William Hugh Baugher, MD| Hand Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery | MedStar Health
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William Hugh Baugher

William Hugh Baugher, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.7 out of 5 (1105 reviews)

Specialties: Hand Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery

Languages: English

(410) 467-5459

About me

Dr. Baugher is an orthopaedic surgeon, fellowship trained in hand and upper extremity surgery. He specializes in sports medicine, shoulder, hand, wrist, and arthroscopy.

Dr. Baugher received his medical degree from the University of Virginia Medical School. He completed his general surgery training at Barnes Hospital, Washington University, and his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Virginia. He completed a fellowship in sports medicine at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, as well as a hand surgery fellowship at NYU-Bellevue and Cabrini Hospitals.

Dr. Baugher is an attending hand surgeon and consultant for outpatient clinics and surgical cases with the residents and fellows. He is the attending surgeon for the Upper Extremity Clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. He is actively involved in direct surgical education and didactic lectures. Dr. Baugher specializes in sports medicine and arthroscopy of the shoulder, hand, and wrist. He serves as team physician for Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Clinical areas of focus

  • Capsulotomy Of Wrist
  • Carpal Tunnel Release
  • Cubital Tunnel Release
  • Distal Radius Fracture Fixation
  • Dupuytren's Contracture
  • Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release
  • Finger Arthroscopy
  • Ganglion Cysts
  • Hand And Wrist Fracture
  • Heel Tendon Repair
  • Joint Sprain
  • Radial Nerve Entrapment
  • Scaphoid Fracture Fixation
  • Trigger Finger
  • Wrist And Hand Tendon Injury
  • Wrist Instability Reconstruction
  • Wrist Instability Treatment
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Acantholytic Disorders
  • Acquired Absence Of Limb
  • Acquired Finger Deformity
  • Amputation Of Hand
  • Arm Fracture
  • Arthritis
  • Arthropathy
  • Benign Neoplasm Of Bone And Articular Cartilage
  • Benign Tumor
  • Bone Cancer Of The Hand
  • Bone Density Disorder
  • Bone Disorders
  • Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
  • Bursopathy
  • Carpometacarpal (CMC) Joint Arthritis
  • Complications Of Reattachment And Amputation
  • Congenital Hand Deformities
  • Congenital Malformations Of Limb
  • Contractures Of The Skin
  • Crush Injury Of The Hand
  • Cutaneous Abscess, Furuncle And Carbuncle
  • De Quervain's Thyroiditis
  • Dorsal Spine Fracture
  • Dupuytren's Contracture
  • Elbow And Forearm Injury
  • Elbow Arthritis
  • Elbow Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
  • Elbow Pain
  • Finger Arthritis
  • Finger Infection
  • Finger Injury
  • Finger Joint Dislocation
  • Finger Reconstruction
  • Finger Sprains
  • Finger Tendonitis
  • Finger, Hand, And Wrist Open Wound
  • Flexor Tendon Rupture
  • Forearm And Elbow Joint Instability
  • Forearm Fracture
  • Forearm Tendon Injury
  • Ganglion Cysts
  • Glenohumeral Joint Instability
  • Gout
  • Hand And Wrist Arthritis
  • Hand And Wrist Fracture
  • Hand Burn Reconstruction
  • Hand Deformity
  • Hand Infection
  • Hand Instability
  • Hand Joint And Ligament Sprain
  • Hand Joint Pain
  • Hand Tendon Injury
  • Head Injury
  • Joint Derangement
  • Joint Disorder
  • Joint Sprain
  • Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL) Injury
  • Lateral Meniscus Injury
  • Limb Deformity
  • Lower Leg And Ankle Fracture
  • Malignant Neoplasm Of Connective And Soft Tissue
  • Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
  • Muscle Disorders
  • Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoarthritis Of First Carpometacarpal Joint
  • Osteoarthritis Of Hand Joints
  • Osteochondropathies
  • Osteonecrosis
  • Polyosteoarthritis
  • Presence Of Functional Implants
  • Radial Nerve Entrapment
  • Radial Nerve Injury
  • Replantation Of Fingers
  • Revascularization Of The Hand
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Of Hand
  • Scaphoid Fracture
  • Shoulder And Upper Arm Muscle, Fascia, And Tendon Injury
  • Shoulder And Upper Arm Tendon Injury
  • Shoulder Fracture
  • Spinal Osteochondrosis
  • Superficial Frostbite
  • Syndactyly
  • Synovium And Tendon Disorder
  • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Tendinous Disorders
  • Tendon Damage In The Hand
  • Tendonitis Of The Hand
  • Tenosynovitis Of The Wrist
  • Thumb Arthritis
  • Thumb Infection
  • Thumb Synovitis
  • Trigger Finger
  • Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repair
  • Wrist And Hand Amputation
  • Wrist And Hand Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
  • Wrist And Hand Pain
  • Wrist And Hand Tendon Injury
  • Wrist And Hand Tendonitis
  • Wrist Blood Vessel Injury
  • Wrist Joint Dislocation
  • Wrist, Hand, And Finger Crushing Injury
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Procedures I perform

