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Christopher Ernst Attinger, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Plastic Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Languages: French, English, Spanish, German
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
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
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- OA Plus
- First Health PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-POS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Network OA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Medicare FFS
- IH-PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- HighMark
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Sentara Health
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- First Health PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Optimum Choice
- Blue Choice Advantage
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA EPO
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst EPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- HumanaChoice PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Employee Health Plan
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Open HMO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Choice Fund PPO
- Medicare Direct
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- BlueChoice Open Access
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- TRICARE East Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
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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