Christine Smith, CRNP| Cardiology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Angiogram
- Atrial Flutter
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardioversion
- Chest Pain
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiogram
- Exercise Stress Test
- Heart Disease
- Heart Murmur
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension
- Lymphedema
- Myocardial Infarction
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Electrocardiogram
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Arteriosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cellulitis
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Clotting Disorders
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Coronary Artery Spasm
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Heart Attack
- Heart Block
- Heart Disease
- Heart Disease In Women
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Valve Implant
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol Management
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lymphangitis
- Lymphedema
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Obesity
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Poisoning
- Postprocedural States
- 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
- Right Heart Catheterization
- Shock
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Subcortical Infarction
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Varicose Veins Of Lower Extremities
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Aortic Valve Surgery
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardioversion
- Carotid Artery Aneurysm Repair
- Cholesterol Screening
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiogram
- Event Monitoring
- Exercise Stress Test
- Heart Failure Treatment
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Rhythm Monitoring
- High Cholesterol Management
- Holter Monitoring
- Lymphedema
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Preventive Cardiology
- Prostate Injury Treatment
- Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Repair
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
- Tilt Table Test
- Transcranial Doppler
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Translumbar Aortography
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Umbilical Artery Doppler
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
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Navigate
- Choice POS
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Employee Health Plan
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Medicare Direct
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- OA Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CIGNA PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Sentara Health
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- POS OA
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-HMO
- IH-POS
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Student Resources
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- First Health PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Open POS II
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
Education
Board Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center,
Allied Health Education: University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Nurs (2009)