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Specialties: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Languages: German, Spanish, English, French
202-444-0300
About me
Christopher E. Attinger, MD, is board certified plastic surgeon, located at our MedStar Georgetown University Hospital location. Dr. Attinger is Director of the Center for Wound Healing and Professor for our MedStar Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department.
His experience during his two tours of duty in the Vietnam War led Dr. Attinger to his career in medicine. The complexity and challenges of healing wounds while preserving function is the key to his continued focus within reconstructive surgery and wound care.
As a wound care specialist and surgeon, he focuses on using limb-saving techniques and amputation to give patients the ability to take full advantage of their physical capabilities.
He leads a team that specializes in preventing and treating lower extremity complications caused by trauma, vascular disease, and Diabetes. The team includes Vascular, Plastic, Podiatric and Orthopedic Surgeons, as well as Prosthetitists, Hyperbarists, Hospitalists, Rheumatologists, Dermatologists and Infectious Disease specialists, who provide seamless care and expertise that is tailored to returning patients to their optimal function.
Read details about Dr. Attinger's background and accomplishments.
Clinical areas of focus
- Clubfoot Correction
- Flap Surgery
- Foot Sprain Treatment
- Skin Graft
- Wound Care
Procedures I perform
- Abdominoplasty
- Bilateral Breast Augmentation
- Breast Augmentation
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Reduction
- Cleft Lip And Palate Treatment
- Cleft Palate Repair
- Club Hand Reconstruction
- Clubfoot Correction
- Debridement Of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection
- Diabetes Foot Care
- Diabetic Limb Salvage
- Facelift
- Facial Cosmetic Surgery
- Fasciotomy
- Femoral Nerve Transfer
- Flap Reconstruction
- Flap Surgery
- Foot Sprain Treatment
- Hindfoot Amputation
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Liposuction
- Mastopexy
- Microsurgery
- Non-Healing Wound Treatment
- Patching Therapy
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Scar Revision
- Skin Graft
- Skin Graft Urethroplasty
- Skin Tag Removal
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Suture Removal
- Tissue Expansion
- Toe Amputation
- Toe Replacement Surgery
- Venous Ulcer Treatment
- Vestibuloplasty
- Wound Care
- Wound Closure
- Wound Debridement
- Wound Dressing
- Wound Dressing Change
- Wound Excision
- Wound Reconstruction
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Bles Bldg
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
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Basic
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Medicare FFS
- IH-POS
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-POS Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- HealthyBlue PPO
- UHC Passport
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Network OA
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Navigate
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice Fund PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Core Essential (HMO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open POS II
- HighMark
- Aetna HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Administrators
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- HumanaChoice PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- First Health PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- POS OA
- CIGNA EPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Residency: New York University School of Medicine (1989)
Fellowship: Brigham and Womens Hospital (1987)
Residency: Brigham and Womens Hospital (1986)
Internship: Brigham and Womens Hospital (1982)
Medical School: Yale University (1981)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
MyGeorgetownMD - Health Newsletter (Winter 2017) Novel Heel Surgery Saves Patient's Foot for the Across the Bay 10K