About me
In addition to Brandywine, Dr. Cestare also sees patients in Mitchellville:
MedStar Health at Mitchellville
12158 Central Avenue
Mitchellville, MD 20721
Phone number: 844-940-7246
Dr. Thomas Phillip Cestare is a board-certified anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist at MedStar Health. He provides compassionate and comprehensive care to patients suffering from chronic pain, utilizing a multimodal, multidisciplinary, and individualized approach. Practicing at MedStar Health’s Brandywine and Mitchellville locations in Maryland, Dr. Cestare is dedicated to improving his patients’ quality of life by offering advanced pain management solutions tailored to their unique needs.
Dr. Cestare earned his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. He then completed his residency in anesthesiology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Finally, he pursued a fellowship in pain management at Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where he gained specialized expertise in interventional pain medicine techniques.
Dr. Cestare treats a wide range of issues, including neuropathic pain, spinal pain, and musculoskeletal disorders. He is highly skilled in interventional procedures such as epidural steroid injections, facet and genicular radiofrequency ablation, and sympathetic blocks. Additionally, he offers innovative neuromodulation treatments, including spinal cord stimulator trials and peripheral nerve stimulator implants.
His philosophy of care is rooted in a holistic and patient-centered approach, ensuring that each individual receives the best possible treatment plan to help them regain function and comfort in their daily lives. Through his expertise, dedication, and compassionate approach, Dr. Cestare continues to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those struggling with chronic pain.
Clinical areas of focus
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Nerve Block
- Osteoarthritis
- Peripheral Nerve Destruction
- Sciatica
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Spinal Stenosis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Back Pain
- Buttock Pain
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Hip Bursitis
- Hip Pain
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Derangement Of Knee
- Knee Pain
- Kyphosis
- Kyphosis Of The Spine
- Lordosis Pain
- Lumbar Disc Disease
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Myofascial Pain
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Neck Pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis Pain
- Rotator Cuff Strains
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Osteoarthritis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Tendinitis
- Tendinous Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Facet Joint Injection
- Epidural Blood Patch For Csf Leak
- Fluoroscopy-Guided Procedure
- Gasserian Ganglion Block
- Genicular Nerve Branch Destruction
- Hip Joint Injection
- Knee Injection
- Muscle Injection
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Nerve Block
- Pain Management Counseling
- Peripheral Nerve Destruction
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Radiofrequency Thermoablation
- Shoulder Joint Injection
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Pulsed Radiofrequency
- 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
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 3500
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- First Health PPO
- IH-POS
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst NASCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Network OA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- OA Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA EPO
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Medicare FFS
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-POS Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Choice POS II
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst EPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Navigate
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
Fellowship: New York-Presbyterian Hospital (2020)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2019)
Internship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2016)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2015)