  • Articular Fracture Treatment
  • Bone Graft
  • Capsulotomy Of Wrist
  • Carpal Bone Fracture Treatment
  • Carpal Scaphoid Fracture Fixation
  • Carpal Tunnel Release
  • Carpectomy
  • Carpectomy Of All Bones Of Proximal Row
  • Carpectomy Of One Bone
  • Carpometacarpal Dislocation Treatment
  • Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
  • Cubital Tunnel Release
  • Digital Neuroplasty
  • Distal Phalangeal Fracture Treatment
  • Distal Radius Fracture Fixation
  • Elbow Arthroscopy
  • Elbow Replacement
  • Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release
  • Excision Of Bone Cyst Or Tumor
  • Excision Of Bone Cyst Or Tumor Of Radius Or Ulna
  • Excision Of Tendon Sheath Or Joint Capsule Lesion
  • Excision, Tumor, Soft Tissue, Or Vascular Malformation
  • Excision, Tumor, Soft Tissue, Or Vascular Malformation, Of Hand Or Finger
  • Extensor Tendon Grafting
  • Extensor Tendon Sheath Incision
  • Facial Nerve Repair
  • Fasciectomy
  • Fasciectomy With Release Of Single Digit
  • Femoral Nerve Reposition
  • Finger Arthroscopy
  • Finger Contracture Release
  • Foot Subcutaneous Tissue Diagnostic Drainage
  • Ganglion Cyst Excision
  • Ganglion Excision
  • Hand Tendon Excision
  • Hand Tendon Repair
  • Heel Tendon Repair
  • Hip Arthroscopy With Synovectomy
  • Intercarpal Arthroplasty
  • Interphalangeal Joint Arthroplasty
  • Interphalangeal Joint Capsulectomy
  • Metacarpal Fracture Treatment
  • Metacarpal Joint Arthrodesis
  • Metacarpophalangeal Joint Arthroplasty
  • Minimally Invasive Hand Surgery
  • Nail Plate Avulsion
  • Nerve Conduit
  • Neuroma Excision
  • Neuroma Excision, Digital Nerve
  • Percutaneous Osteoplasty
  • Phalangeal Shaft Fracture Treatment
  • Proximal Phalanx Osteotomy
  • Radial And Ulnar Shaft Fracture Fixation
  • Radical Excision Of Bursa Or Synovia
  • Reconstructive Surgery Of The Hand
  • Scaphoid Fracture Fixation
  • Scoliosis Deformity Correction
  • Surgical Repair Of Flexor Tendon
  • Tendon Sheath Drainage
  • Tendon Sheath Excision
  • Tendon Transplantation
  • Tenolysis
  • Trapezium Arthroplasty
  • Wrist Instability Reconstruction
  • Wrist Instability Treatment
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Practice locations

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2118 Greenspring Dr
Ste 110
Timonium, MD, 21093

410-235-5405
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Fax 410-560-3485

3333 N Calvert St
2nd Fl
Baltimore, MD, 21218

410-235-5405
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Fax 410-467-5459

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.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • TRICARE East Select
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • Aetna Basic
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • IH-POS Plus
    • CIGNA PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • Aetna HMO
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Choice POS II
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Medicare Direct
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • CIGNA EPO
    • UHC Passport
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • United Student Resources
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • Sentara Health
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • IH-HMO
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • Medicare FFS
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • OA Plus
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • CareFirst EPO
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • Beech Street PPO
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Network OA
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • HighMark
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • First Health PPO
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • IH-POS
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • First Health PPO
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • IH-PPO
    • Optimum Choice
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • POS OA
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open POS II
    • Employee Health Plan
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • Choice POS
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • Navigate
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery

Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Hand Surgery

Fellowship: Cabrini Medical Center (1980)

Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery (1979)

Residency: University of Virginia School of Medicine (1978)

Residency: Barnes Jewish Hospital (1974)

Internship: Barnes Jewish Hospital (1973)

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine (1972)

Hospital affiliations

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.7
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.8
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.7
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.7
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.7
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.7
  • May 13, 2026

    Best medical consult I've had in a long time. Very collaborative.

  • Apr 28, 2026

    Very good

  • Apr 19, 2026

    Dr Baugher is excellent. He has operated on me twice in years and does an amazing job.