Matthew R. Hansen, MD| Anesthesiology, 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
- Bursopathy
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Coccydynia
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Fibromyalgia
- Flexor Tendonitis
- Foot Joint Pain
- Golfer's Elbow
- 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
- Lumbar Disc Disease
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Lumbar Strain
- 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
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Olecranon Bursitis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis Pain
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Sacroiliac Joint Pain
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Osteoarthritis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- Tendinous Disorders
- Wrist And Hand Pain
Procedures I perform
- Ankle Joint Injections
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Facet Joint Injection
- Cranial Nerve Neurostimulator Electrode Array And Pulse Generator Implantation
- Dysport Injections
- Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator
- Epidural Blood Patch For Csf Leak
- Facet Joint Radiofrequency Ablation
- Ganglion Impar Block
- Gasserian Ganglion Block
- Genicular Nerve Branch Destruction
- Hip Joint Injection
- Knee Injection
- Kyphoplasty
- Molst Discussions
- Morphine Pump Implantation
- Muscle Injection
- Nerve Ablation
- Nerve Block
- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
- Peripheral Nerve Destruction
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
- Radiofrequency Thermoablation
- Shoulder Joint Injection
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Trigger Point Injection
Practice locations
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9000 Franklin Square Dr
2nd Fl
Baltimore, MD, 21237
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
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- UHC Passport
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Beech Street PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA Indemnity
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- IH-POS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Sentara Health
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Network OA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- POS OA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS II
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- HighMark
- BlueChoice Open Access
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS
- United Student Resources
- TRICARE East Prime
- Tricare Reserve Select
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Navigate
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Medicare Direct
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Employee Health Plan
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Administrators
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-Open POS II
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
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)
Awards
- Baltimore Magazine Top Doc, 2014-2019 White Mountain Institute Award