Alan George Schreiber, MD| Spine Surgery | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Schreiber is a member of the MedStar Orthopaedic Institute and performs surgery at our MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center location.
Dr. Schreiber's specialties include:
Clinical areas of focus
- Cervical Disc Disease
- Cervical Spine Fusion
- Complex Spine Deformities
- Degenerative Spine Conditions
- Disc Replacement
- Lumbar Spine Fusion
- Myelopathy Surgery
- Robotic Spine Surgery
- Spine Fracture
- Spine Revision
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Vertebrae
- Absent Vertebrae
- Bulging Disc
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cervical Bone Spur
- Cervical Compression Fracture
- Cervical Deformity
- Cervical Disc Degeneration
- Cervical Disc Disease
- Cervical Disc Displacement
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Cervical Spinal Stenosis
- Cervical Spine Fracture
- Coccyx Fracture
- Coccyx Injury
- Complex Spine Deformities
- Compression Fracture
- Congenital Malformation Of The Spine
- Congenital Scoliosis
- Degenerative Spine Conditions
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Flatback Syndrome Post Harrington Rods
- Foot Drag
- Herniated Disc
- Intraspinal Abscess
- Junctional Kyphosis
- Kyphosis
- Lumbar Scoliosis
- Lumbar Spine Stress Fracture
- Lumbosacral Plexus Lesions
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Meningioma Of The Spine
- Myelopathy
- Neck Arthritis
- Neurogenic Claudication
- Neuromuscular Scoliosis
- Post Laminectomy Kyphosis
- Post Laminectomy Syndrome
- Ruptured Intervertebral Disc
- Scheuermann's Disease
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Abscess
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Schwannoma
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Arthritis
- Spine Deformities
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Fracture
- Spine Osteoarthritis
- Spine Tumor
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylosis
- Spondylosis With Myelopathy
- Tarlov Cyst
- Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
- Thoracic Herniated Disc
- Vascular Malformations Of The Spine
- Vertebral Epiphysitis
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Cervical Spine
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Lumbar Spine
- Back Surgery
- Cervical Decompression
- Cervical Laminoplasty
- Cervical Laminotomy
- Cervical Spine Fusion
- Cervical Spine Revision
- Cervical Spine Steroid Injection
- Cervical Spine Surgery
- Complex Spine Surgery
- Cordotomy
- Craniocervical Junction Surgery
- Decompression Laminectomy
- Disc Arthroplasty
- Disc Replacement
- Disc Surgery
- Diskectomy
- Endoscopic Spine Surgery
- Epidural Injection
- Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
- Facet Injection
- Facet Surgery
- Growing Rods
- Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (ACDF)
- Interspinous Device Placement
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy
- Laminoplasty
- Lateral Access Spine Surgery
- Low Back Surgery
- Lumbar Spine Fusion
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Myelopathy Surgery
- Occipito Cervical Fusion
- Posterior Cervical Laminectomy And Fusion
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
- Robotic Spine Surgery
- Sacroiliac Joint Block
- Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
- Sacroiliac Joint Surgery
- Scoliosis Surgery
- Spinal Abscess Surgery
- Spinal Cord Surgery
- Spinal Cyst Removal
- Spinal Dural Graft
- Spinal Tethering For Scoliosis
- Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
- Spine Fusion
- Spine Microsurgery
- Spine Reconstruction
- Spine Revision
- Spine Stapling
- Spondylectomy
- Spondylosis Surgery
- Spondylosyndesis
- Surgery For Sciatica
- Thoracic Laminectomy
- Thoracic Spine Fusion
- Vertebrae Surgery
- Vertebral Stapling
- Vertebroplasty
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 Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst NASCO
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- United Navigate
- Cigna EPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Choice
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Carefirst EPO
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: PPO
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- I-SNP
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- D-SNP)
- United Optimum Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Kaiser Select
- WellPoint Maryland
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Innovation Health: POS
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Student Resources
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Medicaid - Virginia
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Tricare for Life East
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna Network Open Access
- United Choice Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Tricare East Prime
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Golden Rule
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Virginia Premier
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Signature
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- Tricare East Select
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- First Health PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center (1991)
Residency: Naval Medical Center (1988)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Dentistry (1981)
Awards
- Associate Clinical Professor, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
- Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, Naval Hospital,Groton, CT, 1988-1990
- Education Award, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1987 and 1989
- Meritorious Unit Commendation, USS Midway, 1983-1984
- Battle Efficiency Award, USS Midway, 1983-1984