Mark Mu-Quan Lin, MD PHD| Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Board-certified in neurology, Mark Lin, MD, PhD, serves as Director of Movement Disorders at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. His background in immunology is influential to his research and making advances in patient care.
Dr. Lin is highly regarded in the treatment and research of management for movement disorders with special expertise in the programming of deep brain stimulators for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, other types of tremor, and dystonia. He is also considered highly skilled in the use of botulinum therapy for the treatment of movement disorders, limb spasticity and chronic migraine.
Dr. Lin's work has been published in prominent clinical and scientific journals. A special focus of his current research is the prevention of levodopa-related dyskinesia and motor fluctuations in Parkinson's disease. Over the years, he has developed a prevention strategy for levodopa induced motor complications. He is as an associate professor at Georgetown University, participating in clinical teaching and clinical research.
After earning his medical degree from what is now known as Guangdong Medical University in Guangdong, China, Dr. Lin completed an MS and PhD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine followed by a residency in neurology at the same institution. Post-graduate training in movement disorders followed at the New York Neurological Institute, Columbia University.
Clinical areas of focus
- Botox Injections For Movement Disorders
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Migraine
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain And Central Nervous System
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Botox Injection For Migraines
- Botox Injections For Movement Disorders
- Central Nervous Electrical Activity Monitoring
- Cervicogenic Dizziness Treatment
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chorea Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Falls Prevention
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Muscle Biopsy
- Myasthenia Gravis Treatment
- Nerve Block
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Numbness Treatment
- Parkinson's Disease
- Seizure Treatment
- Transcranial Doppler
Practice locations
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110 Irving St NW
G019
Washington, DC, 20010
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
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Network OA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- HighMark
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Basic
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- OA Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Navigate
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Choice POS II
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
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- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 6350
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- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
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- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Police and Fire Clinic
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Medicare FFS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
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- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Optimum Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- First Health PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- TRICARE East Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- UHC Passport
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Sentara Health
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- POS OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: Columbia University In The City Of New York (2002)
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2001)
Graduate: Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1997)
Medical School: Guangdong Medical College (1984)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- Lin, M.M., Laureno, R., (2019) When and how to start levodopa in the treatment of Parkinson disease. Open Access J Neurol Neurosurg. 11(2): 555808.
- Lin, M.M., Laureno, R., (2019) Less pulsatile levodopa therapy (6 doses daily) is associated with a reduced incidence of dyskinesia. J Mov Disord. 12(1): 37-42.
- Pal, G., Lin, M.M., Laureno, R., (2014) Asterixis: a study of 103 patients. Metabolic brain disease. 29(3): 813-24.
- Erwin, A., Tornatore, C. and Lin, M. (2012) Profound alternating corticospinal tract enhancement in Neuro-Behcet's disease. Annals of Neurology 72(S16): S118.
- Cooper, H.A., Thompson, E.C., Laureno, R., Fuisz, A., Mark, AS., Lin, M., Goldstein, S.A., (2009) Subclinical brain embolization in left-side infective endocarditis. Circulation. 120(7): 585-91.
- Green, N.S. Lin, M.M., and Scharff, M.D. , (1998) Immunoglobulin hypermutation in cultured cells. Immunol. Rev. 162:77-87.
- Green, N.S. Lin, M.M., and Scharff, M.D. , (1998) Somatic hypermutation of antibody genes: a hot spot warms up. Bioessays 20:227-234.
- Lin, M.M., Green, N.S. and Scharff, M.D., (1998) The effects of E, 3' (hs1,2) and 3' enhancers on mutation of an Ig-VDJ-C2a Ig heavy gene in cultured B cells. Int. Immunol. 10:1121-1129.
- Lin, M., and Scharff, M.D. (1997) Antibody V region hypermutation in vitro. Einstein Quart. J. Biol. Med. 14:49.
- Lin, M., Zhu, M. and Scharff, M.D. (1997) Sequence dependent hypermutation of immunoglobulin heavy chains in cultured B cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:5284-5289.
- Lin, M., Spira, G., and Scharff, M.D. (1996) Molecular comparison of cultured hybridoma cells that switch isotypes at high and low rates. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics 22:329-340.
- Lin, M., Chang, C.J. and Green, N.S. (1996) A new method for estimating high mutation rates in cultured cells Mutation Research 351:105-116.
- Chang, C.J. and Lin, M.Q. (1995) Statistical model of the fluctuation analysis in cell biology. Proceedings of the Biometrics Section of the American Statistical Association 455-460.