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