About me
Brent B. Wiesel, MD, is board certified in orthopaedic surgery and specializes in shoulder and elbow surgery for adolescents and adults. In addition to traditional open surgery, he has expertise in the latest techniques including minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery and reverse shoulder replacement.
Dr. Wiesel is chief of the shoulder service at the MedStar Orthopaedic Institute, and he performs surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Dr. Wiesel developed his interest in shoulder disorders after injuring his shoulder preparing for the 1996 Olympics as a member of the USA Canoe/Kayak whitewater slalom team. His injury and subsequent two surgeries prevented him from competing in the Olympics, but he returned to the sport recreationally and went on to medical school and residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He had additional training in shoulder and elbow surgery at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia.
As part of the shoulder service team, Dr. Wiesel is also involved in research on advancing treatment for shoulder and elbow disorders.
Read more about Dr. Wiesel's background and accomplishments.
Patient Story:
- Strength Restored Following Shoulder Surgery
- Sophisticated reverse shoulder replacement surgery brings relief.
- InMotion - New Hope for Severe Shoulder Arthritis
Dr. Wiesel's Treatments:
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Shoulder Instability
- Reverse Shoulder Replacement
- Rotator Cuff Injury Treatment
- Rotator Cuff Tears
- Shoulder Arthritis
- Shoulder Arthritis Treatment
- Shoulder Arthroplasty
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Shoulder Dislocation
- Shoulder Dislocation Surgery
- Shoulder Fracture
- Shoulder Instability Surgery
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Shoulder Surgery
- Total Shoulder Replacement
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Ac Joint Arthritis
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- Arm Fracture
- Arthritis
- Broken Collarbone
- Broken Humerus
- Chronic Shoulder Instability
- Clavicle Fracture
- Glenohumeral Joint Instability
- Humeral Head Fracture
- Impingement Syndrome
- Labral Tears
- Osteoarthritis
- Rotator Cuff Impingement
- Rotator Cuff Tears
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Muscle, Fascia, And Tendon Injury
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Tendon Injury
- Shoulder Arthritis
- Shoulder Dislocation
- Shoulder Fracture
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- Shoulder Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Shoulder Strain
- Shoulder Tendonitis
- Slap Lesion
- Sprained Shoulder
- Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment
- Tendonitis Of The Shoulder
- Total Shoulder Replacement
- Total Shoulder Replacement Failure
Procedures I perform
- Adhesive Capsulitis Treatment
- Frozen Shoulder Treatment
- Joint Arthroscopy
- Proximal Humerus Fracture Treatment
- Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
- Reverse Shoulder Replacement
- Rotator Cuff Injury Treatment
- Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy Treatment
- Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis Release
- Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis Treatment
- Shoulder Arthritis Treatment
- Shoulder Arthrodesis
- Shoulder Arthroplasty
- Shoulder Arthroscopic Debridement
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Shoulder Bursitis Treatment
- Shoulder Contracture Release
- Shoulder Dislocation Surgery
- Shoulder Fracture Repair
- Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty
- Shoulder Impingement Surgery
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome Treatment
- Shoulder Impingement Treatment
- Shoulder Instability Repair
- Shoulder Instability Surgery
- Shoulder Joint Replacement
- Shoulder Labral Repair
- Shoulder Ligament Repair
- Shoulder Osteotomy
- Shoulder Reconstruction
- Shoulder Replacement Reversal
- Shoulder Rotator Cuff Tendonitis Treatment
- Shoulder Separation Repair
- Shoulder Stiffness Treatment
- Shoulder Subacromial Decompression
- Shoulder Subluxation Repair
- Shoulder Surgery
- Shoulder Tendonitis Treatment
- Total Shoulder Replacement
- Total Shoulder Replacement Reversal
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center Ground Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8766Fax 202-444-7804
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
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- POS OA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Basic
- OA Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Medicare FFS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Choice Fund PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst EPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Network OA
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst NASCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- HighMark
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Sentara Health
- Aetna HMO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Navigate
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- First Health PPO
- Choice POS II
- United Student Resources
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- UHC Passport
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA EPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-HMO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital-Ortho Surgery (2008)
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2007)
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania (2002)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025