Matthew Allen Edwardson, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Neurology, Vascular Neurology
Languages: English
410-354-5956
About me
Matthew Edwardson, MD, is a vascular neurologist and a member of the stroke team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He is also an associate professor in the Georgetown University Medical Center Department of Neurology and part of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery where his research focuses on neuroimaging and blood biomarkers of stroke recovery. Dr. Edwardson is actively recruiting patients into stroke-related research studies.
Previously, Dr. Edwardson was a Stroke Fellow at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Dr. Edwardson's Philosophy of Care
When someone suffers a stroke it can be devastating both physically and emotionally. We strive to very rapidly assess patients and when indicated provide emergent therapies that might salvage brain tissue at risk for further injury. I enjoy counseling stroke patients and their families through this difficult time. Stroke can be frightening, but by helping patients understand what to expect, I feel I'm able to provide some peace in the midst of this storm.
Unfortunately, few therapies exist for stroke and many patients are left disabled despite our best efforts. The absence of therapies has motivated me to pursue stroke recovery-related research. My research is focused on detecting molecular markers of brain repair in the peripheral blood. MedStar Georgetown is a natural fit to conduct this research given the many teams here studying blood biomarkers in cancer and neurodegenerative disease. Data from these studies will help us develop drugs that can improve natural repair mechanisms in the brain and reduce stroke disability.
Publications
- Critical periods after stroke study: Translating animal stroke recovery experiments into a clinical trial. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2015
- Review article: Ischemic stroke prognosis in adults. UpToDate. 2015.
- New modalities of brain stimulation for stroke rehabilitation. Experimental Brain Research. 2013
Clinical areas of focus
- Cerebral Vasospasm
- Migraine
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Aneurysm
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Basilar Artery Stenosis
- Binocular Movement Disorders
- Brain Aneurysm Rupture
- Brain Damage From Stroke
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
- Cerebral Edema
- Cerebral Vasospasm
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Confusion
- Congenital Malformations Of Nervous System
- Convulsions
- Cortical Blindness
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Moyamoya Disease
- Multiple Cerebral Infarctions
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neurovascular Disease
- Numbness
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Parkinson's Disease
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Unsteady Walking
- Vestibular Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Botulinum Toxin Injections For Migraines
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) Treatment
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Numbness Or Tingling Treatment
- Transcranial Doppler
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology
Washington, DC, 20007
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 Classic 5000
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CIGNA PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- Aetna VA Exchange
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Optimum Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA EPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-Open HMO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Employee Health Plan
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- OA Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Network OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Choice POS II
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice POS II Open Access
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Sentara Health
- Navigate
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst NASCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- HighMark
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Medicare Direct
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Vascular Neurology
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (2014)
Residency: University of Washington School of Medicine (2009)
Residency: University of Washington School of Medicine (2006)
Medical School: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University (2005)