Maryland
Endometriosis care in Maryland
PelviQuest does not yet have a bookable specialist in Maryland. Baltimore and Washington together give Maryland an unusually dense choice of academic gynecology.
Maryland has about 6.2 million residents, including about 1.4 million women aged 15 to 49 (Census ACS); at the WHO prevalence of about 10% that is roughly 140,000 living with endometriosis, most of them undiagnosed.
Order-of-magnitude estimate: Census ACS women aged 15 to 49, WHO prevalence about 10%.
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Endometriosis care in Maryland: the facts that matter
The largest metro areas in Maryland are Washington, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Maryland has expanded Medicaid under the ACA (KFF). State programs and clinics: Maryland health department, women's health (opens in new tab). Baltimore and Washington are about 30 air miles apart, so Maryland patients can reach either city's academic gynecology departments.
Facts checked 2026-10-13. Sources: data.census.gov, api.census.gov, en.wikipedia.org, health.maryland.gov, kff.org, kff.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.
Specialist endometriosis care in Maryland
University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore says it has held a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology designation from the AAGL and the Surgical Review Corporation since 2014, and its minimally invasive gynecologic surgery team sees patients in Baltimore City and in Anne Arundel, Harford and Howard counties. Endometriosis is among the conditions the page lists. The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore appears on the AAGL's list of fellowship sites in complex benign gynecology, the training track for surgeons who specialize in conditions such as endometriosis. The University of Maryland School of Medicine is the state's public medical school.
Outside the Baltimore and Washington corridor the distances grow. Salisbury, on the Eastern Shore, is about 80 air miles from Baltimore, and Cumberland in Western Maryland is about 120 air miles away, so complex surgery means travel for patients from those regions.
Maryland adopted the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, according to KFF. The Maryland Department of Health's Maternal and Child Health Bureau publishes women's health resources.
Named programs
- Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (opens in new tab), University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore
Listed because the institution names the program on its own website, not as programs we have assessed.
Checked 2026-10-13. Sources: umms.org, aagl.org, medschool.umaryland.edu, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, kff.org, kff.org, health.maryland.gov.
Where specialist gynecology is concentrated in Maryland
Most excision surgeons train and practice at or near academic centers. In Maryland:
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore)
- University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore)
Across the state line: Penn Medicine (Philadelphia) in Pennsylvania, ChristianaCare (Newark, DE) in Delaware, UVA Health (Charlottesville) in Virginia and WVU Medicine (Morgantown) in West Virginia.
Named for where gynecologic surgery is concentrated, not as programs we have assessed.
Travelling for care from Maryland
Maryland borders Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia and District of Columbia, and a specialist across the state line is often closer than one across the state.
Questions from Maryland
- Does PelviQuest have an endometriosis specialist in Maryland?
- Not yet. Physicians join state by state; when one joins in Maryland, this page and the app will show it.
- Can I use PelviQuest in Maryland?
- Yes. The questionnaire, trackers, insights and report work in every state; bring the report to any gynecologist.
- Where do most Maryland patients end up for endometriosis surgery?
- Usually at or near Johns Hopkins Medicine or University of Maryland Medical Center, or with a private excision surgeon trained there. Physicians who treat endometriosis in Maryland can join the network.
Six things to check before choosing a surgeon in Maryland
excision experience, clinical diagnosis, not surgery first, pelvic nerve and pelvic floor care, imaging read by experienced hands, a team around the surgeon, time and follow-up. The questions behind each point are on the specialist directory page.
Neighboring states
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