Matthew R. Hansen, MD| Pain Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Matthew Hansen, MD, is director of the Center for Interventional Pain Management at MedStar Franklin Square. In addition to Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center, Dr. Hansen also treats patients at MedStar's Bel Air medical campus. Dr. Hansen received his bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and his doctoral degree from the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He completed an internship at Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Reading, PA; a residency in anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston; and a fellowship in pain medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, OH, where he also served as chief fellow. He is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both pain medicine and anesthesiology.
A sampling of his publications can be found as contributing author to Interventional Pain Medicine and Understanding Pain: What You Need to Know to Take Control.
Clinical areas of focus
- Arthritis
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Facet Joint Injection
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Epidural Blood Patch For Csf Leak
- Fibromyalgia
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Block
- Neuropathic Pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Peripheral Nerve Destruction
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
- Sciatica
- Spinal Stenosis
- Trigger Point Injection
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Achilles Tendon Pain
- Arthritis
- Back Pain
- Bone Disorders
- Bursopathy
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Elbow Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Elbow Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Flexor Tendonitis
- Foot Joint Pain
- Hand Joint Pain
- Hip And Thigh Tendon Injury
- Hip Bursitis
- Hip Pain
- Inflammatory Myositis
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Derangement
- Joint Sprain
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Pain
- Labral Tears
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lumbar Disc Disease
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Malignant Neoplasm
- Malignant Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Muscle Strain
- Musculoskeletal System Complications
- Myofascial Pain
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Neck Pain
- Neuropathic Pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis Pain
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Psoriasis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- Tendinitis
- Tendinous Disorders
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Wrist And Hand Pain
Procedures I perform
- Ankle Joint Injections
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Facet Joint Injection
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Hip Joint Injection
- Knee Injection
- Kyphoplasty
- Molst Discussions
- Morphine Pump Implantation
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Block
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Radiofrequency Thermoablation
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- 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
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Core Essential (HMO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst EPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- POS OA
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Choice POS
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- HighMark
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA EPO
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- UHC Passport
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Choice POS II
- Optimum Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Network OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Choice Fund PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- OA Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Classic 5000
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Navigate
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2011)
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2010)
Internship: Reading Hospital and Medical Center (2007)
Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (2006)