Alexander I. Papolos, MD| Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Cardiology | MedStar Health
About me
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
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- IH-POS
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Beech Street PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-Indemnity
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice POS
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna HMO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst NASCO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Choice POS II
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- POS OA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- First Health PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- OA Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Navigate
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- Medicare FFS
- Blue Choice Advantage
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open POS II
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-EPO Plus
- Medicare Direct
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- UHC Passport
- IH-Network Only Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice Fund PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Administrators
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
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)