About me
Brent B. Wiesel, MD, is board certified in orthopaedic surgery and specializes in shoulder and elbow surgery for adolescents and adults. In addition to traditional open surgery, he has expertise in the latest techniques including minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery and reverse shoulder replacement.
Dr. Wiesel is chief of the shoulder service at the MedStar Orthopaedic Institute, and he performs surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Dr. Wiesel developed his interest in shoulder disorders after injuring his shoulder preparing for the 1996 Olympics as a member of the USA Canoe/Kayak whitewater slalom team. His injury and subsequent two surgeries prevented him from competing in the Olympics, but he returned to the sport recreationally and went on to medical school and residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He had additional training in shoulder and elbow surgery at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia.
As part of the shoulder service team, Dr. Wiesel is also involved in research on advancing treatment for shoulder and elbow disorders.
Read more about Dr. Wiesel's background and accomplishments.
Patient Story:
- Strength Restored Following Shoulder Surgery
- Sophisticated reverse shoulder replacement surgery brings relief.
- InMotion - New Hope for Severe Shoulder Arthritis
Dr. Wiesel's Treatments:
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Shoulder Instability
- Reverse Shoulder Replacement
- Rotator Cuff Injury Treatment
- Rotator Cuff Tears
- Shoulder Arthritis
- Shoulder Arthritis Treatment
- Shoulder Arthroplasty
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Shoulder Dislocation
- Shoulder Dislocation Surgery
- Shoulder Fracture
- Shoulder Instability Surgery
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Shoulder Surgery
- Total Shoulder Replacement
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Ac Joint Arthritis
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- Arm Fracture
- Arthritis
- Broken Collarbone
- Broken Humerus
- Chronic Shoulder Instability
- Clavicle Fracture
- Glenohumeral Joint Instability
- Humeral Head Fracture
- Impingement Syndrome
- Labral Tears
- Osteoarthritis
- Rotator Cuff Impingement
- Rotator Cuff Tears
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Muscle, Fascia, And Tendon Injury
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Tendon Injury
- Shoulder Arthritis
- Shoulder Dislocation
- Shoulder Fracture
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- Shoulder Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Shoulder Strain
- Shoulder Tendonitis
- Slap Lesion
- Sprained Shoulder
- Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment
- Tendonitis Of The Shoulder
- Total Shoulder Replacement
- Total Shoulder Replacement Failure
Procedures I perform
- Adhesive Capsulitis Treatment
- Frozen Shoulder Treatment
- Joint Arthroscopy
- Proximal Humerus Fracture Treatment
- Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
- Reverse Shoulder Replacement
- Rotator Cuff Injury Treatment
- Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy Treatment
- Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis Release
- Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis Treatment
- Shoulder Arthritis Treatment
- Shoulder Arthrodesis
- Shoulder Arthroplasty
- Shoulder Arthroscopic Debridement
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Shoulder Bursitis Treatment
- Shoulder Contracture Release
- Shoulder Dislocation Surgery
- Shoulder Fracture Repair
- Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty
- Shoulder Impingement Surgery
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome Treatment
- Shoulder Impingement Treatment
- Shoulder Instability Repair
- Shoulder Instability Surgery
- Shoulder Joint Replacement
- Shoulder Labral Repair
- Shoulder Ligament Repair
- Shoulder Osteotomy
- Shoulder Reconstruction
- Shoulder Replacement Reversal
- Shoulder Rotator Cuff Tendonitis Treatment
- Shoulder Separation Repair
- Shoulder Stiffness Treatment
- Shoulder Subacromial Decompression
- Shoulder Subluxation Repair
- Shoulder Surgery
- Shoulder Tendonitis Treatment
- Total Shoulder Replacement
- Total Shoulder Replacement Reversal
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Ground Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8766Fax 202-444-7804
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
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Police and Fire Clinic
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Choice POS
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Medicare Direct
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna VA Exchange
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Basic
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Network OA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- IH-Indemnity
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- POS OA
- CIGNA EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- HighMark
- IH-HMO
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst EPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- First Health PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Navigate
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open HMO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- TRICARE East Select
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-POS
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital-Ortho Surgery (2008)
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2007)
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania (2002)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025