Alexander I. Papolos, MD| Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease | MedStar Health
Alexander I. Papolos, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Critical Care Medicine, Cardiac Critical Care
Languages: English
Only sees patients in a hospital setting and does not schedule visits.
About me
As a Board Certified/Board eligible critical care physician, all cardiac surgery and cardiac conditions requiring intensive care are treated.
Alexander Papolos, MD, is a cardiac intensivist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. As a cardiologist, echocardiologist, and critical care doctor, he specializes in several different areas of medicine to help his intensive care patients receive the care they need. As part of his clinical practice, Dr. Papolos treats heart failure, various kinds of cardiomyopathies, acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, and cardiogenic shock.Dr. Papolos is actively involved in research and is particularly interested in studying right ventricular failure and right ventricular pulmonary arterial coupling. He has developed a novel echocardiographic measure of pulmonary arterial capacitance and is currently investigating how it can be used to help treat patients with pulmonary hypertension and right heart dysfunction.
Philosophy of Care
My goal is to treat every patient how I would want to be treated or how I would want my family members treated. In the ICU, it becomes clear that we are not only caring for the patients, but we are also caring for their families.”
—Alexander Papolos, MD
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Intraaortic Balloon Pump Placement
- Pacemaker Placement
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
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- OA Plus
- United Student Resources
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- HighMark
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice POS II
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Choice
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Choice POS
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Beech Street PPO
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst EPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA Indemnity
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Navigate
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Network OA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine/Critical Care Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease/Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship: University of California San Francisco (2019)
Fellowship: University of California San Francisco (2018)
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center (2015)
Medical School: New York Medical College (2012)