About me
Daniel B. Spielman MD is a board-certified otolaryngologist at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. He is a member of the American Rhinologic Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF).
Dr. Spielman’s expertise lies in diagnosing and treating nasal and sinus conditions. He utilizes a comprehensive approach that includes both advanced medical and procedural options. Dr. Spielman specializes in performing endoscopic sinus and anterior skull base surgery. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Spielman’s research spans the otolaryngology field, involving smell disorders and patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.
After completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), Dr. Spielman graduated from medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY) with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. He completed residency training in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at the Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Medical Center’s NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He then completed specialized fellowship training in Rhinology: Sinus and Skull Base Surgery at the Emory University School of Medicine.
Dr. Spielman’s clinical interests include: chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps, nasal obstruction, deviated nasal septum, nasal cavity masses, inverted papillomas, septal perforation repair, smell disorders, allergic rhinitis, nosebleeds, and cerebrospinal fluid leaks.
“As a physician, I focus on each individual’s quality of life. I work together with patients to develop a comprehensive treatment plan directly tailored to their condition to achieve the best outcomes.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Disturbances Of Smell And Taste
- Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery
- Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
- Excision Of Nasal Mass
- Nasal Obstruction Surgery
- Nasal Polyps
- Nasal Septal Perforation Repair
- Nasal Septal Repair
- Pituitary Tumor Surgery
- Sinus Tumor Treatment
- Sinusitis Treatment
- Tearing Disorders
- Tracheal Cancer
- Vasomotor And Allergic Rhinitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Sinusitis
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
- Deviated Septum
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Disturbances Of Smell And Taste
- Epistaxis (NOSEBLEED)
- Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
- Lacrimal Gland Disorders
- Nasal Congestion
- Nasal Fracture
- Nasal Polyps
- Nasal Septal Deviation
- Nasal Valve Collapse
- Nasopharyngitis
- Nasopharynx Cancer
- Pituitary Adenoma
- Postnasal Drip
- Septoplasty
- Sinus Infection (SINUSITIS)
- Sinus Infections
- Sinus Tumor
- Skull Base Tumor
- Submandibular Gland Cancer
- Tearing Disorders
- Tracheal Cancer
- Vasomotor And Allergic Rhinitis
Procedures I perform
- Adenoidectomy
- Congestion Relief
- Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery
- Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
- Ethmoid Sinus Surgery
- Ethmoidectomy
- Excision Of Nasal Mass
- External Ear Drainage
- Fungal Sinusitis Treatment
- Intranasal Lesion Excision
- Lacrimal Sac Surgery
- Loss Of Smell Treatment
- Maxillary Sinus Surgery
- Nasal Encephalocele Repair
- Nasal Obstruction Surgery
- Nasal Passage Expansion
- Nasal Septal Perforation Repair
- Nasal Septal Repair
- Nasal Turbinate Reduction
- Nasal Valve Repair
- Nasoseptal Reconstruction
- Optic Nerve Surgery
- Petrous Apex Lesion Surgery
- Pituitary Tumor Surgery
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Sinus Tumor Treatment
- Sinusitis Treatment
- Skull Base Surgery
- Skull Base Tumor Surgery
- Sphenoid Sinus Surgery
- Sphenoidotomy
- Turbinate Ablation
- Turbinoplasty
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
1st Fl Gorman
Washington, DC, 20007
6862 Elm St
Ste 800B
McLean, VA, 22101
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 Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Network OA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA EPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- HighMark
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna HMO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- OA Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Student Resources
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- IH-EPO Plus
- Choice POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- HealthyBlue PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Employee Health Plan
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine (2023)
Residency: NewYork Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center (2022)
Medical School: Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2017)
Awards
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor 2025; Rising Star Distinction (2024)
- The W. Shain Schley Resident Teaching Award, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, 2022
- First Place Poster Award, 68th Annual Meeting, American Rhinologic Society, 2022
- Distinguished Housestaff Award, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, 2021
- 2nd Prize, Annual Resident Research Competition, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital 2020
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 2017
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Media Appearances:
Academic Publications:
Spielman DB. Supporting left-handed trainees in sinus and skull base surgery: A call for inclusive ergonomics. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 Oct;14(10):1664-1666. doi: 10.1002/alr.23396. Epub 2024 Jun 21. PMID: 39365520.
