Rohit Surendra Satoskar, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Gastroenterology, Transplant Hepatology, Transplant Surgery
Languages: English
877-680-8192
About me
Rohit Satoskar, MD, is the Director of Medical Services for the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. He is also medical director of Liver Transplantation and Associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. An expert in hepatology and liver transplantation, Dr. Satoskar is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology.
He is widely published and a frequent lecturer, regionally and nationally. In addition to Dr. Satoskar's role as a clinician, teacher and researcher, he is actively involved in public policy efforts to benefit patients with liver disease. He serves in leadership positions with professional societies such as the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the American Liver Foundation and is a founding board member of the Global Liver Institute dedicated to collaboration and innovation in dealing with liver disease. Dr. Satoskar is highly rated by patients for explaining things well, listening carefully, and treating patients with respect, among other things. He believes in personalized care for each patient to address their particular needs and help achieve the best possible outcome and quality of life. Each patient is cared for as an individual, using the latest evidence-based medicine and technology available.
Learn more about Dr. Satoskar's clinical trials.
Clinical areas of focus
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Transplantation
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Liver
- Viral Hepatitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- Ascites
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Malformations Of Gallbladder, Bile Ducts And Liver
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Diseases Of Spleen
- Disorders Of Amino
- Gastric Varices
- Hemangioma
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatomegaly And Splenomegaly
- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts Cancer
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Encephalopathy
- Liver Failure
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Liver
- Malignant Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Splenectomy
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Varicose Veins Of Lower Extremities
- Viral Hepatitis
Procedures I perform
- Abdominal Organ Transplantation
- Abdominal Paracentesis With Imaging
- Abo Incompatible Liver Transplant
- Acute Liver Failure Treatment
- Adult Liver Transplant
- Amebic Liver Abscess Treatment
- Ascites Treatment
- Auxiliary Liver Transplant
- Bile Duct Cancer Surgery
- Bioartificial Liver Therapy
- Chain Liver Transplant
- Cholangiocarcinoma Treatment
- Chronic Liver Disease Treatment
- Chronic Lung Disease Management
- Colonoscopy
- Deceased Donor Liver Transplant
- Domino Liver Transplantation
- Endoscopy
- Enteroscopy
- Fulminant Hepatic Failure Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Varices Treatment
- Hepatic Encephalopathy Management
- Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient Measurement
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Liver Abscess Treatment
- Liver And Pancreas Transplant
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Cancer Embolization
- Liver Cancer Rehabilitation
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Cyst Drainage
- Liver Cyst Treatment
- Liver Elastography With Ultrasound Guidance
- Liver Fibroscan
- Liver Function Testing
- Liver Fungal Infection Treatment
- Liver Health Screening
- Liver Imaging
- Liver Metastasis Treatment
- Liver Parasitic Infection Treatment
- Liver Transplant
- Liver Transplant In Adults
- Liver Transplant In Liver Cancer
- Liver Transplantation
- Liver Tumor Ablation
- Liver Tumor Resection
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
- Portal Hypertension Treatment
- Portosystemic Shunt
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis Treatment
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Treatment
- Split Liver Transplant
- Transjugular Liver Biopsy
- Transplant Evaluation
- Variceal Band Ligation
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 2nd Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-3700Fax 877-680-8192
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
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Sentara Health
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst NASCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- OA Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Choice POS
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- UHC Passport
- IH-Network Only Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna VA Exchange
- TRICARE for Life East
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Choice POS II
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- TRICARE East Select
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Student Resources
- Medicare FFS
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-POS
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- CIGNA PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Administrators
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- POS OA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- HighMark
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- First Health PPO
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Transplant Hepatology/Transplant Hepatology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology/Gastroenterology
Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center Radiology GME (2007)
Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center Radiology GME (2006)
Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center Radiology GME (2003)
Medical School: Medical College of Ohio (2000)
Awards
- Gastroenterology Fellows Teaching Award 2016
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration Award, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
- 1st Place, Academic Debates, American Liver Foundation, Illinois
- Microbiology and Immunology Award, Medical College of Ohio
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- Satoskar R and Reau N. Potential consequences of healthcare recommendations: A focus on the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Hepatology 2013; 58:422-427.
- Nguyen P, Plotkin J, Fishbein TM, Laurin JM, Satoskar R, Shetty K, Taylor AJ. Dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation: a pooled analysis of accuracy, perioperative and long term cardiovascular prognosis. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Dec;29(8):1741-8.
- Desai AP, Satoskar R, Appannagari A, Reddy KG, Te HS, Reau N, Meltzer DO, Jensen D. Co-management between hospitalist and hepatologist improves the quality of care of inpatients with chronic liver disease. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2014 Apr;48(4):e30-6.
- Sosin M, Nassif SR, Girlanda R, Desai CS, Satoskar R, Kallakury B, Cermak T, Fishbein T. Isolated peritoneal donor-related plasmacytoma 3 years after liver transplantation: a case report. Am J Transplant. 2014 Feb;14(2):472-6.
- Deising A and Satoskar R. MELD: Which patients fall through the cracks? Curr Hepatology Rep 2014.13:60-73.