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