About me
Richard Y. Hinton, MD, MPH, PT, is the Medical Director of MedStar Sports Medicine, Division Director for Sports Medicine MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, and past Director of the MedStar Sports Medicine Fellowship Program.
Dr. Hinton's practice is concentrated on knee and shoulder conditions and involves athletes at the recreational, scholastic, collegiate, and professional levels of play. Dr. Hinton specializes in ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction and revision surgery, patellofemoral instability, shoulder instability and rotator cuff injuries. He has a special interest in pediatric and adolescent sports medicine, including ACL injuries and osteochondritis dissecans.
Having trained at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia, Dr. Hinton began his sports medicine career as a physical therapist and certified athletic trainer. He then received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and residency training in orthopaedic surgery at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. He completed fellowship training in both pediatric orthopaedic surgery and adult sports medicine at these same institutions. He then received his Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, with a concentration in epidemiology and injury prevention.
Dr. Hinton has served as a team physician for the Baltimore Ravens, Towson University, Loyola University, Morgan State University, the U.S. National Lacrosse Teams, and a number of scholastic and youth organizations. He is Co Chair of the NFL's Research and Innovations Committee, one of 14 members of the NFL's Health and Safety Oversight Committee, and is an executive member of US Lacrosse's Sports Science Committee. He is the Director of the nation's leading lacrosse-specific sports medicine program located at USA Lacrosse and MedStar Health. He has served as president of the Maryland Orthopaedic Association, held membership on various AOSSM committees, and served on the Maryland Board of Physicians Athletic Trainers Oversight Committee.
Dr. Hinton has authored numerous articles in the areas of injury epidemiology, lacrosse sports medicine, ACL injury and reconstruction, and knee conditions in the skeletally immature. He is frequently invited to speak at regional and national medical meetings, as well as public conferences focused on youth sports medicine.
Hinton directs the lecture series / podcast: Sports Agora: Where Sport, Health, and Culture Meet. Hinton also directs a nonprofit musical group, the Common Man Project that speaks to purposeful, engaged living in our American culture.
Awards
Dr. Hinton was named a “Top Doc” by Baltimore Magazine for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine in 2017, 2019, and 2020.
Pioneer Award Maryland Athletic Trainers Association
AOSSM NCAA Research Award
Alpha Omega Alpha Johns Hopkins Medical Society
Eddie Wojecki Award National Athletic Trainer's Association
Margert Moore Scholar UNC School of Physical Therapy
Clinical areas of focus
- Golf Medicine
- Knee Arthroscopy With Meniscectomy
- Rotator Cuff Tendinitis Treatment
- Sports Injuries
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Arthritis
- Arthropathy
- Bursopathy
- Cartilage Disorder
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Derangement Of Knee
- Joint Disorder
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteochondropathies
- Osteonecrosis
- Patella Tracking Disorder
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Muscle, Fascia, And Tendon Injury
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Tendon Injury
- Shoulder Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Sports Injuries
- Superficial Knee Injury
Procedures I perform
- Achilles Tendinitis Treatment
- Acromioclavicular Dislocation Treatment
- Ankle Fracture Treatment
- Anterior Tibial Tubercleplasty
- Arthroscopic Surgery
- Arthroscopy Knee Loose Body Removal
- Arthroscopy With Chondroplasty
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation, Knee
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Bone Repair
- Calcific Tendinitis Treatment
- Claviculectomy
- Fascia Lata Graft
- Golf Medicine
- Knee Arthroscopy With Meniscectomy
- Knee Hardware Removal
- Knee Injury Treatment
- Knee Joint Drainage
- Knee Joint Resurfacing
- Knee Ligament Repair
- Knee Realignment
- Knee Replacement
- Knee Stem Cell Therapy
- Knee Synovial Fluid Analysis
- Kneecap Realignment With Ligament Reconstruction
- Ligament Sprain Treatment
- Osteochondral Autograft Transplantation
- Osteotomy
- Osteotomy, Proximal Tibia, With Fibular Excision
- Osteotomy, Tibia
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- Removal Of Implant
- Rotator Cuff Tendinitis Treatment
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Shoulder Capsular Shift
- Shoulder Flexion Test
- Shoulder Impingement Surgery
- Shoulder Labral Repair
- Shoulder Slap Tear Treatment
- Shoulder Subacromial Decompression
- Shoulder Subluxation Surgery
- Shoulder Tendon Repair
- Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome Treatment
- Slap Repair
- Torn Meniscus Repair
Practice locations
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3333 N Calvert St Johnston Professional Bldg Ste 400 Baltimore, MD, 21218
410-554-2161Fax 667-359-6844
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
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- United Student Resources
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Network OA
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open POS II
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Navigate
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CIGNA EPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Sentara Health
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Medicare Direct
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst NASCO
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- POS OA
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- First Health PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Indemnity
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Administrators
- OA Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Choice POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UHC Passport
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery
Fellowship: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (1998)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (1996)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (1992)
Internship: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (1991)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1990)
Awards
- Baltimore Magazine Top Doc: 2017, 2019, and 2020