Matthew R. Hansen, MD| Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Matthew Hansen, MD, is director of the Center for Interventional Pain Management at MedStar Franklin Square. In addition to Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center, Dr. Hansen also treats patients at MedStar's Bel Air medical campus. Dr. Hansen received his bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and his doctoral degree from the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He completed an internship at Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Reading, PA; a residency in anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston; and a fellowship in pain medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, OH, where he also served as chief fellow. He is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both pain medicine and anesthesiology.
A sampling of his publications can be found as contributing author to Interventional Pain Medicine and Understanding Pain: What You Need to Know to Take Control.
Clinical areas of focus
- Arthritis
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Facet Joint Injection
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Epidural Blood Patch For Csf Leak
- Fibromyalgia
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Block
- Neuropathic Pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Peripheral Nerve Destruction
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
- Sciatica
- Spinal Stenosis
- Trigger Point Injection
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Achilles Tendon Pain
- Arthritis
- Back Pain
- Biomechanical Lesions
- Bone Disorders
- Bursopathy
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Coccydynia
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Elbow Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Elbow Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Finger Pain
- Flexor Tendonitis
- Foot Joint Pain
- Golfer's Elbow
- Hand Joint Pain
- Hip And Thigh Tendon Injury
- Hip Bursitis
- Hip Pain
- Inflammatory Myositis
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Sprain
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Pain
- Labral Tears
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lumbar Disc Disease
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Lumbar Strain
- Malignant Neoplasm
- Malignant Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Muscle Strain
- Musculoskeletal System Complications
- Myofascial Pain
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Neck Pain
- Neuropathic Pain
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Olecranon Bursitis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis Pain
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Psoriasis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sacroiliac Joint Pain
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Osteoarthritis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- Tendinitis
- Tendinous Disorders
- Tennis Elbow
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Wrist And Hand Pain
Procedures I perform
- Ankle Joint Injections
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Facet Joint Injection
- Cranial Nerve Neurostimulator Electrode Array And Pulse Generator Implantation
- Dysport Injections
- Elbow Joint Injection
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Epidural Blood Patch For Csf Leak
- Facet Joint Radiofrequency Ablation
- Ganglion Impar Block
- Gasserian Ganglion Block
- Genicular Nerve Branch Destruction
- Hip Joint Injection
- Knee Injection
- Kyphoplasty
- Molst Discussions
- Morphine Pump Implantation
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Ablation
- Nerve Block
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Peripheral Nerve Destruction
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
- Radiofrequency Thermoablation
- Shoulder Joint Injection
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Trigger Point Injection
- Wrist Joint 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
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna HMO
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Choice POS II Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- OA Plus
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- POS OA
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- HumanaChoice PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- HighMark
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Basic
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-Open HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Classic 5000
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- First Health PPO
- IH-POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Administrators
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open POS II
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Choice Fund PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Student Resources
- Choice POS
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UHC Passport
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2011)
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2010)
Internship: Reading Hospital and Medical Center (2007)
Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (2006)
Awards
- Baltimore Magazine Top Doc, 2014-2019 White Mountain Institute Award