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Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM

Accepting New Patients

(920 Ratings)

Specializes in: Foot & Ankle Surgery and Podiatry (Foot & Ankle Medicine)

Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine (2011)

Professional interests include: foot injury, injuries, dislocation, and more.

106 Irving Street NW PO BOX North Suite 3400
Washington, DC 20010

(202) 877-3300

Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM is a podiatrist in Washington, DC specializing in foot & ankle surgery and podiatry (foot & ankle medicine). She graduated from Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine in 2011 and has 13 years of experience. Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM is affiliated with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Health and MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC.

Office Locations

Address:

106 Irving Street NW PO BOX North Suite 3400
Washington, DC 20010

Address:

3800 Reservoir Road NW BLES Building, 1st. Floor
Washington, DC 20007

Address:

6862 Elm Street Suite 800a
McLean, VA 22101

Some issues Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM can help you with:

Debridement (Removal of Unhealthy Tissue)

Debridement is a procedure that removes damaged skin to help the body heal a chronic wound, acute injury, or burn. Several layers of skin surrounding a chronic wound can include foreign debris, dead (necrotic) tissue, infected tissue, and calloused (hyperkeratotic) skin. If left untreated, these damaged skin layers can spread infection to other parts of the body and may aggravate the wound and delay its healing.

Debriding (removing) this damaged and diseased skin encourages the growth of healthy new tissue, impeding infection by triggering the body's natural cycle of tissue renewal. For this reason, debridement functions both as a wound treatment and as a preventative measure against more complex consequences of infected skin, such as sepsis and amputation. In some circumstances, debridement provides additional aesthetic benefits such as decreased scarring. Debridement also permits doctors to retrieve tissue samples for testing, such as to determine whether patients need antibiotic treatment.

Wounds that frequently require debridement include:

Nonhealing diabetic ulcers
Chronic wounds
Severe burns
Contaminated wounds

Debridement can be performed either surgically or nonsurgically; some methods are less invasive than others. Doctors select the appropriate debridement technique by considering the location, cause, and size of a patient's wound and may also weigh the patient's overall wellbeing, age, and risk of infection.

Surgical debridement is performed by cutting away dead, infected, and hyperkeratotic skin with a surgical scalpel. For deep wounds that tear away the skin and go into the muscle, skin from another region of a patient's body may be grafted onto the wound, which may then be periodically assessed and rebandaged until fully healed.

Non-surgical debridement is achieved with water or a dissolvent gel. Water softens the damaged skin and affected tissue, allowing doctors to remove it with wet-to-dry dressing. When wet tissue dries, it adheres to the dry dressing or bandage and comes off when the dressing is pulled away. In contrast, dissolvent gel deconstructs tissue, which can be cleaned off of the wound. Nonsurgical debridement is less invasive than surgical techniques; however, it can entail repeat treatments, slowing wound recovery.

While the prospect of stripping away skin may seem jarring, debridement can be critical to the treatment and healing of wounds which cannot not heal independently.

Tendon Transfer

Tendons are rope-like fibers that connect muscles to bone. Tendon transfer surgery is a procedure that can be used to restore function to a muscle or tendon that no longer works due to injury or nerve damage. During the procedure, a neighboring tendon is 'borrowed' from an area where it is not necessary and repositioned to function in place of the damaged muscle or tendon.

Tendon transfer surgery can be performed on the arms, hands, feet, or other areas of the body where a muscle becomes unable to pull on its tendon. A nearby tendon is detached from its bone, but kept connected to its muscle, nerves, and blood supply. The loose end is connected to the bone that the patient could not move. After the attachment heals, the patient will be able to move that part of the body by flexing the newly connected muscle.

One of the benefits to tendon transfer surgery is that it does not have to be performed right away after an injury. It can be successful even if the affected area has been paralyzed for years. It does take time to retrain the brain to use a different muscle for movement, but the surgery is a powerful option to restore needed motion.

doctor visit	211
hospital care	11
incision and drainage	13
inpatient care	11
lower extremity surgery	10
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	17

**Gender**
Male	188
Female	180

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	84
Black	262
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	140
From 75 to 84	104
85 and over	42
Less than 65	82

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	72
Stroke	16
Ischemic Heart Disease	47
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	59
Asthma	15
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	73
Dementia	16
Cancer	9

bone surgery	18
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	32
doctor visit	788
excision	16
hospital care	43
immobilization	18
incision and drainage	31
inpatient care	43
lower extremity surgery	47
plastic surgery procedures	41
reconstructive surgery	41
tissue transfer	19
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	58

**Gender**
Male	218
Female	286

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	98
Black	371
Hispanic	20
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	194
From 75 to 84	123
85 and over	49
Less than 65	138

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	44
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	60
Asthma	18
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	35
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	70
Dementia	17
Cancer	9

doctor visit	743
hospital care	25
incision and drainage	14
inpatient care	25
lower extremity surgery	11
plastic surgery procedures	13
reconstructive surgery	13
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	38

**Gender**
Male	195
Female	275

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	99
Black	335
Hispanic	16
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	179
From 75 to 84	114
85 and over	40
Less than 65	137

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	57
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	64
Dementia	14
Cancer	8

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	73
doctor visit	508
hospital care	42
incision and drainage	13
inpatient care	42
lower extremity surgery	10
plastic surgery procedures	33
reconstructive surgery	33
tissue transfer	20
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	50

**Gender**
Male	147
Female	229

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	94
Black	252
Hispanic	17
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	148
From 75 to 84	89
85 and over	25
Less than 65	114

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	58
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	64
Dementia	19
Cancer	8

amputation	24
bone surgery	30
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	10
doctor visit	717
excision	41
hospital care	49
incision and drainage	77
inpatient care	49
lower extremity surgery	131
plastic surgery procedures	72
reconstructive surgery	72
tissue transfer	48
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	116

