About me
Manish Shah, MD, is the Program Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Training at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, as part of MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute. He is board certified in cardiac electrophysiology, as well as cardiovascular disease, and is a recipient of the general cardiology faculty teaching award at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Dr. Shah specializes in the management of slow and fast heart rhythm disorders, including atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), and ventricular tachycardia. He has special expertise in complex ablation procedures to treat atrial fibrillation, premature ventricular contractions (PVC's), and ventricular tachycardia. Additionally, he is the leading implanter of left atrial appendage closure devices (also known as the WATCHMAN device) in the mid-Atlantic region. He is a national and international proctor for left atrial appendage closure for stroke risk reduction in patients with atrial fibrillation. His research interests include the use of catheter ablation techniques to improve outcomes for patients with atrial fibrillation and optimizing implantation of left atrial appendage closure devices.
Dr. Shah received his biomedical engineering and medical degrees from Case Western Reserve University. He earned several academic distinctions, including induction into the AOA Honor Medical Society and the Howard Hughes Medical Fellowship. He subsequently completed his internal medicine residency at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital. He then went on to complete a fellowship program in general cardiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he stayed to complete an advanced fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology as chief fellow.
When not advocating cutting-edge care for his patients, Dr. Shah enjoys spending time with his two children.
Philosophy of Care
"Honesty, transparency, clear communication and patient education are the pillars of my practice. Your good health is my personal responsibility, and I strive to be accessible, compassionate and on the vanguard of new medical technology.
The focus of my initial consultation is patient education through the use of clear and simple language so that you can make informed decisions that serve you best. If you require an electrophysiologic procedure, we have a team of doctors, nurse practitioners, and nurses who will provide you with comfort, reassurance and world-class, cardiac care."
Clinical areas of focus
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Flutter
- Bradycardia
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Electrophysiology Study For Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Heart Block
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Palpitations
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Watchman Device Implantation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- 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
- Heart Block
- Heart Racing
- Implantable Loop Recorder Implantation
- Long Qt Syndrome
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Palpitations
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Short Qt Syndrome
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Arrhythmia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Watchman Device Implantation
Procedures I perform
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Cardiac Defibrillator Threshold Testing
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardioversion
- Electrophysiology Study
- Electrophysiology Study For Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Endometrial Extraction
- Event Monitoring
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Rhythm Monitoring
- Holter Monitoring
- Maze Procedure For Atrial Fibrillation
- Pacemaker Lead Replacement
- Pacemaker Placement
- Pulmonary Vein Isolation
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Temporary Transcutaneous Pacing
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Watchman Device Implantation
- 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
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst EPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Network OA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- OA Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Indemnity
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- TRICARE for Life East
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Optimum Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Administrators
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Sentara Health
- Choice POS
- IH-Open POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- HighMark
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- First Health PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- Medicare FFS
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2008)
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2006)
Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital (2003)
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (2000)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Podcasts
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