Alexander Ryzhikov, MD| Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Alex Ryzhikov earned his medical degree at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and completed his residency program at Yale University Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Ryzhikov then went on to complete his cardiology fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center. He is board certified in cardiology, with expertise in echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiac amyloidosis, hyperaldosteronism and all aspects of general cardiology. In his spare time, Alex enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, traveling the world and playing sports.
Clinical areas of focus
- Angioplasty
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Electrocardiogram
- High Cholesterol Management
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension Treatment
- Stent Placement
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Electrocardiogram
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Acute Endocarditis
- Acute Ischemic Heart Diseases
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Cardiomyopathy
- Carotid Artery Occlusion
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chest Pain
- Cholesterol Disorders
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Procedures
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Coronary Artery Spasm
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Heart Attack
- Heart Block
- Heart Disease
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- Heart Valve Problems
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
- Hypertension Crisis
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Lightheadedness
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Myopathies
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Shortness Of Breath
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Sinus Node Dysfunction
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Venous Embolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Angioplasty
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cardiac Amyloidosis Treatment
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Event Monitoring
- Cardiac Event Recorder
- Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) Implantation
- Cardiac Loop Recorder Placement
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiac Output Monitoring
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiac Rhythm Management
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis Treatment
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Cardiovascular Disease Screening
- Cardiovascular Mri
- Cardiovascular Risk Factor Modification
- Cardiovascular Stress Testing
- Cardioversion
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Echocardiography-Guided Biopsy
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiology Study
- Fractional Flow Reserve
- Heart Failure Management
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Transplantation
- Heart Ultrasonography
- Heart Valve Disease Management
- High Cholesterol Management
- Holter Monitoring
- Hyperlipidemia Treatment
- Hypertension Treatment
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
- Intravascular Ultrasound
- Mobile Cardiac Telemetry
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Pulse Oximetry
- Stent Placement
- Stress Echocardiography
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) Ablation
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Treatment
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
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Medicare FFS
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Navigate
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HighMark
- OA Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- First Health PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Student Resources
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Medicare Direct
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- TRICARE East Prime
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Employee Health Plan
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UHC Passport
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice Fund PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Beech Street PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-POS
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Blue Choice Advantage
- First Health PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst EPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- POS OA
- IH-Open HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice POS
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst NASCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2010)
Residency: Yale New Haven Medical Center Waterbury (2007)
Medical School: Weill Medical College of Cornell University (2004)