Family Medicine
Avi Schachter, MD
Avi Schachter, MD — Family Medicine
Dr. Avi Schachter is a board-certified family medicine physician in downtown Silver Spring, MD, with more than 25 years of experience across both outpatient and hospital settings.
Background and training
Dr. Schachter earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2000 and completed his family medicine residency there in 2003. He practiced family medicine in Massachusetts — in both office and inpatient care — before relocating to Maryland in 2015.
Why patients choose Dr. Schachter
Dr. Schachter’s multilingual fluency makes him especially accessible in diverse Silver Spring: he speaks English, Hebrew, Spanish, and Romanian, so many patients can talk through their care in their own language. His broad experience across the age range and across care settings lets him serve as a true family doctor.
Practice focus
Comprehensive family medicine for children, teens, and adults, including preventive care, annual physicals, and the management of common acute and chronic conditions.
Languages and access
Dr. Schachter speaks English, Hebrew, Spanish, and Romanian, accepts new patients, and participates in major insurance plans. Confirm coverage and availability with the office before booking.
Profile last fact-checked July 13, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Schachter compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only Hebrew-speaking doctor we list
1 of the 139 providers in our registry (1%) practise in Hebrew, across 1 specialty.
The only Romanian-speaking doctor we list
1 of the 139 providers in our registry (1%) practise in Romanian, across 1 specialty.
The only provider we list offering outpatient and hospital medicine
1 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name outpatient and hospital medicine.
The only UMass Chan Medical School graduate we list
1 of the 107 doctors whose medical school we record studied at UMass Chan Medical School.
1 of 19 Spanish-speaking doctors
19 of the 139 providers in our registry (14%) practise in Spanish, across 6 specialties.
Medical school: UMass Chan Medical School — Worcester, MA, United States.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Schachter sits by experience
Dr. Schachter finished medical school in 2000, 26 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 73 finished earlier, 58 finished later, and 3 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–19941995–99
27 providers finished 1995–1999Dr. Schachter2000
2000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 65 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 | 27 |
| 2000–2004 — Dr. Schachter | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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