About me
Lucy Maria De La Cruz, MD, has joined MedStar Georgetown University Hospital as the Chief of the Breast Surgery Program and Director of the Ourisman Breast Center director of the MedStar Breast Health Program at MedStar Georgetown. She will be the director of the hospital’s breast surgery fellowship program. Dr. De La Cruz is a fellowship-trained breast surgeon who specializes in a number of advanced procedures, including wireless lumpectomies, hidden scar technique, and nipple-sparing mastectomies. She has been published in over two dozen scientific papers and her pivotal paper on nipple sparing mastectomy oncologic outcomes has been sighted worldwide. She is currently a peer reviewer for the Annals of Surgical Oncology, and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Dr. De La Cruz’s credentials include:
- Board certification: American Board of Surgery
- Medical degree: Universidad Central Del Este, Dominican Republic
- Fellowship: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Residency: University of Miami School of Medicine
Dr. De La Cruz’s areas of special interest include:
Dr. De La Cruz has a strong and long-standing commitment to promoting the equity and efficacy with which breast cancer patients are treated, a principle that has guided her clinical practice and research endeavors. She is an academic breast surgeon who conducts outcomes focused research, how the impact of genomic mapping guides breast cancer treatment and among her special interest is male breast cancer treatment. She is also passionate about disparities in breast cancer treatment as well as improving the quality and efficiency of breast cancer care delivery using the principles of value-based health care.
Clinical areas of focus
- Breast Biopsy
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Breast Lump
- Breast Reconstruction
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Lumpectomy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breast Imaging
- Abnormal Mammogram
- Asymmetric Breasts
- Benign Breast Tumor
- Breast Abscess
- Breast Augmentation
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cysts
- Breast Deformity
- Breast Disorders
- Breast Implant Illness
- Breast Implant Revision
- Breast Inflammation
- Breast Lump
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Tissue Removal
- Capsular Contracture
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Congenital Breast Deformities
- Congenital Malformations Of Breast
- Dorsalgia
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Estrogen Receptor Status
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Implant Rupture
- Mammary Dysplasia
- Mastitis
- Papillary Carcinoma Of Breast
- Poland Syndrome
- Prophylactic Mastectomy
- Ptotic Breasts
- Rhinoplasty
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Axillary Lymph Node Excision
- Breast Biopsy
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer And Fertility
- Breast Cancer Risk Reduction
- Breast Cancer Screening
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Breast Cyst Removal
- Breast Implant Capsulotomy
- Breast Lesion Excision With Radiological Marker
- Breast Localization Device Placement
- Breast Seroma Aspiration
- Diagnostic Breast Imaging
- Diagnostic Mammography
- Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
- Ductography
- Lumpectomy
- Lymph Node Biopsy
- Lymph Node Transfer
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mammography
- Modified Radical Mastectomy
- Needle Localization
- Nipple Exploration
- Nipple Reconstruction
- Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy
- Risk-Reducing Mastectomy
- Serratus Anterior Flap Breast Reconstruction
- Simple Mastectomy
- Skin-Reducing Mastectomy
- Skin-Sparing Mastectomy
Practice locations
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1133 21st St NW Bldg 2 6th Fl Washington, DC, 20036
202-416-2000miles away
3800 Reservoir Rd NW Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Center Washington, DC, 20007
202-295-0560Fax 877-376-2420
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
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Classic 3500
- POS OA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Medicare Direct
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Student Resources
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UHC Passport
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Choice Fund PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Choice POS II
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- OA Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open HMO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Basic
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Network OA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Administrators
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA PPO
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- HighMark
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst NASCO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-POS
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2016)
Residency: University of Miami Hospital & Clinics (2015)
Internship: University of Miami Hospital & Clinics (2011)
Medical School: Universidad Central del Este (2004)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025