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Steven Wexner, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Surgical Oncology, Colon And Rectal Surgery
Languages: English, English
877-376-2418
About me
Steven Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCS (Eng, Ed), Hon FRCS (Glasg, Eng, Ire), MAMSE, is physician executive director and system chief of Colorectal Surgery for MedStar Health. Internationally recognized as a pioneer in colorectal surgery, Dr. Wexner has over 38 years of clinical, academic, and research experience. He specializes in surgery for rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, rectourethral and rectovaginal fistulas, and re-operative pelvic surgery. Physicians, surgeons, and patients throughout the country and from around the world routinely seek his expertise and rely upon him as a resource.
Dr. Wexner is internationally renowned for his numerous groundbreaking contributions to the field of colorectal care. He helped establish minimally invasive surgery as a standard treatment and introduced numerous refinements to help patients avoid stomas. With over 1,200 published peer-reviewed studies and more than 41,000 citations, he is the most frequently cited living colorectal surgeon. He is an Editor-in-Chief of Surgery and was the inaugural Chair of the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer.
Before joining MedStar Health, Dr. Wexner served as Director of the Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Center and Chair of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida, where he held numerous leadership roles since 1988.
Deeply committed to surgical education, he has trained and mentored more than 800 surgeons worldwide and holds academic appointments at numerous leading global institutions, including an Honorary Professorship at University College London. The Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Fund supports his academic mission at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Dr. Wexner has served in many leadership roles in the American College of Surgeons, including Regent and Vice-Chair of the Board of Regents. He is a past president of numerous surgical societies, including the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Research Foundation, the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. He is an honorary member or fellow of over 25 national and international societies, including all four of the Royal Colleges in the UK and Ireland.
Philosophy of Care
“My goal is to achieve the best possible surgical outcomes while optimizing patients’ quality of life. As Executive Director and System Chief, I aim to make MedStar Health the premier referral center for colorectal care through collaboration, shared expertise, and systemwide integration.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Colon Cancer
- Crohn's Disease
- Intestinal Crohn's Disease
- Rectal Cancer
- Rectourethral Fistula
- Rectovaginal Fistula
- Re-Operative Colorectal Surgery
- Ulcerative Colitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Colon Cancer
- Colorectal Malignancy
- Continent Ileostomy Dysfunction
- Crohn's Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Intestinal Crohn's Disease
- J Pouch Dysfunction
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Colon
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Rectum
- Perineal Hernia
- Rectal Cancer
- Rectourethral Fistula
- Rectovaginal Fistula
- Ulcerative Colitis
Procedures I perform
- Abdominoperineal Resection
- Colectomy
- Colectomy With Removal Of Terminal Ileum
- Colocutaneous Anastomosis
- Colorectal Anastomosis
- Colostomy
- Colovesical Fistula
- Continent Ileostomy
- Descending Colon Resection
- Enterectomy
- Excision Of Cecum
- Excision Of Ileum
- Excision Of Jejunum
- Excision Of Large Intestine
- Excision Of Small Intestine
- Gracilis Muscle Flap
- Ileostomy
- J-Pouch Surgery
- Laparoscopic Colectomy
- Laparoscopic Colectomy With Anastomosis And Coloproctostomy
- Laparoscopic Proctectomy
- Laparoscopic Splenic Flexure Mobilization
- Mesenteric Lymph Node Excision
- Open Colectomy
- Partial Colectomy
- Perineal Hernia Repair
- Proctectomy With Colostomy
- Re-Operative Colorectal Surgery
- Revise/Redo Continent Ileostomy
- Revision/Redo J Pouch Surgery
- Sigmoid Colectomy
- Sigmoid Colon Resection
- Small Bowel Resection
- Splenic Flexure Mobilization
- Total Proctocolectomy With Ileostomy
- Transverse Colectomy
- Treatment Of Rectourethral Fistula
- Treatment Of Rectovaginal Fistula
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
4 PHC
Washington, DC, 20007
3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 4th Fl
Washington, DC, 20007
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 Choice Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- First Health PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Student Resources
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Network OA
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna HMO
- First Health PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA EPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- HighMark
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Administrators
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- UHC Passport
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Core Essential (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Medicare Direct
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- POS OA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Choice Fund PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TRICARE for Life East
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-POS
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-EPO Plus
- OA Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Navigate
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Minnesota at Minneapolis (1988)
Residency: Mount Sinai St. Luke's GME (1987)
Internship: Mount Sinai St. Luke's GME (1983)
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College (1982)