ABOUT US
OUR SURGERY CENTERS
Our hernia repair surgeries are performed at fully certified ambulatory surgery centers which have passed the rigorous inspection standards of both Medicare and AAAHC (Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care). This means that our patients receive the finest nursing and surgical care.
Maryland Surgery Center (MarylandSurgeryCenter.com)
11400 Rockville Pike, Suite C25,
Rockville, MD 20852
Meet The Team
Dr. Alan Kravitz
SurgeonDr. Alan Kravitz received his M.D. degree from University of Maryland, and completed his residency in General Surgery in 1988. Since that time he has been in private practice repairing and treating hernias in Rockville, Maryland (MD). He has performed thousands of hernia surgeries, and since 1993 has been voted by his fellow physicians as a “Top Doctor” for Washingtonian Magazine.
Dr. Kravitz has served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, and serves as Chairman of the Quality Improvement Advisory Committee for Blue Cross Blue Shield in the Washington-Baltimore area, He is on the teaching faculty of the George Washington University School of Medicine and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has been certified by the American Board of Surgery since 1989, and is a member of the American Hernia Society.
As the founder and director of AffordableHerniaSurgery.com, he has performed thousands of successful hernia repair surgeries.
Dr. Lawrence Starin
SurgeonDr. Lawrence Starin is a Board Certified General Surgeon and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1983 and completed a General Surgery Residency at St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center of NYC in 1988. After a one year Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, he opened his private practice in 1989. He has served as the Chief of General Surgery at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD, as well as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the George Washington University Medical School. Dr. Starin has extensive experience in the repair of abdominal wall hernias. He has consistently been voted a “Top Doctor” by his peers in the Washingtonian Magazine.
Anesthesia
Anesthesia AssociatesHoly Cross Anesthesia Associates have been an essential part of our team for many years. The anesthesiologists are board certified, and skilled at all levels of anesthesia care: general anesthesia, sedation, and pediatric anesthesia. They provide high-level anesthesia care at Holy Cross Hospital as well as other ambulance surgery centers in Montgomery County.