About me
Mahsa Mohebtash, MD, serves as the Medical Director of MedStar Health Community Oncology overseeing oncology care at eight MedStar Health locations in Maryland. A board-certified medical oncologist and hematologist, she specializes in providing comprehensive care for patients diagnosed with various types of cancers, with a particular focus on breast, lung, and colorectal malignancies.
Before assuming the role of the system leader for MedStar Community Oncology, Dr. Mohebtash held several leadership positions and actively participated in executive and leadership committees. Currently, she serves as a member of the joint Board of Directors for both MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital and MedStar Union Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Mohebtash leads a variety of clinical trials across different tumor types and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, including surgical oncologists and radiation oncologists, within the MedStar Health system. Her primary objective is to design personalized care plans for each patient, emphasizing the optimization of their quality of life and long-term favorable clinical outcomes.
Dr. Mohebtash earned her medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and completed her internal medicine residency program at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. Her training concluded with a fellowship in medical oncology and hematology at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. Joining MedStar Health as an oncologist in 2009, she has actively engaged with various medical societies and professional organizations. With over 40 publications and abstracts, she continues to contribute to the filed through active participation in several clinical trials.
Consistently recognized for her contributions, Baltimore magazine has named Dr. Mohebtash to its annual "Top Doctors" listing in the fields of medical oncology, breast cancer oncology, and hematology every year since 2015.
Dr. Mohebtash’ s Philosophy of Care
“It has been a privilege to care for numerous cancer patients throughout the years. The relationship shaped between a patient and an oncologist is extensive, profound, and highly personal. In today's medical landscape, patients have a multitude of treatment options compared to two decades ago. I dedicate time to elucidate these options, along with their respective pros and cons, ensuring that my patients comprehend the information and can make well-informed decisions.
I strongly advocate for personalized care, emphasizing the necessity of tailoring treatment plans to meet each patient's unique needs. This approach considers not only the medical aspects but also addresses the emotional and social needs of every individual. While recognizing that not all cancers can be cured, my commitment is unwavering in the hope that I can help each and every patient."
Clinical areas of focus
- A1c Testing
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Breast Cancer And Fertility
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Lung Cancer Screening
Procedures I perform
- A1c Testing
- Akt Inhibitors
- Ambulatory Phlebectomy
- Antiangiogenic Therapy
- Area-Based Breast Density
- Aromatase Inhibitors
- Baclofen Pump Refill
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Blood Transfusion
- Blood Type Testing
- Bone Cancer Staging
- Bone Density Testing
- Bone Marrow Failure Treatment
- Boost Radiation
- Breast Aspiration
- Breast Biopsy
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer And Fertility
- Breast Cancer And Lymphedema
- Breast Cancer And Sexual Health
- Breast Cancer Index (BCI) Testing
- Breast Cancer Screening
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) Risk Calculator
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Ca 19-9 Test
- Cancer Genetic Testing
- Cancer Immunoprevention
- Cancer Nutrition Counseling
- Cancer Treatment
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Chemoprevention
- Chemosensitization
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Cholecystectomy
- Clinical Trials
- Coagulopathy Management
- Colectomy
- Cushing Syndrome Management
- Diagnostic Breast Imaging
- Diagnostic Mammography
- Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
- Dopamine Therapy
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
- Estrogen Receptor (ER) Testing
- Female To Male Sex Reassignment Surgery
- Fulvestrant
- Gastrectomy
- Gastric Stenting
- Gene Therapy Research
- Genetic Counseling
- Hemophilia Treatment
- Hepatectomy
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Immunoglobulin Administration
- Immunotherapy
- Insulin Resistance
- Killer Cell Therapy
- Laparoscopic Revision Of Gastric Restrictive Procedure
- Leukemia Treatment
- Leukopenia Treatment
- Lhrh Agonists
- Liquid Biopsy
- Liver Tumor Ablation
- Low Anterior Resection
- Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Lung Cancer Surgery
- Lymphoma Treatment
- Magnesium Imbalance Treatment
- Mammaprint Testing
- Menopausal Symptoms
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplant
- Multiple Myeloma Treatment
- Nateglinide
- Neurogenomics
- Nonautologous Red Blood Cells Transfusion
- Oral Chemotherapy Prescription
- Palliative Care Services
- Pancreatectomy
- Percutaneous Therapeutic Substance Into Brain
- Percutaneous Tumor Chemoembolization
- Perianal Surgery
- Prone Positioning
- Psa Testing
- Rbc Pretreatment
- Removal Of Central Venous Access Device
- Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy (RRSO)
- Salvage Surgery
- Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (SERM) Therapy
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Sickle Cell Anemia Treatment
- Stem Cell Transplant-Related Infection Treatment
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy With Respiratory Gating
- Thrombocytapheresis
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
- Transrectal Ultrasound
- Tumor Immunohistochemistry
- Tumor Localization
- Tumor Marker Testing
- Vaginal Atrophy
- Vaginal Pain
- Weight Management Program
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
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Sentara Health
- UHC Passport
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Network OA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- HighMark
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst EPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA EPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-HMO
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- Navigate
- Medicare Direct
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TRICARE East Prime
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Choice POS
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-Open POS Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- POS OA
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- OA Plus
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
Fellowship: National Cancer Institute/National Institute of Health (2009)
Residency: MedStar Union Memorial Internal Medicine GME (2006)
Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences (1997)
Awards
- Baltimore Magazine, Top Doc, 2015 - 2025