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