Thomas Wade Heckman, DO| Interventional Spine And Musculoskeletal Medicine, Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation | MedStar Health
About me
Thomas Heckman, DO, is board certified in pain medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation. His clinical interests include acute chronic neck and low back pain, neuropathic pain and sports-related pain, and he has served as co-investigator on musculoskeletal research projects.
Dr. Heckman received his DO from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed his residency in PM&R at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital/MedStar NRH, and his fellowship in pain medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center with a focus on interventional pain procedures.
Dr. Heckman treats patients at our outpatient physician location at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center in Olney, MD. To schedule an appointment, please call 301-570-7415 or fax a referral to 301-570-7416.
Clinical areas of focus
- Fluoroscopy-Guided Intervention
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Ankle And Foot Fracture
- Arthropathy
- Biomechanical Lesions
- Bone Disorders
- Bursopathy
- Cerebral Palsy
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Hip And Thigh Tendon Injury
- Hip Pain
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Derangement Of Knee
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Muscle Disorders
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteonecrosis
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder Burns
- Sleep Disorders
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Synovium And Tendon Disorder
- Tendinous Disorders
- Thumb Synovitis
Procedures I perform
- Fluoroscopy-Guided Intervention
- Genicular Nerve Branch Destruction
- Hip Joint Injection
- Hyaluronic Acid Injection
- Joint Drainage
- Joint Pain Treatment
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Trigger Point Injection
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS
- BlueChoice Open Access
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- First Health PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice Fund PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- First Health PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- OA Plus
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- POS OA
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst NASCO
- HighMark
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA EPO
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Fellowship: Medstar-Washington Hospital Center (2008)
Residency: National Rehabilitation Hospital-GME (2007)
Internship: Suburban Community Hospital GME (2004)
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (2003)