About me
James Pendleton, MD, is a board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation physician who is fellowship trained in pain management. He cares for patients suffering with pain-related functional limitations. Dr. Pendleton focuses on providing a patient-centered, evidence-based, multimodal approach in addressing each patients’ experience of pain. He sees patients in Annapolis and Washington, DC.
As an expert in musculoskeletal, spine, and neuropathic pain, Dr. Pendleton can offer multi-disciplinary care coordination, complex medication management, and a number of interventions joint injections, epidural steroid injections, and nerve blocks. His clinical interests include minimally invasive pain management techniques and neuromodulation for chronic pain.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Pendleton is a Major in the Maryland Army National Guard. He currently serves as a Flight Surgeon in the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade.
Dr. James Pendleton sees patients at the following locations:
102 Irving Street Northwest
Washington DC 20010
Phone: 202-877-1621
Fax: 202-829-2632
2114 Generals Highway
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 202-877-1621
Fax:202-829-2632
Procedures I perform
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Treatment
- Elbow Joint Injection
- Epidural Injection
- Genicular Nerve Branch Destruction
- Hip Joint Injection
- Peripheral Nerve Blocks
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Shoulder Injection
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Spondylosis 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
- Sentara Health
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- HighMark
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-HMO
- OA Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- POS OA
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Beech Street PPO
- Network OA
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Navigate
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Student Resources
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- TRICARE East Prime
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst NASCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UHC Passport
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Fellowship: Sidney Kimmel Medical College (2023)
Residency: Sidney Kimmel Medical College (2022)
Residency: MedStar Union Memorial Internal Medicine GME (2019)
Internship: Lankenau Hospital (2018)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2016)