About me
Richard Y. Hinton, MD, MPH, PT, is the Medical Director of MedStar Sports Medicine, Division Director for Sports Medicine MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, and past Director of the MedStar Sports Medicine Fellowship Program.
Dr. Hinton's practice is concentrated on knee and shoulder conditions and involves athletes at the recreational, scholastic, collegiate, and professional levels of play. Dr. Hinton specializes in ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction and revision surgery, patellofemoral instability, shoulder instability and rotator cuff injuries. He has a special interest in pediatric and adolescent sports medicine, including ACL injuries and osteochondritis dissecans.
Having trained at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia, Dr. Hinton began his sports medicine career as a physical therapist and certified athletic trainer. He then received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and residency training in orthopaedic surgery at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. He completed fellowship training in both pediatric orthopaedic surgery and adult sports medicine at these same institutions. He then received his Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, with a concentration in epidemiology and injury prevention.
Dr. Hinton has served as a team physician for the Baltimore Ravens, Towson University, Loyola University, Morgan State University, the U.S. National Lacrosse Teams, and a number of scholastic and youth organizations. He is Co Chair of the NFL's Research and Innovations Committee, one of 14 members of the NFL's Health and Safety Oversight Committee, and is an executive member of US Lacrosse's Sports Science Committee. He is the Director of the nation's leading lacrosse-specific sports medicine program located at USA Lacrosse and MedStar Health. He has served as president of the Maryland Orthopaedic Association, held membership on various AOSSM committees, and served on the Maryland Board of Physicians Athletic Trainers Oversight Committee.
Dr. Hinton has authored numerous articles in the areas of injury epidemiology, lacrosse sports medicine, ACL injury and reconstruction, and knee conditions in the skeletally immature. He is frequently invited to speak at regional and national medical meetings, as well as public conferences focused on youth sports medicine.
Hinton directs the lecture series / podcast: Sports Agora: Where Sport, Health, and Culture Meet. Hinton also directs a nonprofit musical group, the Common Man Project that speaks to purposeful, engaged living in our American culture.
Awards
Dr. Hinton was named a “Top Doc” by Baltimore Magazine for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine in 2017, 2019, and 2020.
Pioneer Award Maryland Athletic Trainers Association
AOSSM NCAA Research Award
Alpha Omega Alpha Johns Hopkins Medical Society
Eddie Wojecki Award National Athletic Trainer's Association
Margert Moore Scholar UNC School of Physical Therapy
Clinical areas of focus
- Golf Medicine
- Knee Arthroscopy With Meniscectomy
- Rotator Cuff Tendinitis Treatment
- Sports Injuries
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Arthritis
- Arthropathy
- Bursopathy
- Cartilage Disorder
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Derangement Of Knee
- Joint Disorder
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteochondropathies
- Osteonecrosis
- Patella Tracking Disorder
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Muscle, Fascia, And Tendon Injury
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Tendon Injury
- Shoulder Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Sports Injuries
- Superficial Knee Injury
Procedures I perform
- Achilles Tendinitis Treatment
- Acromioclavicular Dislocation Treatment
- Ankle Fracture Treatment
- Anterior Tibial Tubercleplasty
- Arthroscopic Surgery
- Arthroscopy Knee Loose Body Removal
- Arthroscopy With Chondroplasty
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation, Knee
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Bone Repair
- Calcific Tendinitis Treatment
- Claviculectomy
- Fascia Lata Graft
- Golf Medicine
- Knee Arthroscopy With Meniscectomy
- Knee Hardware Removal
- Knee Injury Treatment
- Knee Joint Drainage
- Knee Joint Resurfacing
- Knee Ligament Repair
- Knee Realignment
- Knee Replacement
- Knee Stem Cell Therapy
- Knee Synovial Fluid Analysis
- Kneecap Realignment With Ligament Reconstruction
- Ligament Sprain Treatment
- Osteochondral Autograft Transplantation
- Osteotomy
- Osteotomy, Proximal Tibia, With Fibular Excision
- Osteotomy, Tibia
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- Removal Of Implant
- Rotator Cuff Tendinitis Treatment
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Shoulder Capsular Shift
- Shoulder Flexion Test
- Shoulder Impingement Surgery
- Shoulder Labral Repair
- Shoulder Slap Tear Treatment
- Shoulder Subacromial Decompression
- Shoulder Subluxation Surgery
- Shoulder Tendon Repair
- Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome Treatment
- Slap Repair
- Torn Meniscus Repair
Practice locations
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3333 N Calvert St Johnston Professional Bldg Ste 400 Baltimore, MD, 21218
410-554-2161Fax 667-359-6844
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
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA PPO
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst NASCO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Choice Fund PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Optimum Choice
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Employee Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-EPO Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- TRICARE East Select
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Navigate
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Medicare FFS
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- POS OA
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- HighMark
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- United Student Resources
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery
Fellowship: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (1998)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (1996)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (1992)
Internship: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (1991)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1990)
Awards
- Baltimore Magazine Top Doc: 2017, 2019, and 2020