About me
Daniel B. Spielman MD is a board-certified otolaryngologist at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. He is a member of the American Rhinologic Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF).
Dr. Spielman’s expertise lies in diagnosing and treating nasal and sinus conditions. He utilizes a comprehensive approach that includes both advanced medical and procedural options. Dr. Spielman specializes in performing endoscopic sinus and anterior skull base surgery. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Spielman’s research spans the otolaryngology field, involving smell disorders and patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.
After completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), Dr. Spielman graduated from medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY) with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. He completed residency training in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at the Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Medical Center’s NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He then completed specialized fellowship training in Rhinology: Sinus and Skull Base Surgery at the Emory University School of Medicine.
Dr. Spielman’s clinical interests include: chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps, nasal obstruction, deviated nasal septum, nasal cavity masses, inverted papillomas, septal perforation repair, smell disorders, allergic rhinitis, nosebleeds, and cerebrospinal fluid leaks.
“As a physician, I focus on each individual’s quality of life. I work together with patients to develop a comprehensive treatment plan directly tailored to their condition to achieve the best outcomes.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Nasal Mass
- Nasal Obstruction
- Sinusitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Rhinitis
- Allergic Fungal Sinusitis
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Allergic Rhinosinusitis
- Allergies
- Anosmia
- Anterior Nasal Drip
- Blocked Tear Duct
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak From Nose
- Chronic Rhinosinusitis
- Chronic Sinus Infection
- Cyst Of Sinuses
- Enlarged Turbinates
- Epistaxis
- Inverted Papilloma Of The Sinus
- Nasal Congestion
- Nasal Crusting
- Nasal Drainage
- Nasal Mass
- Nasal Obstruction
- Nasal Polyps
- Nasal Septal Hematoma
- Nose Fracture
- Olfactory Nerve Disease
- Osteoma
- Rhinitis
- Rhinorrhea
- Schneiderian Papilloma
- Sellar Tumor
- Septal Perforation
- Sino Nasal Disorders
- Sinonasal Papilloma
- Sinus And Nasal Mucoceles
- Sinus Mass
- Sinus Meningoencephalocele
- Sinus Pain
- Sinus Polyp
- Sinus Pressure
- Sinusitis
- Skull Base Meningoencephalocele
- Smell Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Adenoidectomy
- Balloon Sinuplasty
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Repair
- Coblation Of Inferior Turbinate Hypertrophy
- Dacryocystorhinostomy
- Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy
- Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
- Laryngoscopy
- Nasal Endoscopy
- Nasal Implant Surgery
- Nasal Surgery
- Nasoseptal Reconstruction
- Nose Cauterization
- Radiofrequency Inferior Turbinate Reduction
- Septoplasty
- Sinus Surgery
- Sphenoidotomy
- Transnasal Repair Csf Leak
- Turbinate Surgery
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
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Tricare East Prime
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Tricare East Select
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Cigna Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Aetna HMO
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Medicaid - Virginia
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Carefirst EPO
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- United Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- United Optimum Choice
- United Student Resources
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- United Choice Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- D-SNP)
- United Choice
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- WellPoint Maryland
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Tricare for Life East
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- United Navigate
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- United Golden Rule
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Innovation Health: POS
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Cigna EPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Virginia Premier
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Select
- Medicaid - Maryland
- I-SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Fellowship Program: Emory University School of Medicine (2023)
Residency Program: New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center (2022)
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2017)
Awards
- The W. Shain Schley Resident Teaching Award, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, 2022
- First Place Poster Award, 68th Annual Meeting, American Rhinologic Society, 2022
- Distinguished Housestaff Award, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, 2021
- 2nd Prize, Annual Resident Research Competition, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital 2020
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 2017
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Media Appearances:
Academic Publications:
Spielman DB. Supporting left-handed trainees in sinus and skull base surgery: A call for inclusive ergonomics. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 Oct;14(10):1664-1666. doi: 10.1002/alr.23396. Epub 2024 Jun 21. PMID: 39365520.
