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 Replacement
- 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
- 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
1420 Beverly Rd
Ste 210 Fl 2
McLean, VA, 22101
5454 Wisconsin Ave
Ste 1100
Chevy Chase, MD, 20815
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
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- OA Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- UHC Passport
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- TRICARE East Select
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Classic 3500
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA EPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- POS OA
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- First Health PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- HighMark
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Beech Street PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Choice Fund PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
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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