About me
Daniel J. Dooley, MD, is a non-invasive cardiologist at the MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute and MedStar Cardiology Associates. As a cardiologist specializing in non-invasive treatments, Dr. Dooley works primarily with patients who have conditions like heart failure, hypertension, valvular disease, coronary artery disease, aortic diseases, atrial fibrillation, chest pain, and heart murmurs. He performs a wide range of diagnostic and treatment procedures that include nuclear stress testing, exercise stress echocardiography, dobutamine stress echocardiography, transthoracic echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography.
Dr. Dooley’s primary research interest has been Stage C heart failure (when patients have been diagnosed with heart failure and present symptoms) and the effectiveness of different medical therapies in these patients. Clinically, he is most interested in applying his skills in echocardiography to the treatment of different cardiovascular diseases, and specifically leveraging his knowledge of transesophageal echocardiography to care for patients with complex cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Dooley received his medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine, followed by a residency program in internal medicine at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, where he received the Wesley Oler, MD award as an outstanding resident physician. Prior to joining MedStar Cardiology Associates, Dr. Dooley completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at MedStar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University Hospital.
He believes strongly in patient-centered care and assisting with patient-centered decision-making, aiming to always provide optimal care to his patients by applying the clinical and research knowledge gained through his training. Dr. Dooley is committed to participating in timely communication with his patients and other providers, as communication is paramount in his paradigm of care.
Philosophy of Care
“My goal is to provide a patient-centered approach with a focus on individual patient values and beliefs. As different cardiovascular conditions often present complex care decisions, I aim to integrate the patient’s specific principles into the decision-making process so that each patient feels comfortable, safe, and understood.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Cholesterol Screening
- Electrocardiogram
- Event Monitoring
- External Electrocardiographic Recording
- Holter Monitoring
- Lipid Profile
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
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 Disorders
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Arrhythmia
- Arteriosclerosis
- Artery Disorders
- Atheroembolism
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Catherization
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiac Sudden Death
- 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
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Malformations Of Great Arteries
- Congenital Malformations Of Heart
- Congenital Malformations Of Pulmonary And Tricuspid Valves
- Coronary Artery Blockage
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Dyslipidemia
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Electrocardiogram Abnormalities
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Heart Block
- Heart Disease
- Heart Disease In Women
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- Heart Valve Disorders
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- High Cholesterol Management
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Infectious Endocarditis
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- 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
- Myocardial Infarction Complications
- Myocarditis
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pleural Effusion
- 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 Vessel Disease
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Rheumatic Fever With Heart Involvement
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Secondary Hypertension
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Sinus Node Dysfunction
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Venous Embolism
- Ventricular Arrhythmia
- Ventricular Dysfunction
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Cardiac Angioplasty
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Catheterization Interpretation
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiovascular Stress Testing
- Cardioversion
- Cholesterol Screening
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Artery Stenting
- Electrocardiogram
- Event Monitoring
- Exercise Stress Test
- Extended Ecg Analysis
- External Electrocardiographic Recording
- Heart Biopsy
- Heart Failure Treatment