Axiotakis LG Jr, Spielman DB, Gudis DA, Yang N, Yan CH, Soler ZM, Levy JM, Rowan NR, Irace AL, Vilarello BJ, Jacobson PT, Overdevest JB. Accessing the Eustachian tube: Conventional nasal spray vs. exhalation delivery system and the impact of targeted endoscopic sinus surgery on topical distribution patterns. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 Mar;14(3):660-667. doi: 10.1002/alr.23248. Epub 2023 Aug 17. PMID: 37533194.
Spielman DB, Beswick DM, Kimple AJ, Senior BA, Aanaes K, Woodworth BA, Schlosser RJ, Lee S, Cho DY, Adappa ND, DiMango E, *Gudis DA. The management of cystic fibrosis chronic rhinosinusitis: An evidenced-based review with recommendations. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2022 Sep;12(9):1148-1183. doi: 10.1002/alr.22953. Epub 2022 Jan 10. PMID: 34933415; PMCID: PMC10083096.
Spielman DB, Schlosser RJ, Liebowitz A, Sharma R, Overdevest J, Mattos J, *Gudis DA. Do Federal Regulations Affect Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Research? Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Jun;166(6):1211-1218. doi: 10.1177/01945998211021011. Epub 2021 Jun 15. PMID: 34126802.
Spielman DB, Kim M, Overdevest J, *Gudis DA. Zero-Degree Endoscopic Visualization of the Frontal Sinus Predicts Improved Topical Irrigation Delivery. Laryngoscope. 2021 Feb;131(2):250-254. doi: 10.1002/lary.28654. Epub 2020 Apr 11. PMID: 32277702.
Spielman DB, *Gudis DA. Office-Based Sinus Surgery for Cystic Fibrosis Chronic Rhinosinusitis. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2021;83(2):93-96. doi: 10.1159/000512495. Epub 2020 Dec 17. PMID: 33333509.
Spielman DB, Liebowitz A, Kelebeyev S, Smith TL, McKinney K, Woodard T, Safi C, Overdevest JB, *Gudis DA. Race in Rhinology Clinical Trials: A Decade of Disparity. Laryngoscope. 2021 Aug;131(8):1722-1728. doi: 10.1002/lary.29371. Epub 2021 Jan 25. PMID: 33493376.
Spielman DB, *Gudis DA. Preoperative Sinus Computed Tomography Scan Review Checklist. Laryngoscope. 2020 Dec;130(12):E706-E708. doi: 10.1002/lary.28444. Epub 2019 Nov 28. PMID: 31778236.
DiMango E, Spielman DB, Overdevest J, Keating C, Francis SF, Dansky D, *Gudis DA. Effect of highly effective modulator therapy on quality of life in adults with cystic fibrosis. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2021 Jan;11(1):75-78. doi: 10.1002/alr.22700. Epub 2020 Sep 28. PMID: 32985756.
Spielman DB, Kim M, Overdevest J, *Gudis DA. Locating and Preserving the Sphenopalatine Ganglion in Endoscopic Endonasal Pterygopalatine Fossa Surgery: An Anatomical Study. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2020 May;34(3):348-351. doi: 10.1177/1945892419896543. Epub 2019 Dec 19. PMID: 31856586.
Spielman DB, Overdevest J, *Gudis DA. Olfactory outcomes in the management of aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease related chronic rhinosinusitis. World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Aug 26;6(4):207-213. doi: 10.1016/j.wjorl.2020.07.001. PMID: 33336175; PMCID: PMC7729240.
Spielman DB, Kim M, Overdevest J, *Gudis DA. The Nasoseptal Chondromucosal Flap: A Rigid Reconstructive Technique for Skull Base and Orbital Defects. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2020;82(5):268-273. doi: 10.1159/000508135. Epub 2020 Jul 13. PMID: 32659764.