For Patients

Bruce Cheson is the Deputy Chief of Hematology and Oncology at the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He specializes in the treatment of patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other blood cancers. Click on the time codes below to see Dr. Cheson answer questions he hears most from his patients. To learn m

Dr. Theresa Caridi is an interventional radiologist who specializes in minimally invasive techniques to improve women’s health, specifically fibroids and other conditions of the pelvis. Click on the time codes below to see Dr. Caridi answer the most commonly asked questions from her patients. To learn more or to make an appointment please call 20

Dr. Ben Weinberg is a medical oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal cancers including pancreatic and colorectal cancer and he is helping to develop research in these areas. To watch Dr. Weinberg answer the questions he hears most from his pancreatic cancer patients, click on the time codes below. Dr. Weinberg also talks about colorectal can

Medical Oncologist Ben Weinberg specializes in gastrointestinal cancers including colorectal and pancreatic cancer. He is involved in developing research into these areas and studies young patients with colorectal cancer to understand the dramatic rise in incidence of left-sided colon and rectal cancers in this population. To watch Dr. Weinberg a

Dr. Amjad Anaizi is a board-certified neurosurgeon and specializes in minimally invasive treatments of brain conditions including brain tumors, and the removal of brain tumors through the nose. Click “show more” below to see all of the questions Dr. Anaizi answers about surgery for brain tumors. To learn more or to make an appointment, call 30

Jonathan Lischalk, MD is director of Thoracic Radiation Oncology at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Proton Therapy Center. He specializes in treating patients with lung cancer and other cancers of the chest, plus genitourinary malignancies like prostate cancer and cancers in children and young adults. Dr. Lischalk has experience using a

Catherine Lai, MD, MPH is director of the Leukemia Program, MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She is a board-certified hematologist/oncologist, specializing in the detection, monitoring, and treatment of acute and chronic leukemia in adults. Click “show more” below to see all of the questions Dr. La

Dr. Thomas Watson is the Regional Chair of Surgery for MedStar Health and sees patients at both MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Watson specializes in minimally invasive surgical techniques to treat conditions of the chest, including lung cancer, esophageal cancer and hernia repair. To learn more a

Keith Unger, MD, is a Board-certified radiation oncologist, who specializes in the use of proton therapy and other radiation treatments for gastrointestinal cancers at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Click “show more” below to see an interactive list of the most-asked questions Dr. Unger answers about GI cancer and proton therapy.To le

Jeff Toretsky, MD is the chief of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. His program focuses not only on young children with cancer, but also on treating malignancies in adolescents and young adults up to the age of 39. To view Dr. Toretsky’s answers to the most common questions about cancer in young people,

Dr. Brian Collins is the medical director of Radiation Oncology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and clinical director of the new MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Proton Therapy Center. Our proton therapy center is the first in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and is the only center in the world with new HYPERSCAN™ technolog

Stephen Baker, MD, DDS, FACS is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and medical director of the Center for Facial Restoration at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Click “show more” below to see all the questions Dr. Baker answers. Clicking on the time code for a specific question will take you directly to Dr. Baker’s answer. For more

Dr. Michael Atkins, medical oncologist, talks about how patients are benefiting from the latest research in melanoma and answers the most commonly asked questions about the disease. Click "Show More" to see the list of questions and links to specific questions.Learn more about Dr. Atkins: http://ow.ly/LIgKU Learn more about the new thera

Judy Song, MD is chief of Breast Imaging at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center. Dr. Song is fellowship trained and board certified in diagnostic imaging. Click “Show More” below to see all of the questions Dr. Song answers. Clicking on the time stamp will take you directly to her video answer. To

Dr. John Marshall, chief of Hematology and Oncology, answers your questions about cancer, new immunotherapies,advanced genetic testing and clinical research. Click "Show More" to see the list of questions and link directly to specific questions.Learn more about Dr. John Marshall: http://ow.ly/LIgp7 00-3:00 - Meet Dr. John Marshall 3:00 -

Shirisha Avadhanula, MD is an endocrinologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital who is passionate about treating patients with diabetes and other disorders of the endocrine system by helping them get control of their disease. To see all of the questions Dr. Avadhanula answers click on “show more” below. Clicking on the question will tak

David Vesole, MD, PhD, is the director of the Myeloma Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He is also a member of the blood and marrow transplant team. To see all of the questions Dr. Vesole answers, click on “show more” below. Clicking on the question takes you directly to his answer. To make an appointment with Dr. Vesole, ple

