Brendan Eugene Dempsey, MD| Family Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery | MedStar Health
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Brendan Eugene Dempsey, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Family Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, 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
- Ankle Instability
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury
- Bicep Tendinitis
- Bone Disorders
- Chest Injury
- Elbow And Forearm Injury
- Elbow Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Elbow Pain
- Enthesopathies
- 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
- Hip Pointer
- 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
- Medial Epicondylitis (GOLFER'S ELBOW)
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Muscle Disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Plica Syndrome
- 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
- Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Tear
- 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
- Work Hardening
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
- CareFirst EPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Navigate
- Employee Health Plan
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Choice Fund PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Network OA
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Choice POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst NASCO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- TRICARE for Life East
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Student Resources
- OA Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Beech Street PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna HMO
- Sentara Health
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HighMark
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Classic 3500
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-HMO
- Choice POS II
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- UHC Passport
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
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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)