Edwin Numsuwan, MD| Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation | MedStar Health
About me
Edwin Numsuwan, MD, specializes in the interventional treatment of low back and neck pain, nerve pain, joint pain and sports-related pain. He is board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), with subspecialty board certification in Pain Medicine and Sports Medicine. He is also board certified in electrodiagnostic medicine.
Prior to arriving at MedStar National Rehabilitation Network, Dr. Numsuwan was chief of the Division of Interventional Spine in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Previously, he was an assistant professor and attending physician at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Numsuwan received his medical degree from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in NJ. He completed his PM&R residency at New York University Medical Center - Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, a fellowship in Sports and Interventional Spine at LAGS Spine and Sports Care, and a fellowship in Interventional Pain Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Back Pain
- Biomechanical Lesions
- Bone Discontinuity
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Bursopathy
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Deforming Dorsopathy
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Encephalitis, Myelitis And Encephalomyelitis
- Enthesopathies
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Fibromyalgia
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Hip And Thigh Tendon Injury
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Joint Derangement
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Kyphosis
- Lumbar Disc Disorders
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Muscle Strain
- Myofascial Pain
- Neck Strain
- Neuropathic Pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder Burns
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- Soft Tissue Injury
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Sports Injury
- Superficial Knee Injury
- Synovium And Tendon Disorder
- Tendinitis
- Tendinous Disorders
- Thoracic Radiculopathy
- Thumb Synovitis
Procedures I perform
- Chronic Pain Treatment
- Elbow Joint Injection
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy
- Hip Joint Injection
- Muscle Energy Techniques
- Selective Functional Movement Assessment
- Tendinitis Treatment
- 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
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- HighMark
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Choice Fund PPO
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Administrators
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-POS
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst NASCO
- POS OA
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO
- Choice POS
- Network OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Student Resources
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-HMO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CIGNA EPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- OA Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Sentara Health
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- TRICARE East Select
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Navigate
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 5750
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein Pain Medicine (2013)
Fellowship: District of Columbia General Hospital GME (2007)
Residency: New York University School of Medicine (2006)
Internship: Hackensack University Medical Center (2003)
Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (2002)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025