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