About me
Dr. David A. Strouse, MD, is an cardiac electrophysiologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. In addition to seeing patients, he also serves as the Chief of Complex Ablation and Chief of Virginia Outreach Programs for the MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute. As a cardiac electrophysiology specialist, Dr. Strouse works with a focus on understanding and treating abnormal electrical heart activity, which commonly includes conditions like atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, tachycardia, and bradycardia.
Procedures and services performed by Dr. Strouse include complex catheter based ablations of all cardiac arrhythmias, epicardial ablation, cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, the WATCHMAN procedure, heart rhythm device implantation, genetic counseling for heart conditions, and managing the treatment of genetic heart conditions.
Dr. Strouse has collaborated in over 45 studies and trials dealing with topics relating to electrophysiology, including novel ablation techniques and new modalities of pacing. He is most interested in new techniques for ablation in treating complex arrhythmias. Clinically, his goal is to always be on the cutting-edge of cardiac electrophysiology treatments, performing the most sophisticated procedures and using the newest technologies available.
Dr. Strouse received his medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he conducted research in pathophysiology. He then completed a residency program in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals. Dr. Strouse then went on to complete a fellowship in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at New York University Medical Center.
Philosophy of Care
“My goal is to always be the patient’s advocate, be responsive to questions, and think of the patient as a member of my family. My treatment recommendations always consider the patient’s needs and circumstances first.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Flutter
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Bradycardia
- Cardiac Ablation
- Electrophysiology Study
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Palpitations
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Watchman Device Implantation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bradycardia
- Brugada Syndrome
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Prosthetic Device Complications
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Heart Racing
- Implantable Defibrillator Complications
- Implantable Defibrillator Maintenance
- Long Qt Syndrome
- Palpitations
- Premature Atrial Contraction
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Short Qt Syndrome
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Watchman Device Complications
Procedures I perform
- Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation For Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardioversion
- Electrophysiology Study
- Endometrial Extraction
- Event Recorder Implantation
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Holter Monitoring
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead Extraction
- Implantable Loop Recorder
- Maze Procedure For Atrial Fibrillation
- Pacemaker Placement
- Pacemaker Pulse Generator Insertion
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Watchman Device Implantation
- Wireless Event Recorder Monitoring
- Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome Treatment
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
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Medicare Direct
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Navigate
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-EPO Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst EPO
- POS OA
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Choice POS
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Optimum Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-POS Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- First Health PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Student Resources
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CIGNA PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Choice POS II
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Sentara Health
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open HMO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- OA Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Basic
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Classic 3500
- HighMark
- IH-Network Only Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2002)
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2001)
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine (1998)
Medical School: University of Maryland-Baltimore (1995)