Patricia B Wehner, MD| Breast Surgery | MedStar Health
About me
Patricia Wehner, MD, is a board-certified surgeon with fellowship training in breast surgical oncology and an attending physician in the MedStar Breast Health Program at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She earned her medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed her general surgery training at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, followed by a surgical breast oncology fellowship at the University of Southern California.
Under the guidance of Dr. Melvin Silverstein, Dr. Wehner won the Scientific Impact Award at the 2013 American Society of Breast Surgeons annual conference. Dr. Wehner's special interests include ductal carcinoma in situ, intraoperative radiation, oncoplasty, and benign breast disease.
Clinical areas of focus
- Breast Cancer
- Carcinoma In Situ Of Breast
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Her2neu Receptor
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- Invasive Breast Cancer
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Mammogram
- Acquired Absence Of Breast
- Acquired Deformity Of Reconstructed Breast
- Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia
- Benign Breast Lump
- Brca
- Breast Abscess
- Breast Atrophy
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cyst
- Breast Diseases
- Breast Lump
- Breast Prosthesis
- Breast Thickening
- Carcinoma In Situ Of Breast
- Congenital Hypoplasia Of Breast
- Contusion Of Breast
- Deformity Of Reconstructed Breast
- Dense Breast
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Dysplasia Of Breast
- Er Positive Breast Cancer
- Family History Of Breast Cancer
- Fibrocystic Breast Changes
- Galactocele
- Galactorrhea
- Gender Dysphoria
- Gynecomastia
- Her2neu Receptor
- Hereditary Breast And Ovarian Cancer
- History Of Breast Cancer
- History Of Fibrocystic Disease
- Hypertrophy Of Breast
- Hypopigmented Nipple Lesions
- Hypoplasia Of Breast
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- Invasive Breast Cancer
- Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (LCIS)
- Lymphadenopathy
- Lymphedema
- Male Breast Cancer
- Mammary Duct Ectasia
- Mammary Dysplasia
- Mastitis
- Mastodynia
- Mastopathy
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Microcalcifications
- Mondor's Disease
- Nipple Discharge
- Nipple Diseases
- Nipple Fissure
- Nipple Lesions
- Paget's Disease Of The Breast
- Postmastectomy Lymphedema Syndrome
- Postpartum Mastitis
- Scar Hypertrophy
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Procedures I perform
- Aspiration Breast Cyst
- Bloodless Breast Surgery
- Breast Biopsy
- Breast Cancer Follow Up
- Breast Cancer Genetics
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Breast Conservation
- Breast Examination
- Breast Fine Needle Aspiration
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Surgery
- Cancer Risk Reduction Surgery
- Core Needle Biopsy Of Breast
- Lumpectomy
- Lymph Node Biopsy
- Male Breast Reduction
- Mammogram
- Mastectomy
- Mastotomy
- Mediports
- Minimally Invasive Lymph Node Dissection
- Open Breast Biopsy
- Sentinel Node Biopsy
- Sentinel Node Injection
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
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Navigate
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Medicaid - Maryland
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst EPO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- United Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst NASCO
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Optimum Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Tricare for Life East
- Tricare East Prime
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- D-SNP)
- Tricare East Select
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- United Golden Rule
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Innovation Health: POS
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Virginia Premier
- United Choice
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Cigna EPO
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Choice Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- I-SNP
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Surgery
Fellowship Program: University of Southern California (2013)
Internship/Residency: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2012)
Residency Program: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2012)
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine (2007)