About me
Matthew Edwardson, MD, is a vascular neurologist and a member of the stroke team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He is also an associate professor in the Georgetown University Medical Center Department of Neurology and part of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery where his research focuses on neuroimaging and blood biomarkers of stroke recovery. Dr. Edwardson is actively recruiting patients into stroke-related research studies.
Previously, Dr. Edwardson was a Stroke Fellow at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Dr. Edwardson's Philosophy of Care
When someone suffers a stroke it can be devastating both physically and emotionally. We strive to very rapidly assess patients and when indicated provide emergent therapies that might salvage brain tissue at risk for further injury. I enjoy counseling stroke patients and their families through this difficult time. Stroke can be frightening, but by helping patients understand what to expect, I feel I'm able to provide some peace in the midst of this storm.
Unfortunately, few therapies exist for stroke and many patients are left disabled despite our best efforts. The absence of therapies has motivated me to pursue stroke recovery-related research. My research is focused on detecting molecular markers of brain repair in the peripheral blood. MedStar Georgetown is a natural fit to conduct this research given the many teams here studying blood biomarkers in cancer and neurodegenerative disease. Data from these studies will help us develop drugs that can improve natural repair mechanisms in the brain and reduce stroke disability.
Publications
- Critical periods after stroke study: Translating animal stroke recovery experiments into a clinical trial. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2015
- Review article: Ischemic stroke prognosis in adults. UpToDate. 2015.
- New modalities of brain stimulation for stroke rehabilitation. Experimental Brain Research. 2013
Clinical areas of focus
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Ischemic Stroke
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Aneurysm
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Basilar Artery Stenosis
- Brain Aneurysm Rupture
- Brain Damage From Stroke
- Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
- Cerebral Edema
- Cerebral Vasospasm
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Ischemic Stroke
- Moyamoya Disease
- Multiple Cerebral Infarctions
- Neurovascular Disease
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Procedures I perform
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 7th Fl Dept Neurology Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-8525Fax 877-245-1499
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
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna HMO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA PPO
- HighMark
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Network OA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- HumanaChoice PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- POS OA
- Sentara Health
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open HMO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Medicare FFS
- TRICARE East Prime
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- First Health PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Medicare Direct
- Core Essential (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-EPO Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- OA Plus
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Basic
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Choice POS II
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Choice POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice Fund PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (2014)
Residency: University of Washington School of Medicine (2009)
Residency: University of Washington School of Medicine (2006)
Medical School: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University (2005)