Matthew R. Hansen, MD| 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
- Bursopathy
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Coccydynia
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Fibromyalgia
- 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
- 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
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Sacroiliac Joint Pain
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Osteoarthritis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- Tendinous Disorders
- 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
- 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
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
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Beech Street PPO
- Network OA
- Sentara Health
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- First Health PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst NASCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Choice POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Employee Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst EPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Navigate
- Optimum Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-EPO Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Medicare FFS
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- UHC Passport
- Choice POS II
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- First Health PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Basic
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- HighMark
- TRICARE East Select
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Core Essential (HMO)
- OA Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Indemnity
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- TRICARE for Life East
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
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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)