John Namer Aseff, MD| Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation | MedStar Health
About me
John N. Aseff, MD, is a board-certified specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), with particular interests in electrodiagnostic medicine, soft tissue pain syndromes, and neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation. He was previously the Director of Electrodiagnostic Services, Medical Director of the Post Polio Program, and Medical Director, Admissions, at MedStar National Rehabilitation Network. Dr. Aseff sees patients at the Irving Street location. He is also Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and was the founding director of the MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital PM&R Residency Program in 1986. Dr. Aseff formerly chaired the PM&R department at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
He has received multiple awards and distinctions, including the Distinguished Clinician Award (2013) by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the Dr. John W. Goldschmidt Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation (2011) by MedStar National Rehabilitation Network. He has also been named multiple times as one of the areas 'Top Doctors' by Washingtonian Magazine. He has also authored several publications and has given numerous presentations. He is also a member of several medical societies, including the American Academy of PM&R, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and the Association of Academic Physiatrists.
Dr. Aseff received his MD from the Ohio State University College of Medicine, and completed a residency in PM&R at the Ohio State University Hospitals, after having had additional residency training in General Surgery and Orthopaedics at Case Western Reserve/University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Clinical areas of focus
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
- Ulnar Nerve Neuropathy
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cold Pack
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electromyography
- Flexibility Exercises
- Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring
- Kinesiology
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Metatarsalgia Treatment
- Molst Discussions
- Muscle Injection
- Muscle Stimulation
- Nerve Block
- Nerve Stimulation
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Neurostimulation For Stroke Rehabilitation
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Pain Medication Management
- Pelvic Pain Treatment
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Range Of Motion Exercises
- Rehabilitation
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Sprain And Strain Treatment
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Tendinitis Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
- 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
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Indemnity
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Optimum Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CIGNA PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- UHC Passport
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice POS II
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- First Health PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Choice POS II Open Access
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- First Health PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Choice POS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Network OA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Tricare Reserve Select
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- OA Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Employee Health Plan
- First Health PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Navigate
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- First Health PPO
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HighMark
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Residency: Ohio State University - College of Medicine (1977)
Residency: University Hospitals of Cleveland (1975)
Internship: University Hospitals of Cleveland (1974)
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine (1973)