William M Tsai, MD| Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, Brain Injury And Stroke Rehabilitation | MedStar Health
William M Tsai

William M Tsai, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.9 out of 5 (100 reviews)

Specialties: Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, Brain Injury And Stroke Rehabilitation, Neurology

Languages: English

Clinical areas of focus

  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Chronic Headache Treatment
  • Dystonia
  • Migraine
  • Neuromuscular Testing
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation Consultation
  • Sports Injury Treatment
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
  • Abnormal Movements
  • Anxiety
  • Aphagia And Dysphagia
  • Binocular Movement Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Blindness And Low Vision
  • Brain Disorders
  • Brain Injury From Trauma
  • Brain Injury Rehabilitation
  • Cardiovascular Disorders Of Newborn
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • Cocaine Related Disorders
  • Cognitive Function Disorders
  • Congenital Malformations Of Nervous System
  • Convulsions
  • Deforming Dorsopathies
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
  • Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
  • Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
  • Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
  • Dorsalgia
  • Dyslexia And Symbolic Dysfunctions
  • Dystonia
  • Emotional Disorders
  • Encephalitis, Myelitis And Encephalomyelitis
  • Epilepsy And Seizures
  • Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
  • Fractures Of The Neck
  • Functional Intestinal Disorders
  • Gait And Balance Problems
  • Head Injury
  • Headache
  • Idiopathic Neuropathy
  • Inner Ear Diseases
  • Intervertebral Disc Disorders
  • Joint Derangement
  • Lack Of Coordination
  • Limb Deformity
  • Middle Ear Disorders
  • Migraine
  • Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
  • Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
  • Muscle Disorders
  • Myoneural Disorders
  • Myopathies
  • Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
  • Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
  • Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
  • Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  • Nystagmus
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Paralytic Strabismus
  • Paralytic Syndrome
  • Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
  • Postprocedural States
  • Precerebral Artery Occlusion
  • Presence Of Devices
  • Presence Of Functional Implants
  • Problems Related To Care Provider Dependency
  • Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
  • Shoulder Burns
  • Skull Fractures
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
  • Speech Disturbances
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
  • Spondylopathies
  • Spondylosis
  • Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Subcortical Infarction
  • Synovium And Tendon Disorder
  • Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
  • Tendinous Disorders
  • Vestibular Disorders
  • Vision Disturbances
  • Vitamin Deficiency
  • Voice And Resonance Disorders
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Procedures I perform

  • Activities Of Daily Living Training
  • Amputee Rehabilitation
  • Attention Training For Anxiety
  • Balance And Coordination Training
  • Biofeedback
  • Botox Injection
  • Brain-Computer Interface Training
  • Caregiver Support And Counseling
  • Chronic Headache Treatment
  • Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
  • Cold Pack
  • Community Health Education
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Disease Prevention
  • Electrical Nerve Stimulation
  • Electromyography
  • Existential Group Therapy
  • Expert Medical Testimony
  • Falls Prevention
  • Fitness And Exercise Programs
  • Float Therapy
  • Functional Capacity Evaluation
  • Graston Technique
  • Group Therapy
  • Habit Training
  • I-131 Therapy
  • Iontophoresis For Medication Delivery
  • Kinesiology
  • Kinesiology Analysis
  • Median Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Memory Training
  • Mentorship Program
  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Treatment
  • Muscle Injection
  • Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
  • Nerve Stimulation Therapy
  • Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
  • Neuromuscular Testing
  • Neuropsychological Testing
  • Nutrition Counseling
  • Orthopedic Physical Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Orthotic Device Fitting
  • Orthotics Fitting
  • Palliative Care Coordination
  • Paraffin Wax Bath
  • Patching Therapy
  • Peer Support Groups
  • Phonophoresis
  • Pilates Therapy
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Management
  • Prosthetic Training
  • Psychological Evaluation
  • Radiation Therapy
  • Range Of Motion Exercises
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Rehabilitation
  • Rehabilitation Guideline
  • Rehabilitation Planning
  • Relaxation Training
  • Seating And Mobility Assessment
  • Sleep Disorder Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
  • Sports Injury Treatment
  • Stress Reduction
  • Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Synthetic Pathology
  • Tai Chi Therapy
  • Therapeutic Exercises
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
  • Trigger Point Injection
  • Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
  • Weight Management Program
  • Wound Care
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Practice locations

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102 Irving St NW
Ste 1332
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-1621

Fax 202-829-2632

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miles away

Fax 202-829-2632

3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 4th Fl
Washington, DC, 20007

202-877-1621

Fax 202-877-1998

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miles away

Fax 202-877-1998

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.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • First Health PPO
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • Medicare FFS
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • Navigate
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • Optimum Choice
    • Aetna HMO
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • United Student Resources
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • POS OA
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • CIGNA PPO
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • First Health PPO
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Choice POS II
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • CIGNA EPO
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • IH-HMO
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • TRICARE East Select
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Choice POS
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Aetna Basic
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • Sentara Health
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • OA Plus
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • Beech Street PPO
    • IH-Open POS II
    • IH-POS Plus
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • Medicare Direct
    • UHC Passport
    • IH-PPO
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • IH-POS
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • Network OA
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • CareFirst EPO
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • IH-Open HMO
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • HighMark
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • Employee Health Plan

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Education

Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Fellowship: New York University Langone Medical Center (2023)

Residency: New York University Langone Medical Center (2022)

Internship: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2019)

Medical School: New York University Medical Center (2018)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.8
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.9
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.9
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.9
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.9
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.9
  • Jul 28, 2025

    Dr. Tsai is one of the best doctors I've ever worked with since my brain surgery. He's caring and a great listener. He documents everything. He explains concepts clearly.

  • Jun 20, 2025

    Answered all of my questions and provided me with information that I was unaware of great manners

  • May 1, 2025

    I left the appointment not understanding the symptoms & follow-up. I also felt like Dr. Tsai dismissed my concerns.