About me
Dr. Kenneth Vaz is an adult reconstruction orthopedic surgeon. His areas of special interest and expertise include:
- Partial and total knee replacement
- Hip replacement
- Hip and knee replacement revision
- Treatment of complex failed hip and knee replacements
Dr. Vaz completed his orthopaedic surgery training, including a dedicated year of lab research, at the University of California - San Diego, where he was awarded the inaugural senior resident teaching award as a chief resident. After completing his medical degree and residency, he underwent fellowship specialist training in adult reconstruction at Scripps Clinic in San Diego, one of the top 10 hospitals for orthopedics in the U.S., where he was trained in the latest techniques in primary hip and knee replacement. Dr. Vaz then did an additional year of specialist training in the UK at the world-renowned Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, an academic affiliate of the University of Oxford. While at Oxford, Dr. Vaz was trained extensively in implanting and evaluating partial knee replacements and the treatment of complex failed and infected hip and knee replacements within the Nuffield's Bone Infection Unit, the only unit of its kind in the UK.
Dr. Vaz focuses on meeting the needs of patients at every point in the joint replacement process, including patients who are considering their first-time joint replacement options and those who are continuing to have difficulty after undergoing a joint replacement. He is ready to discuss all options with patients, from non-operative treatments including medical therapy and injections to surgical options including partial or total knee replacement, hip replacement, and revision hip and knee replacement.
Dr. Vaz has published multiple articles and given presentations in the U.S. and internationally on joint replacement topics ranging from pain control measures after surgery to treatment of infected joint replacements.
Outside of the office, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son, watching Georgetown Hoyas basketball, and spending time in the kitchen.
Medical Degree: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Residency: University of California - San Diego, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Scripps Clinic, San Diego, Adult Reconstruction
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK, Implantation and Evaluation of Partial Knee Replacements, Treatment of Complex Failed and Infected Hip and Knee Replacements
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Clinical areas of focus
- Anterior Hip Replacement
- Custom Hip Replacement
- Hip Arthritis Surgery
- Hip Fracture
- Hip Joint Replacement
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Joint Replacement
- Knee Joint Resurfacing
- Knee Pain
- Knee Replacement
- Knee Revision Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Total Hip Replacement
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Bone Discontinuity Of Hip
- Hip Fracture
- Hip Implant Infection
- Hip Joint Derangement
- Hip Joint Dislocation
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Hip Prosthesis Failure
- Hip Tendinitis
- Infected Hip Prosthesis
- Infected Knee Prosthesis
- Infected Total Knee Replacement
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Derangement Of Knee
- Joint Disorder
- Knee Degenerative Joint Disease
- Knee Implant Failure
- Knee Implant Infection
- Knee Pain
- Knee Stiffness
- Loose Hip Prosthesis
- Loosening Of Hip Prosthesis
- Loosening Of Knee Replacement
- Orthopedic Implant Complications
- Osteonecrosis
- Periprosthetic Fracture
- Periprosthetic Fracture Of Hip
- Periprosthetic Fracture Of Knee
- Tendonitis Of The Hip
- Total Knee Replacement Complications
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Hip Replacement
- Avascular Necrosis Treatment
- Custom Hip Replacement
- Custom Knee Implants
- Hip And Knee Reconstruction
- Hip Arthritis Surgery
- Hip Arthritis Treatment
- Hip Joint Replacement
- Hip Resurfacing
- Joint Replacement
- Knee Joint Resurfacing
- Knee Replacement
- Knee Revision Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Revision Hip Surgery
- Total Hip Replacement
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
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Choice POS
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- First Health PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Network OA
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Classic 3500
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- IH-Indemnity
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare Direct
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- TRICARE East Prime
- Navigate
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- HighMark
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- POS OA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- OA Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Basic
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Nuffield Orthopedic Center (2020)
Fellowship: Scripps Research (2019)
Residency: University of California Medical Center San Diego (2018)
Fellowship: University of California Medical Center San Diego (2014)
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (2012)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025