Mark Robert Abbruzzese, MD| Infectious Disease | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Abbruzzese earned his medical degree from American University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Washington DC VA Medical Center. Dr. Abbruzzese completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Abbruzzese is double board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases.
Clinical areas of focus
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Gastroenterology Care
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Hiv Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP)
- Influenza
- Rast Test
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing
- Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Testing
- Staphylococcus Aureus Screening
- Surgical Site Infection
- Travel Health Consultation
- Vaccinations
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abscess Of The Mediastinum
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Bacterial Pneumonia
- Bone And Joint Infections
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Brucellosis
- Bursitis Of Knee
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Carrier Of Infectious Disease
- Cellulitis
- Chlamydia
- Clostridioides Difficile (C. DIFF)
- Cutaneous Abscess
- Enterovirus Infection
- Fungal Infections
- Fungal Otitis Externa
- Giardiasis
- Gonorrhea
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Influenza
- Intestinal Infections
- Intraspinal Granuloma
- Joint Infection (SEPTIC ARTHRITIS)
- Late Stage Syphilis
- Liver Abscess
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lyme Disease
- Lymphangitis
- Penile Inflammation
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Protozoal Diseases
- Scarlet Fever
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Septic Arthritis Of The Hip
- Staphylococcal Infection
- Surgical Site Infection
- Traveler's Diarrhea
- Tuberculosis
- Typhoid And Paratyphoid Fevers
- Vibrio Infections
- Viral Hepatitis
- Yellow Fever
Procedures I perform
- Antibiotic Therapy
- Bacteriology Testing
- Bone Biopsy
- Cellulitis Treatment
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Testing
- Dopamine Therapy
- Ectopic Cilia Treatment
- Gastroenterology Care
- Gram Stain
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Helicobacter Pylori Stool Test
- Hepatitis C Genotyping
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Hiv Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP)
- Immunoglobulin Administration
- Lumbar Puncture
- Malaria Treatment
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Screening
- Nasal Culture
- Osteomyelitis Treatment
- Prosthetic Joint Infection Treatment
- Rapid Flu Testing
- Rast Test
- Real-Time Pcr
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing
- Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Testing
- Staphylococcus Aureus Screening
- Sti Treatment
- Travel Health Consultation
- Tuberculosis Testing
- Urinary Protein Test
- Vaccinations
- Western Blotting
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
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- Choice POS
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- BlueChoice Open Access
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Navigate
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Network OA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- First Health PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- POS OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- First Health PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- HighMark
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
Education
Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital (1986)
Residency: Veterans Affairs Medical Center (1984)
Internship: Veterans Affairs Medical Center (1982)
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean (1981)
Medical School: Wilkes College (1977)
Hospital affiliations
Podcasts
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