About me
Joshua Perlman, DO, is board certified in both Family Medicine and Sports Medicine. In addition to acute, chronic, and preventative primary care for all ages, he specializes in treating athletic injuries and non-surgical orthopedics. He completed his Family Medicine Residency and Sports Medicine Fellowship at the University of Maryland.
Dr. Perlman serves as faculty in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine for the MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Family Medicine Residency Program. He is also an Assistant Team Physician for Goucher College.
During his fellowship training, he worked with the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Orioles, and Old Glory DC Rugby Football Club. He also served as a Fellow Team Physician for several NCAA Division I schools, including the University of Maryland, UMBC, Morgan State University, and Coppin State University. Dr. Perlman performs ultrasound-guided procedures to treat various conditions including osteoarthritis and tendinopathies.
A lifelong athlete, Dr. Perlman understands the challenges of sports injuries. His athletic background includes martial arts such as Tae Kwon Do, Judo, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, as well as swimming, and figure skating. He also competed in powerlifting and briefly held state and national records. He is passionate about helping patients return to the activities they love.
Areas of clinical interest
- Joint injuries
- Ligament injuries
- Muscle injuries
- Non-surgical orthopaedics
- Osteoarthritis
- Tendon injuries
- Ultrasound guided injections and procedures, including cortisone and gel
Philosophy of care
“My philosophy of care is to partner with patients to achieve their health goals. I emphasize shared decision-making and open communication. I take a holistic approach that considers both medical and lifestyle factors. Together, we create personalized strategies that reflect each patient’s values and preferences.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Hypertension
- Respiratory Disorders
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Injury
- Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Open Wound
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Blood
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- Abnormal Breast Imaging
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Drug Findings In Blood
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Serum Enzyme Levels
- Acne
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Laryngitis And Tracheitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Acute Upper Respiratory Infections Of Multiple Sites
- Adult And Child Abuse, Neglect And Maltreatment
- Adverse Effects
- Allergic Contact Dermatitis
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Allergies
- Ankle And Foot Injury
- Back Pain
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Body Region Injury
- Brain Disorders
- Breast Inflammation
- Candidiasis
- Carrier Of Infectious Disease
- Cellulitis
- Cellulitis And Lymphangitis
- Chest Pain
- Chlamydia
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Diseases Of Tonsils And Adenoids
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Complications Of Procedures
- Complications Of Surgical And Medical Care
- Contact With Communicable Diseases
- Contact With Hazardous Health Exposures
- Cough
- Cutaneous Abscess
- Deficiency Of B Group Vitamins
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Depressive Episode
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Diseases Of Lip And Oral Mucosa
- Diseases Of Tongue
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Disorders Of Pancreatic Internal Secretion
- Disorders Of White Blood Cells
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Disturbances Of Smell And Taste
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Ear Infection
- Ear Pain
- Eating Disorders
- Elbow And Forearm Injury
- Elbow Arthritis
- Elbow Pain
- Emphysema
- Enlarged Lymph Nodes
- Enthesopathies
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eye And Orbit Injury
- Eyelid Disorders
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Gallstones
- Gastritis
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Golfer's Elbow
- Gout
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Heart Failure
- Hematuria
- Hemorrhoids
- Hemorrhoids And Perianal Venous Thrombosis
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hip And Thigh Open Wound
- Hip Impingement
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Hives
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Skin Disorders
- Incontinence
- Influenza
- Influenza Due To Other Identified Influenza Virus
- Ingrown Toenail
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Disorder
- Jumper's Knee
- Kidney And Ureter Disorders
- Kidney Stones
- Knee Pain
- Laryngitis
- Leg Pain
- Little League Elbow
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lower Back Pain
- Lower Leg Injury
- Malaise And Fatigue
- Male Genital Organ Disorders
- Menstrual Cramps
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Strain
- Nail Disorders
- Nausea
- Neck Pain
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nonscarring Hair Loss
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Obesity
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Ovarian Cysts
- Overactive Bladder
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Painful Urination
- Penis Disorders
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Personal Risk Factors
- Persons Encountering Health Services
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Pneumonia
- Postnasal Drip
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Proteinuria
- Pruritus
- Psoriasis
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Rash
- Raynaud's Disease
- Rectal Pain
- Respiratory Disorders
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scabies
- Sciatica
- Sever's Disease (HEEL PAIN)
- Shingles
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Muscle, Fascia, And Tendon Injury
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Skin Swelling And Lumps
- Sleep Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Sore Throat
- Spondylopathies
- Sprains And Strains
- Stomach Flu
- Stomatitis And Related Lesions
- Strep Throat
- Superficial Mycoses
- Tendinitis
- Tennis Elbow
- Testicular Pain
- Thyroid Disorders
- Tinnitus
- Toxic Effect Of Venomous Animals And Plants
- Tuberculosis
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
- Urticaria
- Uterine Fibroids
- Vaginal Itching
- Vaginitis
- Vasomotor And Allergic Rhinitis
- Venous Embolism
- Vertigo
- Viral Warts
- Vitamin Deficiency
- Vomiting
- Vulva And Perineum Disorders
- Weight Loss
- Wrist And Hand Burn And Corrosion
- Wrist And Hand Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Yeast Infection
Procedures I perform
- Allergen Immunotherapy
- Asthma Management
- Back Pain Treatment
- Biopsy Of Skin
- Birth Control
- Blood Chemistry Test
- Blood Collection
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Breast Exam
- Breathing Treatments
- Capillary Blood Collection
- Cervical Biopsy
- Cervix Dilation
- Chest Wall Manipulation
- Cholesterol Screening
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cold And Flu Treatment
- Cold Treatment
- Colposcopy With Biopsy
- Colposcopy With Biopsy And Endocervical Curettage
- Copd Management
- Depression Treatment
- Destruction Of Benign Lesions
- Diabetes Screening
- Diet Counseling
- Digital Rectal Exam
- Ekg (ELECTROCARDIOGRAM)
- EKG Interpretation
- Flu Shot Administration
- Food Allergy Treatment
- Foreign Body Removal From Ear
- Foreign Body Removal From Skin
- Geriatric Care
- Gynecological Examination
- Health Maintenance Exam
- HIV Testing And Treatment
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hospice Care Referral
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Immunization Administration
- Infection Treatment
- Injections For Pain Relief
- It Band Syndrome Treatment
- Joint Injections And Aspirations
- Obtaining Screen Pap Smear
- Occupational Therapy Evaluation
- Pap Smear
- Physical Performance Test
- Physical Therapy Referral
- School Physicals
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Sinusitis Treatment
- Skin Cancer Screening
- Skin Tag Removal
- Suture Removal
- Tendon Sheath Injection
- Therapeutic Activities
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Ultrasound-Guided Injections
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Treatment
- Venous Blood Collection
- Vision Screening
- Women's Health Exam
- Wound Repair
Practice locations
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9101 Franklin Square Dr Medical Arts Bldg Ste 300 Baltimore, MD, 21237
443-777-2000Fax 866-857-9388
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
- IH-POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- First Health PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- UHC Passport
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- First Health PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna HMO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Medicare FFS
- IH-HMO
- OA Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA EPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice POS
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Network OA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- TRICARE East Prime
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TRICARE for Life East
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- HighMark
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- POS OA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-Open POS II
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Sentara Health
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Family Medicine, Sports Medicine
Fellowship Program: University of Maryland College Park (2025)
Residency Program: University of Maryland School of Medicine (2024)
Medical School: Kansas City Univ of Medicine & Bioscienes (2021)