**Gender**
Male	218
Female	259

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	129
Black	315
Hispanic	18
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	191
From 75 to 84	99
85 and over	56
Less than 65	131

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	57
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	33
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	60
Dementia	20
Cancer	11

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	41
doctor visit	496
excision	10
hospital care	64
incision and drainage	43
inpatient care	64
lower extremity surgery	40
nerve block	139
plastic surgery procedures	19
reconstructive surgery	19
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	39

**Gender**
Male	182
Female	202

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	74
Black	288
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	157
From 75 to 84	86
85 and over	31
Less than 65	110

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	62
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	68
Dementia	19
Cancer	9

amputation	15
bone surgery	31
doctor visit	880
excision	29
hospital care	148
incision and drainage	95
inpatient care	148
lower extremity surgery	141
nerve block	96
plastic surgery procedures	41
reconstructive surgery	41
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	40

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2015 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM treated as a podiatrist in Washington, DC were nerve block, lower extremity surgery, inpatient care and hospital care.

amputation	20
bone surgery	26
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	40
doctor visit	622
excision	25
hospital care	54
immobilization	18
incision and drainage	40
inpatient care	54
lower extremity surgery	57
nerve block	117
plastic surgery procedures	37
reconstructive surgery	37
tissue transfer	29
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	52

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2015 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM.

**Gender**
Male	114
Female	143

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	182
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	57
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	7
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	61
85 and over	24
Less than 65	71
65 to 74	100

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM From 2015 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM treated were hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	45
High Cholesterol	38
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	14
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	3
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	39
Atrial Fibrillation	6
Cancer	5
Dementia	10

Education & Training

Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM graduated from Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine in 2011. She completed residency at Inova Fairfax Hospital. She is certified by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery and has a state license in District of Columbia.

Medical School: Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine (2011)

Residency: Inova Fairfax Hospital (2014)

Board Certification: American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery

Licensed In: District of Columbia

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

MedStar Health

MEDSTAR MEDICAL GROUP II LLC

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM appears to accept the following insurance providers: CIGNA Choice Fund PPO, MAMSI, First Health PPO, Blue Choice, Golden Rule, Great-West Healthcare, TRICARE, Community Care Network (CCN), Coventry, TRICARE Reserve Select, Aetna Managed Choice POS, Beech Street PPO, Aetna HMO, Kaiser Select, Kaiser Permanente, CIGNA EPO, Aetna Medicare PPO, CIGNA Indemnity, AARP, Medicare Advantage, Coventry National Network PPO, United Healthcare, Medicaid, Cigna, Virginia Premier Health Plan, WellPoint, Aetna, CIGNA Network Open Access, Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS), HealthyBlue PPO, MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice, CareFirst NASCO, CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO, Traditional Medicare Fee for Service, United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO), Innovation Health: Open POS Plus, MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families, Carefirst EPO, Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus, United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program, CareFirst Administrators, United Student Resources, United Select HMO - EPO/NPP, United MD IPA Preferred (POS), United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO), Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP), Innovation Health: Network Only Plus, United MD IPA (HMO), United Choice Plus, CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans), Innovation Health: PPO, HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO, MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance, United Choice, United Optimum Choice, Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus), Innovation Health: POS, Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS), Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus, United Select Plus (POS), CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced, United Erickson Advantage Plans, Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice, Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN), Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS), D-SNP), I-SNP, CareFirst MedStar PPO, CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity, United Core Essential (HMO), Innovation Health: POS Plus, HumanaChoice PPO, United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP, Innovation Health: Open POS II, Innovation Health: Indemnity, United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose, Veterans Affairs Community Care Network, United Navigate, Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO, Police and Fire Clinic, Employee Health Plan (EHP) and CareFirst MedStar Select PPO.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM accepts the following insurance providers:

CIGNA Choice Fund PPO

MAMSI

First Health PPO

Blue Choice

Golden Rule

Great-West Healthcare

TRICARE

Community Care Network (CCN)

Coventry

TRICARE Reserve Select

Aetna Managed Choice POS

Beech Street PPO

Aetna HMO

Kaiser Select

Kaiser Permanente

CIGNA EPO

Aetna Medicare PPO

CIGNA Indemnity

AARP

Medicare Advantage

Coventry National Network PPO

United Healthcare

Medicaid

Cigna

Virginia Premier Health Plan

WellPoint

Aetna

CIGNA Network Open Access

Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)

HealthyBlue PPO

MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice

CareFirst NASCO

CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO

Traditional Medicare Fee for Service

United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)

Innovation Health: Open POS Plus

MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families

Carefirst EPO

Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus

United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program

CareFirst Administrators

United Student Resources

United Select HMO - EPO/NPP

United MD IPA Preferred (POS)

United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)

Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)

Innovation Health: Network Only Plus

United MD IPA (HMO)

United Choice Plus

CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)

Innovation Health: PPO

HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO

MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance

United Choice

United Optimum Choice

Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)

Innovation Health: POS

Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)

Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus

United Select Plus (POS)

CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced

United Erickson Advantage Plans

Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice

Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)

Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)

D-SNP)

I-SNP

CareFirst MedStar PPO

CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity

United Core Essential (HMO)

Innovation Health: POS Plus

HumanaChoice PPO

United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP

Innovation Health: Open POS II

Innovation Health: Indemnity

United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose

Veterans Affairs Community Care Network

United Navigate

Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO

Police and Fire Clinic

Employee Health Plan (EHP)

CareFirst MedStar Select PPO

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Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.7 out of 5 stars based on 920 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Caitlin Sarae Zarick, DPM from all over the web to help you find the right in Washington, DC.

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Overall Rating: 5.0 2022-05-17