Edwin Numsuwan, MD| Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation | MedStar Health
About me
Edwin Numsuwan, MD, specializes in the interventional treatment of low back and neck pain, nerve pain, joint pain and sports-related pain. He is board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), with subspecialty board certification in Pain Medicine and Sports Medicine. He is also board certified in electrodiagnostic medicine.
Prior to arriving at MedStar National Rehabilitation Network, Dr. Numsuwan was chief of the Division of Interventional Spine in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Previously, he was an assistant professor and attending physician at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Numsuwan received his medical degree from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in NJ. He completed his PM&R residency at New York University Medical Center - Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, a fellowship in Sports and Interventional Spine at LAGS Spine and Sports Care, and a fellowship in Interventional Pain Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Back Pain
- Biomechanical Lesions
- Bone Discontinuity
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Bursopathy
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Deforming Dorsopathy
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Encephalitis, Myelitis And Encephalomyelitis
- Enthesopathies
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Fibromyalgia
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Hip And Thigh Tendon Injury
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Joint Derangement
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Kyphosis
- Lumbar Disc Disorders
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Muscle Strain
- Myofascial Pain
- Neck Strain
- Neuropathic Pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder Burns
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- Soft Tissue Injury
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Sports Injury
- Superficial Knee Injury
- Synovium And Tendon Disorder
- Tendinitis
- Tendinous Disorders
- Thoracic Radiculopathy
- Thumb Synovitis
Procedures I perform
- Chronic Pain Treatment
- Elbow Joint Injection
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy
- Hip Joint Injection
- Muscle Energy Techniques
- Selective Functional Movement Assessment
- Tendinitis Treatment
- 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 Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA EPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- IH-EPO Plus
- First Health PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open POS II
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Medicare Direct
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- POS OA
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- HighMark
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open HMO Option
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-POS
- OA Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Basic
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Administrators
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Network OA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Choice POS
- Navigate
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst NASCO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Management
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein Pain Medicine (2013)
Fellowship: District of Columbia General Hospital GME (2007)
Residency: New York University School of Medicine (2006)
Internship: Hackensack University Medical Center (2003)
Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (2002)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025