Thomas Wade Heckman, DO| Pain 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
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Choice Fund PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Navigate
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open POS II
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Medicare Direct
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- First Health PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Sentara Health
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Employee Health Plan
- POS OA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- TRICARE East Prime
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- TRICARE East Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- First Health PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- TRICARE for Life East
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Network OA
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- OA Plus
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine
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)