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