About me
Dr. Sung Woo Lee, MD, is the Director of the Electrophysiology Service at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, the Research Lead for Electrophysiology at the MedStar Cardiovascular Research Network, and an associate professor at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Medical School. As a physician specializing in cardiac electrophysiology, Dr. Lee treats patients with a full range of heart rhythm problems, including atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, and ventricular fibrillation.
For patients with arrhythmia, Dr. Lee’s treatment approach is a patient focused comprehensive approach from prevention and risk factor modification to interventional procedures including catheter based ablations to destroy abnormal heart tissues that are responsible for rhythm problems and implantation of heart rhythm devices, including pacemakers and defibrillators.
Dr. Lee’s primary research interest is improving the treatment of atrial fibrillation, which is the most common problem he sees in clinical practice. He is currently exploring ways to enhance the success rate of the ablation procedure using alternative and novel approaches using the currently available devices and new investigational devices. Dr. Lee is working on a number of national, multicenter clinical trials.
After receiving his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Dr. Lee went on to complete an internal medicine residency at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Lee spent three years at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a research fellow, where he conducted research on molecular biology and gene therapy for treating cardiovascular disease. Dr. Lee, then, continued his medical training with a cardiology fellowship and electrophysiology subspecialty fellowship at George Washington University Hospital. Dr. Lee also spent ten years as a faculty member at George Washington Medical School, where he was the director of cardiac electrophysiology program. Dr. Lee also has been involved in training the cardiac electrophysiology fellows for over twenty years.
“I believe that well informed patients who are involved in their care have the best outcome. I work with my patients and their families. I value their opinions and want them to feel very comfortable in asking questions. I want to deliver the best available state-of-the-art clinical care in a compassionate and personalized way.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Flutter
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Electrophysiology Study For Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Heart Block
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Watchman Device Implantation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Bradycardia
- Brugada Syndrome
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Prosthetic Device Complications
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) Device Complications
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Fast Heart Rate
- Heart Block
- Heart Palpitations
- Heart Racing
- Implantable Defibrillator Maintenance
- Long Qt Syndrome
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- Premature Atrial Contraction
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Short Qt Syndrome
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Watchman Device Complications
Procedures I perform
- Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Cardiac Ablation For Ventricular Tachycardia
- 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
- Implantable Loop Recorder
- 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
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Navigate
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Core Essential (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Beech Street PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- TRICARE East Prime
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-POS
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Employee Health Plan
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Choice POS
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- OA Plus
- Aetna HMO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice POS II Open Access
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-Open HMO
- HighMark
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- Network OA
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- POS OA
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: George Washington University School of Medicine (1996)
Fellowship: George Washington University School of Medicine (1995)
Fellowship: National Heart (1993)
Residency: University of Maryland Medical System (1989)
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University (1986)