About me
Mark Gonzalez, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist. He has expertise in comprehensive ophthalmology, cataract surgery, LASIK, glaucoma, diabetic eye disease and other medical conditions of the eye. He also provides routine eye exams for glasses and contact lenses.
Dr. Gonzalez has a special interest and expertise in refractive cataract surgery. This involves the use of premium Intraocular lenses in order to eliminate or greatly reduce the need for glasses after cataract surgery. Additionally he offers laser assisted cataract surgery, a state-of-the-art and potentially safer alternative to traditional cataract surgery.
Dr. Gonzalez has been instrumental in bringing the latest technology and innovation to MedStar Eye Institute. One such innovation is minimally-invasive glaucoma surgery, an alternative to traditional glaucoma surgery that can be performed at the same time as cataract surgery and affords less risk to the patient than traditional glaucoma surgery.
Dr Gonzalez is constantly updating his techniques and instrumentations in order to provide patients with the most accurate and optimal results. He also works with ophthalmology residents at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and participates in Grand Rounds at various MedStar Health hospitals.
Dr. Gonzalez sees patients at MedStar Eye Institute in Bowie, Silver Spring, and Charlotte Hall.
In his spare time, Dr. Gonzalez enjoys spending time with his wife and their two kids. He is also an avid golfer and enjoys expanding his culinary skills.
Clinical areas of focus
- Dry Eyes
- Keratoconus
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Allergic Conjunctivitis
- Astigmatism
- Benign Neoplasm Of Skin
- Blepharitis
- Blind Spots
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Blurred Vision
- Brain Disorders
- Cataract Formation
- Cataract In Children
- Cataracts
- Chalazion
- Choroid Disorders
- Choroidal Neovascularization
- Choroiditis
- Chronic Dry Eye
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Glaucoma
- Congenital Malformations Of Eye
- Congenital Malformations Of Eyelid, Lacrimal Apparatus And Orbit
- Congenital Malformations Of Posterior Segment Of Eye
- Corneal Abrasion
- Corneal Edema
- Corneal Ulcers
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Diabetes Mellitus Due To Underlying Condition
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Double Vision
- Dry Eyes
- Ectropion
- Entropion
- Epiretinal Membrane
- Episcleritis
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eye And Orbit Injury
- Eye Floaters
- Eye Infections
- Eye Irritation
- Eye Strain
- Eye Trauma
- Eyelid Disorders
- Eyelid Ptosis
- Family History Of Specific Disorders
- Farsightedness
- Floaters
- Globe Rupture
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Intraoperative And Postprocedural Complications Of Eye
- Keratoconus
- Lacrimal Gland Disorders
- Lazy Eye
- Lens Dislocation
- Low Vision
- Macular Edema
- Nearsightedness
- Nystagmus
- Ocular Hypertension
- Optic Nerve Damage
- Orbit Disorders
- Paralytic Strabismus
- Pinguecula
- Presbyopia
- Presence Of Functional Implants
- Pterygium
- Ptosis
- Refractive Errors
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Uveitis
- Visual Field Defects
- Vitreomacular Adhesion
- Vitreous Body Disorders
- Vitreous Detachment
- Vitreous Hemorrhage
Procedures I perform
- Amniotic Membrane Transplantation
- Angiography
- Anti-Vegf Injection
- Autorefraction
- Batten Disease Treatment
- Best Disease Treatment
- Canalicular Laceration Repair
- Chalazion Excision
- Chalazion Removal
- Choroidal Melanoma Treatment
- Ciliary Body Tumor Treatment
- Closure Of Lacrimal Punctum
- Cogan's Syndrome Treatment
- Conjunctivitis Treatment
- Corneal Foreign Body Removal
- Distichiasis Treatment
- Eales Disease Treatment
- Electrophysiology Testing
- Endophthalmitis Treatment
- Enucleation
- Epi-Lasik
- Eye Discharge Treatment
- Eye Infection Treatment
- Eyelid Reconstruction
- Fundus Photography
- Giant Cell Arteritis Treatment
- Hyperopia Correction
- Hyphema Treatment
- Iluvien Implant
- Iol Exchange
- Keratitis Treatment
- Kjer's Dominant Optic Atrophy Treatment
- Lacrimal Gland Surgery
- Lacrimal Punctal Occlusion
- Laser-Assisted Subepithelial Keratomileusis
- Lasik
- Lazy Eye Treatment
- Low Vision Rehabilitation
- Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Treatment
- Neuro-Behcet's Disease Treatment
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuro-Endocrine Disorder Treatment
- Neuro-Rheumatologic Disease Treatment
- Ocular Coherence Tomography Angiography
- Ophthalmic Biometry
- Ophthalmic Ultrasound
- Optic Nerve Imaging
- Optical Coherence Tomography
- Orbital Abscess Treatment
- Orbital Cellulitis Treatment
- Orbital Tumor Treatment
- Orthoptic Evaluation
- Ozurdex Implant
- Panuveitis Treatment
- Papilledema Treatment
- Paraneoplastic Syndrome Treatment
- Pediatric Cataract Surgery
- Pediatric Uveitis Treatment
- Pellucid Marginal Degeneration Treatment
- Phacoemulsification
- Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (PION) Treatment
- Posterior Vitreous Detachment Treatment
- Probing Of Nasolacrimal Duct
- Pseudotumor Cerebri Treatment
- Ptosis Repair
- Pupilloplasty
- Red Eye Treatment
- Refractive Implant Surgery
- Refractive State Determination
- Retinal Vein Occlusion Treatment
- Retinoblastoma Treatment
- Retinopathy Of Prematurity Treatment
- Sarcoid Uveitis Treatment
- Sarcoidosis Treatment
- Slt Laser Treatment
- Socket Reconstruction
- Specular Microscopy
- Strabismus Surgery With Previous Eye Surgery
- Strabismus Surgery With Scarring
- Strabismus Surgery With Vertical Muscle
- Synechiae Treatment
- Thyroid Eye Disease Treatment
- Tonometry
- Transpupillary Thermotherapy
- Transverse Myelitis Treatment
- Trichiasis Treatment
- Ultrasonography
- Uveitic Glaucoma Treatment
- Wavefront Analysis
- Wolfram Syndrome Treatment
Practice locations
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106 Irving St NW
POB Ste 420 South Tower
Washington, DC, 20010
4000 Mitchellville Rd
Ste B128
Bowie, MD, 20716
8630 Fenton St
Ste Plaza 7
Silver Spring, MD, 20910
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
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE for Life East
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HumanaChoice PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Student Resources
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Choice POS
- Choice POS II Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-POS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- POS OA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- OA Plus
- Sentara Health
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Indemnity
- Network OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Navigate
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UHC Passport
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Employee Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Medicare Direct
- Medicare FFS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- First Health PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology
Residency: Medstar-Washington Hospital Center (2007)
Internship: University of Maryland Medical System (2004)
Medical School: University of Maryland-Baltimore (2003)