Axiotakis LG Jr, Spielman DB, Gudis DA, Yang N, Yan CH, Soler ZM, Levy JM, Rowan NR, Irace AL, Vilarello BJ, Jacobson PT, Overdevest JB. Accessing the Eustachian tube: Conventional nasal spray vs. exhalation delivery system and the impact of targeted endoscopic sinus surgery on topical distribution patterns. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 Mar;14(3):660-667. doi: 10.1002/alr.23248. Epub 2023 Aug 17. PMID: 37533194.
Spielman DB, Beswick DM, Kimple AJ, Senior BA, Aanaes K, Woodworth BA, Schlosser RJ, Lee S, Cho DY, Adappa ND, DiMango E, *Gudis DA. The management of cystic fibrosis chronic rhinosinusitis: An evidenced-based review with recommendations. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2022 Sep;12(9):1148-1183. doi: 10.1002/alr.22953. Epub 2022 Jan 10. PMID: 34933415; PMCID: PMC10083096.
Spielman DB, Schlosser RJ, Liebowitz A, Sharma R, Overdevest J, Mattos J, *Gudis DA. Do Federal Regulations Affect Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Research? Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Jun;166(6):1211-1218. doi: 10.1177/01945998211021011. Epub 2021 Jun 15. PMID: 34126802.
Spielman DB, Kim M, Overdevest J, *Gudis DA. Zero-Degree Endoscopic Visualization of the Frontal Sinus Predicts Improved Topical Irrigation Delivery. Laryngoscope. 2021 Feb;131(2):250-254. doi: 10.1002/lary.28654. Epub 2020 Apr 11. PMID: 32277702.
Spielman DB, *Gudis DA. Office-Based Sinus Surgery for Cystic Fibrosis Chronic Rhinosinusitis. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2021;83(2):93-96. doi: 10.1159/000512495. Epub 2020 Dec 17. PMID: 33333509.
Spielman DB, Liebowitz A, Kelebeyev S, Smith TL, McKinney K, Woodard T, Safi C, Overdevest JB, *Gudis DA. Race in Rhinology Clinical Trials: A Decade of Disparity. Laryngoscope. 2021 Aug;131(8):1722-1728. doi: 10.1002/lary.29371. Epub 2021 Jan 25. PMID: 33493376.
Spielman DB, *Gudis DA. Preoperative Sinus Computed Tomography Scan Review Checklist. Laryngoscope. 2020 Dec;130(12):E706-E708. doi: 10.1002/lary.28444. Epub 2019 Nov 28. PMID: 31778236.
DiMango E, Spielman DB, Overdevest J, Keating C, Francis SF, Dansky D, *Gudis DA. Effect of highly effective modulator therapy on quality of life in adults with cystic fibrosis. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2021 Jan;11(1):75-78. doi: 10.1002/alr.22700. Epub 2020 Sep 28. PMID: 32985756.
Spielman DB, Kim M, Overdevest J, *Gudis DA. Locating and Preserving the Sphenopalatine Ganglion in Endoscopic Endonasal Pterygopalatine Fossa Surgery: An Anatomical Study. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2020 May;34(3):348-351. doi: 10.1177/1945892419896543. Epub 2019 Dec 19. PMID: 31856586.
Spielman DB, Overdevest J, *Gudis DA. Olfactory outcomes in the management of aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease related chronic rhinosinusitis. World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Aug 26;6(4):207-213. doi: 10.1016/j.wjorl.2020.07.001. PMID: 33336175; PMCID: PMC7729240.
Spielman DB, Kim M, Overdevest J, *Gudis DA. The Nasoseptal Chondromucosal Flap: A Rigid Reconstructive Technique for Skull Base and Orbital Defects. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2020;82(5):268-273. doi: 10.1159/000508135. Epub 2020 Jul 13. PMID: 32659764.