Curtis Mitchell Henn, MD| Orthopedic Surgery, Hand Surgery | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Henn is the D’Aniello Family Vice Chair of Quality and Safety of the MedStar Orthopaedic Institute and practices at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Lafayette Centre. He is a highly skilled, board certified orthopedic hand and upper extremity surgeon, who also holds a Subspecialty Certificate in Surgery of the Hand from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He specializes in the care of any condition affecting the hand and wrist, forearm or elbow. He offers a complete range of surgical skills including arthroscopic, minimally invasive and microsurgical techniques.
Dr. Henn graduated magna cum laude with honors in biochemistry from Brown University, where he was awarded the Susan Colver Rosenberger Senior Prize in Biology. He earned his medical degree from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He was also awarded the Henry Thomas Randall Prize, given to the most outstanding medical graduate pursuing a surgical specialty. Dr. Henn completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, where he was awarded the Jean C. McDaniel Award, which recognizes a graduating resident for professional skill, dedication to ethics, and commitment to resident education. Dr. Henn then completed the Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship at Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Georgetown University School of Medicine and has been awarded the Kenmore Teaching Award the orthopaedic surgery chief residents.
Dr. Henn has published several scientific articles and chapters and has presented his work at annual meetings of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Association, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Orthopaedic Research Society, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, and Pediatric Society of North America. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and of the American Orthopaedic Association. He is also an active member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, serving on several committees.
Dr. Henn's Philosophy of Care
Dr. Henn is dedicated to providing the best possible care, while maintaining a relaxed environment for his patients. He believes it is important to take the time to listen to each patient and then encourages him or her to take part in the decision-making process. He treats many conditions of the hand and upper extremity without surgery when possible. If surgery is necessary, he guides patients before and after their procedure to ensure they achieve the maximal benefit and recover to their full potential.
Patient Story:
Clinical areas of focus
- Elbow And Forearm Injury
- Finger Tendonitis
- Hand And Wrist Fracture
- Osteoarthritis Of Hand Joints
- Reconstructive Surgery Of The Hand
- Tendinitis Treatment
- Wrist And Hand Tendon Injury
- Wrist Instability Reconstruction
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acantholytic Disorders
- Acquired Absence Of Limb
- Acquired Finger Deformity
- Amputation Of Fingers
- Arm Fracture
- Arm Injury
- Arthritis
- Arthritis Of The Wrist
- Arthropathy
- Avascular Necrosis
- Benign Neoplasm Of Bone And Articular Cartilage
- Benign Tumor
- Bone And Joint Infections
- Bone Density Disorder
- Bone Discontinuity
- Bone Discontinuity Of The Hand
- Bone Disorders
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Bone Nonunion
- Bone Spur
- Boutonniere Deformity
- Broken Finger
- Broken Thumb
- Bursopathy
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Pain
- Carpometacarpal (CMC) Joint Arthritis
- Complications Of Reattachment And Amputation
- Contracture Of Joint
- Contractures Of The Skin
- Crystal Arthropathies Of The Wrist
- Cutaneous Abscess, Furuncle And Carbuncle
- Dislocated Finger
- Dislocation Of The Metacarpophalangeal Joint
- Dorsal Spine Fracture
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Elbow And Forearm Injury
- Elbow Arthritis
- Elbow Fracture And Dislocation
- Elbow Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Enteropathic Arthropathies
- Enthesopathies
- Finger Cysts
- Finger Injury
- Finger Joint Stiffness
- Finger Tendon Rupture
- Finger Tendonitis
- Finger, Hand, And Wrist Open Wound
- Flexor Tendon Rupture
- Flexor Tendonitis
- Forearm And Elbow Joint Instability
- Forearm Fracture
- Forearm Tendon Injury
- Golfer's Elbow
- Gout
- Hand And Wrist Arthritis
- Hand And Wrist Fracture
- Hand Contracture
- Hand Deformity
- Hand Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Hand Joint Pain
- Hand Osteonecrosis
- Hand Tendinitis
- Hand Tendon Injury
- Herniated Disc In Lower Back
- Inflammatory Myositis
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Disorder
- Joint Infection (SEPTIC ARTHRITIS)
- Juvenile Osteoarthritis
- Laceration Of Hand
- Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL) Injury
- Limb Deformity
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Medial Epicondylitis (GOLFER'S ELBOW)
- Median Nerve Compression
- Muscle Calcification And Ossification
- Muscle Disorders
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nerve Root Disorders
- Olecranon Bursitis
- Orthopedic Aftercare
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis Of First Carpometacarpal Joint
- Osteoarthritis Of Hand Joints
- Osteoarthritis Of The Finger
- Osteochondropathies
- Osteochondropathy Of The Ankle
- Osteomyelitis Of The Wrist
- Osteonecrosis
- Osteoporosis
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Periprosthetic Fracture
- Polyosteoarthritis
- Postprocedural States
- Postprocedural States Of The Wrist
- Pseudogout
- Psoriatic Arthritis Of The Finger
- Radial Head Subluxation
- Radial Nerve Entrapment
- Radial Nerve Injury
- Retained Foreign Body Fragments
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Of Hand
- Rheumatoid Arthritis With Rheumatoid Factor
- Scaphoid Fracture
