Brendan Eugene Dempsey, MD| Family Medicine, Sports Medicine | MedStar Health
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Specialties: Family Medicine, Sports Medicine
Languages: English
About me
Brendan Dempsey, MD, MS is a fellowship trained physician specializing in sports medicine. He sees his patients in Annapolis and at MedStar Harbor Hospital.
Dr. Dempsey is the head team physician for Goucher College, a team physician for Morgan State University, and a physician at MedStar Health Urgent Care.
As a sports medicine physician, Dr. Dempsey provides non-surgical care for active patients. From head to toe, he specializes in musculoskeletal injuries and non-operative orthopedic care.
Dr. Dempsey received his undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester and earned his medical degree from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He completed his Family Medicine Residency on the Sports Medicine Track with the Allegheny Health Network where he was elected Chief Resident.
He then went on to complete Sports Medicine Fellowship with the University of Maryland where he worked with the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Orioles, the Maryland Terrapins, UMBC Retrievers and the Coppin State Eagles.
He was named by the Pennsylvania Medical Society as a “Top 40 Physician Under 40.” He was inducted into AOA, the Medical Honors Society. He is also a member of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Family Physicians, and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Fatigue Management
- Hip Arthroscopy With Meniscus Repair
- Knee Pain
- Lateral Meniscus Injury
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Sports Concussion
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Ankle And Foot Injury
- Ankle And Foot Ligament Sprain
- Bone Discontinuity
- Bone Disorders
- Chest Injury
- Elbow And Forearm Injury
- Elbow Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Elbow Pain
- Enthesopathies
- Femur Shaft Fracture
- Finger, Hand, And Wrist Open Wound
- Flexor Tendonitis
- Forearm And Elbow Joint Instability
- Head Injury
- Hip And Thigh Tendon Injury
- Hip Bursitis
- Hip Flexor Strain
- Hip Labral Tear
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Disorder
- Jumper's Knee
- Knee Bursitis
- Knee Dislocation
- Knee Fracture
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Pain
- Labral Tears
- Lateral Meniscus Injury
- Lower Leg Injury
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Muscle Disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Shin Splint
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Muscle, Fascia, And Tendon Injury
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- Shoulder Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Shoulder Strain
- Spinal Osteochondrosis
- Sports Concussion
- Superficial Knee Injury
- Synovium And Tendon Disorder
- Tendinitis Of The Foot
- Tendinous Disorders
- Thumb Synovitis
- Wrist And Hand Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Wrist And Hand Pain
- Wrist And Hand Tendon Injury
Procedures I perform
- Absence Management
- Bone Repair
- Concussion Rehabilitation
- Fatigue Management
- Fitness And Exercise Programs
- Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Hip Arthroscopy With Meniscus Repair
- Hip Resurfacing
- Muscle Injection
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Pain Medication Management
- Pain Rehabilitation Program
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy
- Scoliosis Deformity Correction
- Self-Care Training
- Spine Orthotics
- Stress Reduction
- Tendon Transplantation
- Tendonitis Treatment
- Therapeutic Activities
- Therapeutic Exercises
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
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst EPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Sentara Health
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Navigate
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- First Health PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-POS
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- TRICARE East Prime
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- OA Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Beech Street PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- HighMark
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna HMO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- POS OA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Employee Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Family Medicine, Family Medicine
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medicine GME (2024)
Residency: Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium (2023)
Medical School: Dartmouth College (2020)