About me
Zan Naseer, MD is a dual-fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in complex and minimally-invasive adult spine surgery as well as pediatric spine deformity and scoliosis surgery.
Dr. Naseer is a Maryland native and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with High Honors and a Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology & Physiology. He subsequently received his Medical Degree from the New York Medical College, where he was elected as President of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, which recognizes physicians who exemplify the most compassionate care. During his medical training, Dr. Naseer was awarded a clinical research fellowship focused on Orthopaedic Adult Reconstruction Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine.
Dr. Naseer graduated from the New York Medical College Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program, where he was elected as Chief Resident in his final year. During this time, he trained at Westchester Medical Center, a Level 1 trauma center, which is consistently ranked as #1 in the nation with the highest case-mix index, an indicator of the complexity of patients treated.
He also had the opportunity during his residency to train with world-renowned experts in orthopaedic surgery at both Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan and the Hospital for Special Surgery. He further sub-specialized in Spine Surgery and was selected to complete a combined Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical fellowship focused on both adult and pediatric spine surgery at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania and Shriners Hospitals for Children in Philadelphia. During this time, Dr. Naseer had the opportunity to fulfill his passion of providing international surgical care to patients in developing countries. He has traveled to Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago where he has operated and provided surgical care for children with complex scoliosis.
Experienced in the latest surgical techniques, Dr. Naseer has advanced training in minimally invasive spine surgery techniques including computer-guided navigation surgery, robotic-assisted spinal fusions, motion-sparing spine surgery, total disc replacement, and ultrasonic spine surgery techniques. At MedStar Health, Dr. Naseer offers a full range of consultative, conservative, and surgical interventions for the treatment of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine disorders including degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, and scoliosis. His care philosophy is centered around providing compassionate and individualized care. He works with each patient to develop a personalized treatment plan, taking the patient’s preferences and needs into account.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Naseer is an accomplished researcher with numerous published book chapters and peer reviewed manuscripts in orthopaedics and spine surgery. He has given several presentations and lectures at the national level. He is also the recipient of several awards including a scholarship awarded in 2023 by the Cervical Spine Research Society. Dr. Naseer enjoys teaching and serves as an educator for the MedStar Union Memorial Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program, where he leads the resident spine education curriculum. He is also an active member of numerous professional organizations, including the North American Spine Society, AO North America, The Orthopaedic Research Society, and The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Adult Deformity Surgery
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Cervical Spine
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Lumbar Spine
- Cervical Laminoplasty
- Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Robotic Spine Surgery
- Spine Fusion
- Surgery For Sciatica
Practice locations
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810 Bestgate Road Suite 310 Annapolis, MD, 21401
877-346-7846miles away
3333 North Calvert Street Suite 655 Baltimore, MD, 21218
410-554-2175miles away
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 Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Student Resources
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Golden Rule
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- D-SNP)
- I-SNP
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Choice Plus
- United Choice
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Navigate
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- Virginia Premier
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Optimum Choice
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Tricare for Life East
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Tricare East Select
- Tricare East Prime
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Carefirst EPO
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- 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
Fellowship: Shriners Hospital for Children-Philadelphia GME (2023)
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2023)
Residency: Westchester Medical Center-GME (2022)
Medical School: New York Medical College (2017)
Awards
- Baltimore Magazine, Top Doc, 2024