About me
Lori Nelson, MD, is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and fellowship-trained in Interventional Spine/Pain Management. Her clinical practice emphasizes the nonsurgical management of musculoskeletal disease. Dr. Nelson specializes in fluoroscopic spine injections, non-operative orthopaedic/sports medicine, and occupational medicine.
Dr. Nelson previously worked in private practice in Northern Virginia and as an attending at Performance Spine and Sports Physicians (PSSP) in Pennsylvania.
She received her medical degree from Loma Linda University, completed an Internal Medicine internship at Drexel-Hahnemann University Hospital, and a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at Boston Medical Center, where she served as chief resident. She completed a fellowship in Interventional Spine/Pain Management at PSSP.
Clinical areas of focus
- Back Pain
- Epidural Injection
- Hip Pain
- Joint Injection
- Knee Pain
- Neck Pain
- Nerve Block
- Pain Management
- Spine Injection
- Sports Related Injury
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Arthritis
- Back Muscle Injury
- Back Pain
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Cervical Spinal Stenosis
- Facet Joint Syndrome
- Hip Pain
- Knee Pain
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Neck Pain
- Neck Sprain
- Osteoarthritis
- Patellofemoral Arthritis
- Radiculopathy
- Repetitive Stress Injury
- Rotator Cuff Injury
- Sciatica
- Spasticity
- Sports Related Injury
- Ulnar Neuropathy
- Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Epidural Injection
- Facet Injection
- Joint Injection
- Medial Branch Blocks
- Musculoskeletal Injection
- Neck Rehabilitation
- Nerve Block
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Pain Management
- Radiofrequency Rhizotomy
- Spine Injection
- Sports Injury Rehabilitation
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
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Network OA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Innovation Health: POS
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Choice Fund PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Opoen HMO Option
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Open POS II
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- FIRST HEALTH
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Tricare Prime
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Residency Program: Boston University Medical Center (2008)
Internship Program: Drexel College of Medicine Hahnemann Univ Hosp (2005)
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine (2004)