About me
Matthew Witek, MD, is a board-certified radiation oncologist and director of Proton Therapy at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Witek is a leading expert in radiation oncology, specializing in treating patients with cancers of the central nervous systems, base of skull, head and neck, and skin. He has a special interest in advanced radiation technologies and treatment approaches that minimize treatment side effects and improve patient outcomes. Dr. Witek uses advanced proton therapy technology with HYPERSCAN™. MedStar Georgetown is the first and most experienced center in the Washington, D.C. area to offer this cutting-edge treatment.
Dr. Witek has a very active head and neck research program. Areas of particular interest to Dr. Witek include radiographic biomarkers to guide therapy intensity, advanced technologies to limit normal tissue toxicity, and biomarkers to guide treatment approaches. His efforts have led to the completion of two investigator-initiated trials, serving as a co-principal investigator on an international cooperative group study, leadership positions within a number of radiation therapy collaborative groups, and the publication of 50 peer-reviewed articles.
Dr. Witek’s areas of clinical and research expertise include:
- Central nervous system cancers
- Cancers of the tongue, mouth, and throat
- Brain tumors
- Tumors near the base of the skull
- Chordomas
- Oropharynx cancer
- Brain metastases
- Meningiomas
- Glioblastomas
- Radiographic and biologic biomarkers
- Skin cancers
Dr. Witek received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College. He completed his residency training in radiation oncology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and an advanced radiation therapy fellowship at the University of Maryland.
Philosophy of care
Dr. Witek is committed to working with patients to determine appropriate therapy options for their individual circumstances. He is dedicated to maintaining patient involvement throughout the treatment process and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team of specialists to establish care plans and optimize patient outcomes.
Dr. Witek sees patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd., NW Lower Level (LL) Bles Bldg, Washington, DC 20007, and MedStar Health Neurosurgery at Clinton, 10401 Hospital Dr., Ste.101, Clinton, MD 20735.
Clinical areas of focus
- Head And Neck Cancer Radiation Treatment
- Internal Radiation Therapy
- Radiation Therapy
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adrenal Tumor
- Angiosarcoma
- Bladder Cancer
- Bladder Carcinoma
- Bone Cancer
- Bone Metastasis
- Brain Tumor
- Breast Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Gastric Cancer
- Glioblastoma
- Head And Neck Cancer
- Hodgkin Disease
- Kidney Cancer
- Larynx Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Metastases
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Metastases
- Malignant Neoplasm
- Malignant Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Melanoma
- Meningioma
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Mesothelioma
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Nasopharynx Cancer
- Oral Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Rectal Cancer
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Skin Cancer
- Skull Base Tumor
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Spinal Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Submandibular Gland Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Throat Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
- Tonsil Cancer
- Transitional Cell Carcinoma
- Uterine Cancer
- Vaginal Cancer
- Vulvar Cancer
Procedures I perform
- Brachytherapy
- Cyberknife
- Internal Radiation Therapy
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
- Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy
- Prostate Cancer
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Radiation Dosimetry Calculation
- Radiation Therapy
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Brain Tumors
- Total Body Irradiation
- Whole Breast Radiation Therapy
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
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Indemnity
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- HighMark
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- First Health PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA EPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Network OA
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Optimum Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MultiPlan, Inc
- TRICARE East Prime
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Choice POS II
- First Health PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-HMO
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-POS
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Student Resources
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Navigate
- CIGNA PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Choice POS
- TRICARE for Life East
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Sentara Health
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- OA Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Employee Health Plan
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (2014)
Internship: Lankenau Hospital (2010)
Graduate: Thomas Jefferson University (2005)