Alexandros D. Powers, MD, FAANS is a neurosurgeon at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Montgomery Medical Center. Dr. Powers specializes in the use of minimally invasive techniques and sees patients in Chevy Chase, MD and Olney, MD. Click on “show more” below to see the list of questions Dr. Powers addresses. Clicking on the qu

Dr. Jay Lustbader is the chair of Ophthalmology and director of cornea and refractive surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Lustbader provides a variety of services from basic eye care to the most complex microsurgeries for cataracts and other disorders. Click on “show more” below to see the entire list of questions Dr. Lustba

Dr. Jessica Ailani is a board certified neurologist with further certifications in neurology and migraine. She is director of the MedStar Georgetown Headache Center and sees patients in Chevy Chase, MD and McLean, Virginia. Click on “see more below” to see all of the questions Dr. Ailani answers about migraine and headache. Clicking on the que

David Song, MD is the Washington Regional Chief of Plastic Surgery for MedStar Health and chief of Plastic Surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. An internationally recognized expert in plastic surgery, Dr. Song is known for his pioneering work in chest wall reconstruction, particularly DIEP flap procedures, and oncoplastic surgery. He

Dr. Deepa Subramaniam is the director of the Thoracic Oncology Clinic and director of the Brain Tumor Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She specializes in treating cancers of the lung and brain and is a member of the Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics Group, which investigates novel drugs in phase I clinical trials. Dr. Subrama

Dr. Deepa Subramaniam is the director of the Thoracic Oncology Clinic and director of the Brain Tumor Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She specializes in treating cancers of the lung and brain and is a member of the Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics Group, which investigates novel drugs in phase I clinical trials. Dr. Subrama

Gaurav Bandi, MD is a board certified urologist specialized in treating men with prostate cancer, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), erectile dysfunction and other urological conditions. He performs the latest procedures including UroLift, HOLEP and TURP and is specialty trained in minimally invasive urology (endourology) and robotic surgery. Cli

Treating Cancer with Minimally Invasive Techniques: Meet Alexander Kim, MD Dr. Alex Kim is chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He uses minimally invasive techniques to treat a number of conditions including cancers of the liver. Click “Show More” below to see the full list of questions Dr.

Dr. Elizabeth “Brook” Brown is a Urologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital specializing in urinary incontinence and pelvic floor surgical reconstruction in both men and women. She also specializes in treating people with neurological conditions like Multiple Sclerosis (MS) that can cause urological problems. Click on “show more”

Misaki Kiguchi, MD is a vascular surgeon at the MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute with offices at MedStar Georgetown, MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Chevy Chase. Dr. Kiguchi answers your questions about vascular disease including varicose veins, venous insufficiency, phlebitis, PAD and sclerotherapy. Click on “Show More” below to se

Matthew Biel, MD, MSc, is the chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Biel has clinical interests in child development, trauma, mood and anxiety disorders, autism, and psychiatric care of children when they’re dealing with medical illnesses. Dr. Biel is also fluent in Spanish. Click on “show more�

Meet Dr. Scott Rowley, Medical Director of the Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplant Program at MedStar Georgetown. Dr. Rowley answers your questions about bone marrow and stem cell transplant for blood cancers and other diseases. Click on “expand” below to see the list of questions Dr. Rowley discusses. 2:37-What is bone marrow/stem cell

Hear radiation oncologist Sean Collins, MD, director of the CyberKnife Prostate Program, answer commonly asked questions about CyberKnife as a treatment option for prostate cancer.For more information about CyberKnife, visit http://bit.ly/2kIAz9x.0:01 Who is the ideal prostate cancer patient for CyberKnife?1:16 How is CyberKnife different than conv

Scott Turner, MD, is a neurologist and director of the Memory Disorders program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown University Medical Center. He treats patients with dementia conditions including Alzheimer’s, and Lewy Body Dementia. Dr. Turner’s Memory Disorders program is the largest and most comprehensive in the Washing

Patrick Jackson, MD is Chief of General Surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and specializes in the use of minimally invasive techniques to treat GI conditions like Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease or GERD. Click on “show more” below to see the list of questions Dr. Jackson addresses. Clicking on the question will take you directly

Zayd Eldadah, MD, is a cardiac electrophysiologist who handles problems with the electrical system of the heart and heart rhythms. He sees patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Washington Hospital Center and at offices in Fairfax, VA, Arlington, VA, Reston, VA and in Wheaton, MD and Frederick, MD. Click below on “show more�

Nassim Zecavati, MD, MPH is a board certified pediatric neurologist who specializes in treating children with concussions, autism, movement disorders like epilepsy and a variety of congenital, metabolic and neurogenetic disorders as well as neurological behavioral conditions. Click on “show more” below to see all of the questions Dr. Zecavati a

