This list is provided by the Washington Physicians Directory. Our 2024-25 edition included 14,200 MDs and DOs, over 1,000 for the first time, and over 3,000 listing changes. This website is updated weekly. If you need to stay in touch with the Washington area’s medical community, you need the Washington Physicians Directory.
The National Health Information Center, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, can refer the caller to 800 lines offering information on everything from childbirth to aging. Its database includes almost 1,000 health groups. Call: 800-336-4797
Hotline staffers say it is best to call early in the day when phone lines are less busy and to have ready a list of specific questions. You may also write to National Health Information Center, P.O. Box 1133, Washington, DC 20013-1133.
Some toll-free health lines:
ABCD After Breast Cancer Diagnosis www.abcdbreastcancersupport.org — 800-977-4121
Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. www.eatright.org — 800-877-1600
Adult Protective Services Maryland Adult Protective Services 800-332-6347
AIDS\HIV National Hotline at CDC www.ashastd.org — 800-232-4636
AIDS\HIV Project Inform HIV Health InfoLine www.projectinform.org — 800-822-7422
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality www.ahrq.gov — 800-358-9295
Alcohol & Drug Treatment Referrals www.spencerrecovery.com — 800-334-0394
Alzheimer’s Disease Education & Referral Ctr. www.nia.nih.gov — 800-438-4380
Alzheimer’s Assn. www.alz.org — 800-272-3900
American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery — www.aafprs.org
American Assn. of Kidney Patients www.aakp.org — 800-749-2257
American Assn. of Retired Persons www.aarp.org — 888-687-2277
American Behcet’s Disease Assn. www.behcets.com — 800-7-BEHCET
American Board of Medical Specialties www.abms.org — 866-275-2267
American Brain Tumor Assn. www.abta.org — 800-886-2282
American Cancer Society www.cancer.org — 800-227-2345
American Childhood Cancer Organization www.acco.org — 855-858-2226
American Chiropractic Assn. www.acatoday.com — 800-986-4636
American Council on Exercise www.acefitness.org — 888-825-3636
American Diabetes Assn. www.diabetes.org — 800-342-2383
American Heart Assn. www.americanheart.org — 800-AHA-USA-1
American Institute for Preventive Medicine www.healthylife.com — 800-345-2476
American Kidney Fund www.kidneyfund.org — 800-638-8299
American Liver Foundation www.liverfoundation.org — 800-GO-LIVER
American Lung Assn. www.lungusa.org — 800-LUNG-USA
American Osteopathic Assn. www.osteopathic.org — 800-621-1773
American Parkinson’s Disease Assn. www.apdaparkinson.org — 800-223-2732
American Podiatric Medical Assn. www.apma.org — 800-ASKAPMA
American Red Cross www.redcross.org — 800-733-2767
American Running Assn. www.americanrunning.org — 800-776-2732
American Social Health Assn. www.ashastd.org — 800-232-4636
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery www.asds.net
American Tinnitus Assn. www.ata.org — 800-634-8978
American Urological Assn. Foundation www.urologyhealth.org — 800-828-7866
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn. www.alsa.org — 800-782-4747
Arthritis Foundation www.arthritis.org — 800-283-7800
Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America www.aafa.org — 800-7-ASTHMA
Autism Society of America www.autism-society.org — 800-328-8476
Blood Donations www.redcross.org — 800-GIVELIFE
Bright Focus Foundation www.brightfocus.org — 800-437-2423
Cancer Hotline & R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation www.blochcancer.org — 800-433-0464
Cancer Info Service at Nat’l Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov — 800-4-CANCER
Chemical Illness Information & Support www.chemicalinjury.net
Children’s Organ Transplant Assn. www.cota.org — 800-366-2682
The Children’s Tumor Foundation www.ctf.org — 800-323-7938
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome www.cdc.gov — 800-232-4636
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America www.ccfa.org — 800-932-2423
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation www.cff.org — 800-FIGHT-CF
Eldercare Locator www.eldercare.gov — 800-677-1116
Epilepsy Foundation of America www.epilepsyfoundation.org — 800-332-1000
First Candle/SIDs Alliance www.firstcandle.org — 800-221-7437
Foundation Fighting Blindness www.blindness.org — 800-683-5555
Genetic Alliance www.geneticalliance.org — 800-336-GENE
Herpes Resource Center www.ashastd.org — 800-230-6039
Huntington’s Disease Society of America www.hdsa.org — 800-345-HDSA
Immunization National Hotline at CDC (English) www.cdc.gov — 800-232-4636
Intl. Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders www.iffgd.org — 888-964-2001
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation www.jdrf.org — 800-533-2873
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation www.komen.org — 877-465-6636
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America www.lls.org — 800-955-4572
Lung Cancer Alliance www.lungcanceralliance.org — 800-298-2436
Lung Line (National Jewish Health) www.njc.org — 800-222-5864
Malignant Hyperthermia Assn. www.mhaus.org — 800-644-9737
Medic Alert Foundation International www.medicalert.org — 888-633-4298
Medicare Hotline www.medicare.gov — 800-MEDICARE
Mental & Substance Abuse Info. www.health.org — 800-729-6686
Mothers Against Drunk Driving www.madd.org — 800-GET-MADD
Multiple Sclerosis Assn. of America www.msaa.com — 800-532-7667
National Alliance on Mental Illness Information Helpline www.nami.org — 800-950-NAMI
National Association for Continence www.nafc.org — 800-252-3337
National Center for Stuttering www.stuttering.com
National Children’s Cancer Society www.children-cancer.org — 800-532-6459
National Down Syndrome Society www.ndss.org — 800-221-4602
National Fibromyalgia Partnership, Inc. www.fmpartnership.org
National Foundation for Transplants www.transplants.org — 800-489-3863
National Headache Foundation www.headaches.org — 888-643-5552
National Hemophilia Foundation www.hemophilia.org — 800-424-2634
National Lead Info Center www.epa.gov\lead — 800-424-LEAD
National Library of Medicine www.nlm.nih.gov — 888-FINDNLM
National Organization for Rare Disorders www.rarediseases.org — 800-999-6673
National Osteoporosis Foundation Information Help Line www.nof.org — 800-231-4222
National Prevention Info Network www.cdcnpin.org — 800-458-5231
National Psoriasis Foundation www.psoriasis.org — 800-723-9166
National Rosacea Society www.rosacea.org — 888-662-5874
National Safety Council www.nsc.org — 800-621-7615
National Spinal Cord Injury Assn. www.spinalcord.org — 800-962-9629
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network www.pancan.org — 877-272-6226
Planned Parenthood Federation of America www.plannedparenthood.org — 800-230-7526
Prevent Blindness America www.preventblindness.org — 800-331-2020
Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Fndn. www.christopherreeve.org — 800-225-0292
Sickle Cell Disease Assn. of America www.sicklecelldisease.org — 800-421-8453
Spina Bifida Assn. of America www.sbaa.org — 800-621-3141
Spondylitis Assn. of America www.spondylitis.org — 800-777-8189
Stuttering Foundation of America www.stutteringhelp.org — 800-992-9392
Texas Back Institute www.texasback.com — 800-247-2225
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance www.tsalliance.org — 800-225-6872
United Cerebral Palsy Assn. www.ucp.org — 800-872-5827