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