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Blood Vessel Injury
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Tendon Injury
- Swan Neck Deformity
- Synovium And Tendon Disorder
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- Tendinitis
- Tendinous Disorders
- Tendonitis Of The Hand
- Tendonitis Of The Shoulder
- Tendonosis
- Tennis Elbow
- Tenosynovitis Of The Wrist
- Thigh Fracture
- Thumb Arthritis
- Thumb Synovitis
- Toe Osteonecrosis
- Ulnar Nerve Neuropathy
- Wrist And Hand Amputation
- Wrist And Hand Ganglion Cyst
- Wrist And Hand Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Wrist And Hand Tendon Injury
- Wrist Blood Vessel Injury
- Wrist Drop
- Wrist Joint Dislocation
- Wrist, Hand, And Finger Crushing Injury
Procedures I perform
- Amputation With Direct Closure
- Arthrocentesis
- Articular Fracture Treatment
- Bursa Excision
- Capsulotomy Of Wrist
- Carpal Bone Fracture Treatment
- Carpal Scaphoid Fracture Treatment
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Cauterization Of Granulation Tissue
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Closed Ulnar Fracture Treatment
- Club Hand Reconstruction
- Cubital Tunnel Release
- Digital Neuroplasty
- Distal Phalangeal Fracture Treatment
- Distal Radius Fracture Fixation
- Distal Radius Fracture Treatment
- Dupuytren Contracture Treatment
- Elbow Joint Replacement
- Elbow Replacement
- Excision Of Tendon
- Excision Of Tendon Sheath Or Joint Capsule Lesion
- Extensor Tendon Grafting
- Extensor Tendon Sheath Incision
- Finger Arthroscopy
- Finger Contracture Release
- Finger Joint Replacement
- Finger Phalangeal Joint Fusion
- Finger Phalanx Excision
- Ganglion Cyst Excision
- Hand Drainage
- Hand Fracture External Fixation
- Hand Skin Excision
- Hand Tendon Excision
- Hand Tendon Repair
- Intercarpal Arthroplasty
- Interphalangeal Joint Arthroplasty
- Joint Drainage
- Joint Replacement Of The Hand
- Median Nerve Release
- Metacarpal Fracture Fixation
- Metacarpal Fracture Treatment
- Metacarpophalangeal Joint Arthroplasty
- Metacarpophalangeal Joint Capsulectomy
- Minimally Invasive Hand Surgery
- Muscle Injection
- Nail Plate Avulsion
- Open Carpal Tunnel Release
- Open Treatment Of Tibial Fracture
- Open Ulnar Fracture Treatment
- Palmar Fasciotomy
- Phalangeal Fracture Fixation
- Phalangeal Shaft Fracture Treatment
- Phalanx Bone Excision
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Radial Head Prosthetic Replacement
- Radial Head Replacement
- Radial Nerve Excision
- Radial Shaft Fracture Fixation
- Radius Reposition With Internal Fixation
- Reconstructive Surgery Of The Hand
- Removal Of Implant
- Reposition Radius With Internal Fixation
- Scaphoid Fracture Fixation
- Scaphoid Fracture Treatment
- Scaphoid Nonunion Treatment
- Short Arm Cast
- Short Arm Splint
- Surgical Repair Of Flexor Tendon
- Tendinitis Treatment
- Tendon Lengthening
- Tendon Sheath Drainage
- Tenolysis
- Trigger Finger Treatment
- Ulna Reposition With Internal Fixation
- Ulnar Shaft Fracture Fixation
- Ulnar Shaft Fracture Treatment
- Ulnar Styloid Fracture Treatment
- Wrist Instability Reconstruction
- Wrist Instability Treatment
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
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Navigate
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice POS II
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- TRICARE East Select
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Network OA
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- First Health PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Choice POS
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UHC Passport
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- POS OA
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-EPO Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst NASCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- TRICARE for Life East
- HighMark
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- TRICARE East Prime
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- OA Plus
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Hand Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery
Fellowship: Washington University (2015)
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell (2014)
Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University (2009)
Awards
- Selected at Northern Virginia Magazine Top Doctor, 2024, 2025
- Selected at Bethesda Magazine Top Doctor, 2023
- Awarded the Kenmore Teaching Award, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Orthopedic Surgery Residency, 2023
- D'Aniello Scholar Award, 2023
- Elected by peers to serve as the MedStar Clinical Faculty Representative to the Georgetown University Medical Center Executive Committee - 2020-2022
- Selected as Washingtonian Top Doctor, Hand surgery - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- MedStar Georgetown University SPIRIT Award - 2017, 2019, 2024
- Best Top 5 ePoster, 76th Annual Meeting of the American Sociery for Surgery of the Hand, 2021
- Excellence in Teaching Award, MedStar Georgetown Family Medicine Residency - 2019
- Selected for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Young Leaders Program - 2019
- Selected as Judah Folkman Scientist-in-Residence, Bexley High School - 2019
- Jean C. McDaniel Award, HSS - 2014
- Selected to attend American Orthopaedic Association Resident Leadership Forum - 2013
- Elected by peers to serve on HSS Graduate Medical Education Committee - 2012
- Henry Randall Prize, Brown Medical School - 2009
- Inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society - 2009
- Susan Colver Rosenberger Senior Prize, Biology, Brown University - 2005
- magna cum laude, Brown University - 2005
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/NBA/2019/09/18/Washington-Wizards-Isaiah-Thomas-undergoes-thumb-surgery-out-6-8-weeks/2071568855830/
- Desmond Barr's Story
- InMotion - Wrist Repair: Bouncing Back from Improperly Healed Wrist Fracture