Scoliosis Deformity Correction
- Skin Graft
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Splinting
- Stenting Of Blood Vessels
- Surgical Repair Of Flexor Tendon
- Tendon Excision
- Tendon Lengthening
- Tendon Sheath Drainage
- Tendon Transplantation
- Tendonitis Treatment
- Tenolysis
- Tenotomy
- Trigger Finger Treatment
- Ulnar Nerve Compression Treatment
- Wound Repair
- Wrist Instability Reconstruction
- Wrist Instability Treatment
Practice locations
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9501 Old Annapolis Rd
Ste 220
Ellicott City, MD, 21042
3333 N Calvert St
2nd Fl
Baltimore, MD, 21218
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
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Open HMO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Medicare FFS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Navigate
- CareFirst Administrators
- Network OA
- CIGNA EPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Choice POS II
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- POS OA
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Medicare Direct
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- OA Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Optimum Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Sentara Health
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UHC Passport
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Hand Surgery
Fellowship: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (2006)
Residency: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (2005)
Medical School: University Of Medicine & Dentistry Of New Jersey (2000)
Awards
- Annual Baltimore magazine Top Doc 2017, 2025
- Golden Apple Teaching Awards 2016, 2010, and 2008
- American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Best Research Paper Award 2017
- Roger H. Michael/Johnson & Johnson Resident Research Award
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Educational Media:
WMAR ABC TV 5 O’Clock News Interview - “Frostbite” – 2015
About.com - “Preventing wrist pain in cyclists” – 2014
CBS Radio Better Golf with Joe Plecker Interview - “Hamate hook fractures” – 2012
CBS Radio Public Service Message - “Lawnmower safety for your hands” – 2012
Baltimore Business Journal - “How Baltimore-area doctors cope with stress” – 2012
WBFF FOX45 News Interview - “Dupuytren’s disease” – 2011
WMAR ABC TV 11 O’Clock News Interview - “Thumb arthritis” – 2008
WYPR FM 88.1 Radio Commentary - “Cubital tunnel syndrome – the other carpal tunnel” – 2007
Baltimore Sun Newspaper Interview with Chris Emery - “Use caution to avoid common winter injuries” – 2007
WBAL AM 1090 Radio Interview with Bruce Elliott - “Distal radius fractures” – 2006
Retirement Living TV Healthline Program Interview with Kevin Soden - “Carpal Tunnel” – 2006