Jack A. Sava, MD| Surgical Critical Care, Trauma Surgery | MedStar Health
About me
Jack Sava, MD, is director of the Gold Surgery team at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Sava's team manages a broad spectrum of urgent general surgical conditions (including problems of the intestine, gallbladder, stomach, liver, and other abdominal organs) and staffs the MedStar Health trauma unit, a Level-1 trauma center.
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Appendicitis
- Compartment Syndrome
- Diverticulitis
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Incarcerated Hernia
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Liver Trauma
- Lung Contusion
- Major Trauma
- Motor Vehicle Accident
- Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
- Rib Fracture
- Trauma
- Ventral Hernia
Procedures I perform
- Hernia Repair
- Laparoscopic Treatment Of Small Bowel Obstruction
- Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
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
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Student Resources
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Tricare for Life East
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Medicaid - Maryland
- United Choice Plus
- Cigna Indemnity
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Network Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- D-SNP)
- Cigna EPO
- Virginia Premier
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Golden Rule
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Tricare East Prime
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Navigate
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- I-SNP
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser Select
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Tricare East Select
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: POS
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Optimum Choice
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- United Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Carefirst EPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Fellowship: LAC-USC Medical Center-GME (2001)
Residency: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (1999)
Medical School: McGill University Faculty of Medicine (1994)