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