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
- Atrial Flutter
- Cardiac Sudden Death
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chest Pain
- Cholesterol Screening
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiogram
- Event Monitoring
- External Electrocardiographic Recording
- Heart Disease
- Heart Murmur
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Lipid Profile
- Lymphedema
- Myocardial Infarction
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
- Ventricular Arrhythmia
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- 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 (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Aortic Valve Disorders
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Arrhythmia
- Arterial Embolism
- Arteriosclerosis
- Artery Disorders
- Atheroembolism
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bleeding Disorders
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Catherization
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiac Sudden Death
- Cardiomyopathy
- Carotid Artery Occlusion
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cellulitis
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chest Pain
- Cholesterol Disorders
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Circulatory System Complications
- Circulatory System Disorders
- Clotting Disorders
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Malformations Of Heart
- Congenital Malformations Of Pulmonary And Tricuspid Valves
- Congenital Malformations Of Trachea And Bronchus
- Coronary Artery Blockage
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Cough
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Disorders Of Sphingolipid Metabolism And Lipid Storage
- Dyslipidemia
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Electrocardiogram Abnormalities
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Gout
- Heart Block
- Heart Disease
- Heart Disease In Women
- Heart Failure
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- Heart Valve Disorders
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- High Cholesterol Management
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Infectious Endocarditis
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Liver Enzyme Abnormalities
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lymphangitis
- Lymphedema
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Myocardial Infarction Complications
- Myocarditis
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Obesity
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pleural Effusion
- Poisoning
- Precerebral Artery Occlusion
- Premature Atrial Contraction
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Pulmonary Vessel Disease
- Respiratory Disorders
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Rheumatic Fever With Heart Involvement
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Secondary Hypertension
- Shock
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Sinus Node Dysfunction
- Sleep Disorders
- Subcortical Infarction
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Tachycardia
- Thyrotoxic Crisis
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Turner Syndrome
- Venous Embolism
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Arrhythmia
- Ventricular Dysfunction
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Visceral Artery Aneurysm
- Vision Disturbances
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Aortic Valve Surgery
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Cardiac Angioplasty
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Catheterization Interpretation
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiovascular Stress Testing
- Cardioversion
- Carotid Artery Aneurysm Repair
- Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Test
- Cholesterol Screening
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Artery Stenting
- Echocardiography
- 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
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Lipid Profile
- Lymphedema
- Mesenteric Angiography
- MRA With Contrast
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Prostate Injury Treatment
- Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Repair
- 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
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Prime
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna HMO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-HMO
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- First Health PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- OA Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Choice
- Network OA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CIGNA Indemnity
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-PPO
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice POS
- CareFirst NASCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- POS OA
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HighMark
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-Open POS Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- Medicare FFS
- United Student Resources
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Premier 200PD
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship Program: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2018)
Residency Program: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2015)
Internship Program: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2013)
Medical School: 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.