About me
Andrew Satinsky, MD, is an attending radiation oncologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and clinical director of the Radiation Oncology Center at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center.
A specialist in prostate cancer and lung cancer, Dr. Satinsky uses the very latest radiation oncology techniques and tools including proton therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, low- and high-dose rate gynecologic brachytherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy/image-guided radiation therapy (IMRT/IGRT/ Rapid Arc), and CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) plus CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).
Dr. Satinsky has been involved in research on a variety of radiation oncology-related issues. Active in his profession, Dr. Satinsky helps train new doctors as the chair of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Radiation Oncology Residency Program Clinical Competency Committee. He also serves as chair of the MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Cancer Committee, and is a member of the education committee.
Philosophy of Care
"At the MedStar Southern Maryland Radiation Oncology Center, we have a full team of experienced physicians, nurses, radiation therapists, and physicists who create a holistic approach to cancer care. Being on the grounds of MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center greatly improves the convenience of daily radiation treatments for our patients. We take great pride in not only our outstanding clinical outcomes and consistently excellent patient satisfaction scores but in our continuing ability to provide cancer care excellence to the Southern Maryland region."
Conditions Treated
- All adult cancers, including:
- Prostate cancer
- Lung cancer
- Gynecologic cancers
- Breast cancer
- Others
Procedures Performed
- Proton therapy
- Permanent prostate brachytherapy
- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy
- CyberKnife stereotactic cranial and body radiosurgery
- Low- and high-dose rate gynecologic brachytherapy
- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy/image-guided radiation therapy (IMRT/IGRT/ Rapid Arc)
- CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
- CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
- ZAP-X® Gyroscopic Radiosurgery™ (SRS)
Clinical areas of focus
- Whole Breast Radiation Therapy
Procedures I perform
- Bladder Cancer
- Brachytherapy
- Breast Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer Treatment
- Cyberknife
- Genitourinary Cancer Treatment
- Gynecologic Cancer Treatment
- Intrafraction Tracking Motion
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
- Kidney Cancer
- Lymphoma Treatment
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Radiation Treatment
- Ovarian Cancer
- Penile Cancer
- Radiation Dosimetry Calculation
- Special Dosimetry
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
- Testicular Cancer
- Transitional Cell Carcinoma Treatment
- Uterine Cancer
- Vulvar Cancer
- Whole Breast Radiation Therapy
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
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA EPO
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- TRICARE East Prime
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- HighMark
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS II
- United Healthcare Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- POS OA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- OA Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-POS
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Network OA
- TRICARE for Life East
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- First Health PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Medicare FFS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Navigate
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-POS Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Radiation Oncology
Residency: Georgetown University Medical Center GME (1993)
Residency: George Washington University School of Medicine (1990)
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (1989)