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