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