About me
Glenn W. Wortmann, MD, FIDSA, FACP is the Section Director of Infectious Diseases at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and the Medical Director of Infection Prevention at the MedStar Institute of Quality and Safety. He maintains academic appointments at Georgetown University Hospital as a Professor of Clinical Medicine and at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences as Professor of Medicine.
Dr. Wortmann performed his undergraduate training at Princeton University on a ROTC scholarship, and then received a military deferment to attend medical school and complete an internship in Internal Medicine at the Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia. He was then called onto active-duty status and assigned to Katterbach, Germany where he served for 3 years as a general medical officer.
He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and then served as an internist at Ft Eustis, Virginia for one year. He then returned to Walter Reed to complete a 3-year fellowship in Infectious Diseases.
He remained at Walter Reed for the next 14 years, serving in a variety of positions, to include Section Director of Infectious Diseases and Program Director of the National Capital Consortium Infectious Diseases fellowship. His research interests during this period included leishmaniasis, Acinetobacter infections and infections related to war-trauma.
Dr. Wortmann retired from active-duty status in 2012 and transitioned to the MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where he served as the Program Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship from 2012-2017 and continues as the Section Director of Infectious Diseases.
In 2017, he assumed an additional role as the Director of Infection Prevention for the MedStar Institute of Quality and Safety. Dr. Wortmann’s research interest now focuses on healthcare-associated infections. He remains committed to medical education and patient-care, and provides continuity care for patients infected with HIV, as well as Infectious Disease consultations in both the inpatient and outpatient areas.
Clinical areas of focus
- Cellulitis
- Clostridium Difficile
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Malaria
- Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
- Mycobacterial Infection
- Osteomyelitis
- Prosthetic Joint Infection
- Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
- Staphylococcus Infections
- Travel Medicine
- Travel Vaccination
- Yellow Fever Vaccination
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Aspergillosis Infection
- Babesiosis Infection
- Bacterial Endocarditis
- Bartonellosis Diseases
- Cellulitis
- Cerebral Toxoplasmosis
- Chagas Disease
- Chronic Osteomyelitis
- Clostridium Difficile
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Cryptococcosis
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Encephalitis
- Fever Of Unknown Origin
- Fungemia
- Genital Herpes, Male
- Giardiasis
- Gonorrhea
- Helminthiasis
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Herpes
- Herpes Zoster
- Histoplasmosis
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Joint Infection
- Leishmaniasis
- Leprosy
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Lyme Disease
- Malaria
- Meningitis
- Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
- Mucormycosis
- Mycobacterial Infection
- Mycosis
- Osteomyelitis
- Parasitic Diseases
- Pneumocystis Carinii
- Pneumonia
- Prosthetic Joint Infection
- Q Fever
- Schistosomiasis
- Septic Arthritis
- Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
- Spirochetal Infection
- Sporotrichosis
- Spotted Fevers
- Staphylococcus Infections
- Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Syphilis
- Tick Borne Infections
- Toxoplasmosis
- Transplant Related Infection
- Traveler's Diarrhea
- Tuberculosis
- Varicella
- Viral Encephalitis
- Viral Meningitis
- West Nile Virus
Procedures I perform
- Anal Pap Smear
- Antiretroviral Salvage Therapy
- Flu Shot Vaccination
- Hepatitis A Vaccination
- Hepatitis B Vaccination
- Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccination
- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination
- Measles Vaccination
- Meningitis Vaccination
- Meningococcal Vaccine
- MMR Vaccine
- Pneumonia Vaccination
- Polio Vaccination
- Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP)
- Rabies Vaccination
- Shingles Vaccination
- Travel Medicine
- Travel Vaccination
- Tropical Medicine
- Tuberculosis (TB) Test
- Typhoid Fever Vaccination
- Yellow Fever Vaccination
- Zika Virus Testing
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
- JOHNS HOPKINS HEALTHCARE
Employee Health Plan (EHP)
Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- BEECH STREET
Beech Street PPO
- AETNA
Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
Innovation Health: POS
Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
Innovation Health: PPO
Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
Innovation Health: Open POS II
Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
Aetna Student Health Insurance
Innovation Health: Indemnity
Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
Innovation Health: POS Plus
Aetna HMO
- UNITED HEALTHCARE (UHC)
United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
D-SNP)
United Select Plus (POS)
United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
United Choice Plus
United Choice
United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
I-SNP
UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
United Erickson Advantage Plans
United Golden Rule
United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
United Student Resources
United AARP Medicare Complete
United Mamsi Life & Health
United Optimum Choice
United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
United MD IPA (HMO)
United Core Essential (HMO)
United Navigate
- HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE
HumanaChoice PPO
HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- KAISER PERMANENTE
Virginia Premier
Kaiser Select
Kaiser Signature
Kaiser Select-Added Choice
Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
Kaiser Flexible Choice
Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
Kaiser Medicare Plus
Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- HUMANA MILITARY (TRICARE EAST)
Tricare East Prime
Tricare East Select
Tricare Reserve Select
Tricare for Life East
- CIGNA HEALTH CARE
Cigna Network Open Access
Cigna HMO Open Access
Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
Cigna Preferred Medicare
Cigna Indemnity
Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
Cigna EPO
Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
Cigna Choice Fund PPO
Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
Cigna POS/Network POS
Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- AMERIGROUP
WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CAREFIRST
CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
Carefirst EPO
Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
CareFirst Administrators
Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
CareFirst NASCO
CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
HealthyBlue PPO
CareFirst MedStar PPO
Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- POLICE AND FIRE CLINIC (PFC, INC.)
Police and Fire Clinic
- VETERAN'S AFFAIRS COMMUNITE CARE NETWORK (VA CCN)
Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- MEDICAID (MD, DC, VA)
Medicaid - Virginia
Medicaid - Maryland
Medicaid - District of Columbia
- HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (HSCSN)
Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC. (PHCS)
Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- MEDSTAR FAMILY CHOICE
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- WELLPOINT MARYLAND
WellPoint Maryland
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HEALTH PARTNERS
Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- MEDICARE
Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- COVENTRY HEALTH NETWORK
Coventry Health Care of Virginia
First Health PPO
Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- JOHNS HOPKINS HEALTHCARE
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (1998)
Residency: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (1994)
Internship: Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (1989)
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School (1988)