Mark Mu-Quan Lin, MD PHD| Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Board-certified in neurology, Mark Lin, MD, PhD, serves as Director of Movement Disorders at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. His background in immunology is influential to his research and making advances in patient care.
Dr. Lin is highly regarded in the treatment and research of management for movement disorders with special expertise in the programming of deep brain stimulators for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, other types of tremor, and dystonia. He is also considered highly skilled in the use of botulinum therapy for the treatment of movement disorders, limb spasticity and chronic migraine.
Dr. Lin's work has been published in prominent clinical and scientific journals. A special focus of his current research is the prevention of levodopa-related dyskinesia and motor fluctuations in Parkinson's disease. Over the years, he has developed a prevention strategy for levodopa induced motor complications. He is as an associate professor at Georgetown University, participating in clinical teaching and clinical research.
After earning his medical degree from what is now known as Guangdong Medical University in Guangdong, China, Dr. Lin completed an MS and PhD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine followed by a residency in neurology at the same institution. Post-graduate training in movement disorders followed at the New York Neurological Institute, Columbia University.
Clinical areas of focus
- Botox Injections For Movement Disorders
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Lewy Body Dementia Treatment
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Mri
- Anxiety
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Bipolar Disorder
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Convulsions
- Deficiency Of Essential Nutrients
- Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Dystonia
- Emotional Disorders
- Encephalitis, Myelitis And Encephalomyelitis
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eyelid Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hereditary Ataxia
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypotension
- Idiopathic Neuropathy
- Inflammatory Polyneuropathy
- Lack Of Coordination
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Maternal Diseases
- Meningitis
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Muscle Disorders
- Myoneural Disorders
- Myopathies
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Nerve Root Disorders
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nervous System Disorders
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Nystagmus
- Paralytic Strabismus
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Phakomatoses
- Poisoning
- Postprocedural States
- Precerebral Artery Occlusion
- Presence Of Functional Implants
- Rheumatoid Arthritis With Rheumatoid Factor
- Sarcoidosis
- Scoliosis
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Sleep Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Speech Disturbances
- Subcortical Infarction
- Tic Disorder
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Vestibular Disorders
- Vision Disturbances
- Vitamin Deficiency
- Voice And Resonance Disorders
- Zoster
Procedures I perform
- Anal Fistula Treatment
- Balance And Gait Disorders Treatment
- Biofeedback
- Central Nervous Electrical Activity Monitoring
- Cervicogenic Dizziness Treatment
- Chemodenervation Of Neck Muscle
- Chemodenervation Of Salivary Glands
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Cranial Ultrasonography
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Duplex Scan Of Upper Extremity Arteries
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electromyography
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Falls Prevention
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Lumbar Puncture
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Molst Discussions
- MRA With Contrast
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Block
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Neuromuscular Testing
- Pain Medication Management
- Parkinson's Disease
- Patching Therapy
- Pulmonary Exercise Testing
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Seizure Treatment
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Soft Tissue Neck Ct Without Contrast
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Sports Injury Treatment
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Beech Street PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- POS OA
- IH-EPO Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- First Health PPO
- Sentara Health
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Choice POS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- UHC Passport
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna VA Exchange
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-POS
- CIGNA PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- Optimum Choice
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst EPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst NASCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Columbia University In The City Of New York (2002)
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2001)
Graduate: Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1997)
Medical School: Guangdong Medical College (1984)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- Lin, M.M., Laureno, R., (2019) When and how to start levodopa in the treatment of Parkinson disease. Open Access J Neurol Neurosurg. 11(2): 555808.
- Lin, M.M., Laureno, R., (2019) Less pulsatile levodopa therapy (6 doses daily) is associated with a reduced incidence of dyskinesia. J Mov Disord. 12(1): 37-42.
- Pal, G., Lin, M.M., Laureno, R., (2014) Asterixis: a study of 103 patients. Metabolic brain disease. 29(3): 813-24.
- Erwin, A., Tornatore, C. and Lin, M. (2012) Profound alternating corticospinal tract enhancement in Neuro-Behcet's disease. Annals of Neurology 72(S16): S118.
- Cooper, H.A., Thompson, E.C., Laureno, R., Fuisz, A., Mark, AS., Lin, M., Goldstein, S.A., (2009) Subclinical brain embolization in left-side infective endocarditis. Circulation. 120(7): 585-91.
- Green, N.S. Lin, M.M., and Scharff, M.D. , (1998) Immunoglobulin hypermutation in cultured cells. Immunol. Rev. 162:77-87.
- Green, N.S. Lin, M.M., and Scharff, M.D. , (1998) Somatic hypermutation of antibody genes: a hot spot warms up. Bioessays 20:227-234.
- Lin, M.M., Green, N.S. and Scharff, M.D., (1998) The effects of E, 3' (hs1,2) and 3' enhancers on mutation of an Ig-VDJ-C2a Ig heavy gene in cultured B cells. Int. Immunol. 10:1121-1129.
- Lin, M., and Scharff, M.D. (1997) Antibody V region hypermutation in vitro. Einstein Quart. J. Biol. Med. 14:49.
- Lin, M., Zhu, M. and Scharff, M.D. (1997) Sequence dependent hypermutation of immunoglobulin heavy chains in cultured B cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:5284-5289.
- Lin, M., Spira, G., and Scharff, M.D. (1996) Molecular comparison of cultured hybridoma cells that switch isotypes at high and low rates. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics 22:329-340.
- Lin, M., Chang, C.J. and Green, N.S. (1996) A new method for estimating high mutation rates in cultured cells Mutation Research 351:105-116.
- Chang, C.J. and Lin, M.Q. (1995) Statistical model of the fluctuation analysis in cell biology. Proceedings of the Biometrics Section of the American Statistical Association 455-460.