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