Timothy DeKlotz, MD, is an otolaryngologist- head & neck surgeon with focus in cranial base (or skull base) surgery. Dr. DeKlotz specializes in the use of minimally invasive endoscopic techniques, which usually result in quicker recovery times for patients. Click below on “show more” to see all of the questions Dr. DeKlotz answers. Clicking on

Peter Abrams, MD, is a transplant surgeon with the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute specializing in pancreas and kidney/pancreas transplant which can treat some forms of diabetes. Watch Dr. Abrams answer questions patients ask him the most. Click on “show more” below to display the entire list of questions, then click on a specific quest

Andrew Stemer, MD is a neurologist, a neuro-interventional radiologist and director of the Stroke Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Here he answers questions about symptoms and treatments for strokes and aneurysms using minimally invasive endovascular techniques. Click on “show more” to see all of the questions Dr. Stemer ans

Robert Shin, MD is a neurologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis and neurological causes of various eye conditions. Watch this video to meet Dr. Shin and to get the answers to the questions he says patients ask him the most. Click on “show more” below to reveal the full list of questions. Clicking on a question

Mark Mattar, MD is a board certified internist and gastroenterologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of GI ailments including Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Crohn’s disease, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome and colon cancer. In addition to standard GI procedures like colonoscopies, Dr. Mattar also performs Fecal Microbiota Tra

Mark W. Zawadsky, MD is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in knee and hip replacement surgery and has helped to pioneer and research the anterior approach to hip replacement. The anterior approach is less invasive and is associated with quicker recovery time, less blood loss, the need for fewer narcotics and a smaller number of overall complic

Francis X. McGuigan, MD, is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon whose focus is surgical and non-surgical therapies for problems with the knee, foot and ankle. Dr. McGuigan specializes in the latest minimally invasive arthroscopic techniques that result in less pain and quicker recovery times for patients than standard surgical methods. Click “

Paul Cooper, MD is a board-certified orthopaedist specializing in the treatment of all conditions of the foot and ankle. Dr. Cooper’s work has focused on the development of new technologies and procedures to reconstruct ankle disorders, diabetic complications and failed foot surgeries. Click on “show more” to see all of the questions Dr. Coop

Curtis Henn, MD is an orthopaedic hand and upper extremity surgeon with the MedStar Orthopaedic Institute at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Henn specializes in the care of conditions affecting the hand, wrist, forearm or elbow. He is highly skilled in a range of surgical procedures including arthroscopic, minimally invasive and micros

Thomas Faust, MD is a liver specialist, also known as a transplant hepatologist, at the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. Dr. Faust specializes in the treatment of all kinds of liver diseases including liver cancers and conditions requiring a liver transplant. Click on “show more” below to see all of the questions Dr. Faust answers. Cli

Khalid Khan, MD is a gastroenterologist and medical director of the Islet Cell Transplant Program at the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. Here, he answers questions about chronic and acute pancreatitis and a cutting edge treatment called autologous islet cell transplant. Click on “show more” below to see all of the questions Dr. Khan an

Dr. William Postma is an orthopaedic surgeon in the MedStar Orthopaedic Institute’s Sports Medicine Department at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He specializes in arthroscopic surgical repair of the hip, knee and shoulder. Click on “show more” to see all of the questions Dr. Postma answers. Clicking on a specific question will link y

Meet Dr. Nancy Dawson, director, Genitourinary Oncology at MedStar Georgetown. She is a clinical specialist and researcher in prostate, bladder and kidney cancers as well as cancers of the entire genitourinary tract. Click "Show More" to see the list of questions that link directly to specific answers. Learn more about Dr. Nancy Dawson: h

Dr. Claudine Isaacs is the director of the Clinical Breast Cancer Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She has also participated in many years of clinical breast cancer research. Here she answers your questions about breast cancer from diagnosis through treatment as well as new advances in the area of breast cancer.Click "Show Mo

Mohammed Bayasi, MD is a colorectal surgeon with the MedStar Colorectal Surgery Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Bayasi sees patients for colon cancer, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids and other colorectal issues. Click "Show More" to see the list of questions that link directly to specific answers. Learn more about Dr. M

Dr. Michael Kessler, chief of Hand Surgery & Orthopaedics, answers the most commonly asked questions by patients. Click "Show more" to view the list of questions and link directly to the answers.Learn more about Dr. Michael Kessler here: http://ow.ly/OZigT To learn more about carpal tunnel treatments, visit http://ow.ly/OZj7W To learn mor