About me
Chief of Musculoskeletal Infectious Diseases Section and member of Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Associate Professor of Medicine. Specializes in surgical infections in limb salvage, orthopedic, vascular surgery, neurosurgery and plastic surgery patients.
Clinical areas of focus
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Cellulitis
- Staphylococcal Infection
- Surgical Site Infection
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Antibiotic Therapy
- Cellulitis Treatment
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Screening
- Osteomyelitis Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 5th Fl
Washington, DC, 20007
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
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Network OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- HighMark
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Navigate
- Choice POS
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- OA Plus
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-POS Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Employee Health Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Blue Choice Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Optimum Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst EPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UHC Passport
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-Open POS II
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Basic
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (1978)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (1976)
Internship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (1974)
Medical School: West Virginia University (1973)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
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