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Transplant
- Holter Monitoring
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement
- Intravascular Ultrasound
- Lipid Profile
- MRA With Contrast
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- 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
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Network OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Medicare FFS
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Choice Fund PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Student Resources
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-Indemnity
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Basic
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-PPO
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Sentara Health
- IH-POS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- First Health PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- HighMark
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- OA Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open POS II
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
Videos
Education
Fellowship: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2018)
Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2015)
Internship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2013)
Medical Education: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2012)
News and publications
Phillip H. Lam*, Daniel J. Dooley*, Gregg C. Fonarow, Javed Butler, Deepak L. Bhatt, Gerasimos S. Filippatos, Prakash Deedwania, Daniel E. Forman, Michel White, Ross D. Fletcher, CherinneArundel, Marc R. Blackman, Chris Adamopoulos, Ioannis E. Kanonidis, Inmaculada B. Aban, Kanan Patel, Wilbert S. Aronow, Richard M. Allman, Stefan D. Anker, Bertram Pitt, Ali Ahmed. “Similar clinical benefits from below-target and target dose enalapril in patients with heart failure in the SOLVD Treatment Trial.” Eur J Heart Fail. 2018, Feb;20(2):359-369. Epub 2017 Oct 5. PMID: 28980368. (*Equal contribution)
Phillip H. Lam*, Daniel J. Dooley*, Prakash Deedwania, Steven N. Singh, Deepak L. Bhatt, Charity J. Morgan, Javed Butler, Selma F. Mohammed, Wen-Chih Wu, Gurusher Panjrath, Michael R. Zile, Michel White, Cherinne Arundel, Thomas E. Love, Marc R. Blackman, Richard M. Allman, Wilbert S. Aronow, Stefan D. Anker, Gregg C. Fonarow, Ali Ahmed. “Heart rate and outcomes in hospitalized patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.” J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017, Oct 10;70:1861- 71. PMID: 28982499. (*Equal contribution)
Daniel J. Dooley*, Phillip H. Lam*, Ali Ahmed, Wilbert S. Aronow. “The Role of Positive Inotropic DrugsintheTreatmentofOlderAdultswithHeartFailureandReducedEjectionFraction.” Heart Fail Clinic, vol. 13, pp. 527-534, Jul 2017. PMID: 28602370. (*Equal contribution)
Apostolos Tsimploulis, Helen M. Sheriff, Phillip H. Lam, Daniel J. Dooley, Markus S. Anker, Vasilios Papademetriou, Ross D. Fletcher, Charles Faselis, Gregg C. Fonarow, Prakash Deedwania, Michel White, Miroslava Valentova, Marc R. Blackman, Maciej Banach, Charity J. Morgan, Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan, Richard M. Allman, Wilbert S. Aronow, Stefan D. Anker, Ali Ahmed. “Corrigendum to ‘Systolic-diastolic hypertension versus isolated systolic hypertension and incident heart failure in older adults: Insights from the Cardiovascular Health Study’ [Int. J. Cardiol. 235 (2017) 11-16].” Int J Cardiol, 2017, Jul 1;238:181. PMID: 28487149.
Apostolos Tsimploulis, Helen M. Sheriff, Phillip H. Lam, Daniel J. Dooley, Markus S. Anker, Vasilios Papademetriou, Ross D. Fletcher, Charles Faselis, Gregg C. Fonarow, Prakash Deedwania, Michel White, Miroslava Valentova, Marc R. Blackman, Maciej Banach, Charity J. Morgan, Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan, Richard M. Allman, Wilbert S. Aronow, Stefan D. Anker, Ali Ahmed. “Systolic-diastolic hypertension versus isolated systolic hypertension and incident heart failure in older adults: Insights from the Cardiovascular Health Study.” Int J Cardiol, 2017, May 15;235:11-16. PMID: 28291625.
Phillip H. Lam*, Daniel J. Dooley*, Chakradhari Inampudi*, Cherinne Arundel, Gregg C. Fonarow, Javed Butler, Wen-Chih Wu, Marc R. Blackman, Markus S. Anker, Prakash Deedwania, Michel White, Sumanth D. Prabhu, Charity J. Morgan, Thomas E. Love, Wilbert S. Aronow, Richard M. Allman, Ali Ahmed. “Lack of evidence of lower 30-day all-cause readmission in Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction discharged on spironolactone.” Int J Cardiol, 2017, Jan 15;227:462-466. PMID: 27866868. (*Equal contribution)
Martin J. McNamara, Jason J. Sayanlar, Daniel J. Dooley, Monvadi B. Srichai and Allen J. Taylor. “A randomized pilot study of the effect of niacin on pulmonary arterial pressure.” Trials, 2015, Nov 21;16:530. PMID: 26590128.