Daniel Patrick Sulmasy, MD| Internal Medicine | MedStar Health
Daniel Patrick Sulmasy, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Internal Medicine
Languages: English
877-303-1460
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About me
Dr. Sulmasy is a general internist and philosopher. He serves as Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. His academic profile can be accessed at: Daniel Sulmasy » The Kennedy Institute of Ethics (georgetown.edu)
As a U.S. Civil Surgeon, he performs immigration exams.
Clinical areas of focus
- Acute Illness Treatment
- Chronic Disease Management
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Preventative Care
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Blood
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Serum Enzyme Levels
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Allergies
- Anemia
- Angina
- Anus And Rectum Diseases
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrioventricular Block
- Back Pain
- Bladder Disorders
- Bleeding Disorders
- Bone Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Breast Lump
- Candidiasis
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cellulitis
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Colitis
- Colon Cancer
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Cough
- Cutaneous Abscess, Furuncle And Carbuncle
- Cystitis
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Digestive System Diseases
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Diseases Of Esophagus
- Diseases Of Lip And Oral Mucosa
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Diverticulitis
- Dyslipidemia
- Dyspnea
- Emphysema
- Endocrine Disorders
- Enlarged Prostate
- Fatigue
- Gallstones
- Gastritis
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Gout
- Headache
- Heart Disease
- Hematuria
- Hemorrhoids
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hip Pain
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypotension
- Influenza
- Kidney Stones
- Knee Pain
- Migraine
- Muscle Disorders
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Obesity
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Pneumonia
- Polyuria
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Rash
- Respiratory Disorders
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Skin Swelling And Lumps
- Sleep Disorders
- Sore Throat
- Specified Health Status
- Tachycardia
- Thyroid Disorders
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Vein Disorders
- Venous Embolism
- Weight Loss
Procedures I perform
- 24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening
- Acute Illness Treatment
- Advance Directive Planning
- Anxiety Treatment
- Asthma Management
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cholesterol Screening
- Chronic Disease Management
- Diabetes Screening
- Electrocardiogram
- Flu Shot
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Immunization Administration
- Lipid Profile
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Pre-Operative Clearance
- Preventative Care
- Rash Treatment
- Respiratory Infection Treatment
- Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
Practice locations
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2233 Wisconsin Ave NW
3rd Fl Internal Medicine
Washington, DC, 20007
Insurance
This list represents the major payors accepted by MedStar Health. NOTE: Payor contracts change and not all plans associated with a payor may be covered. Payors may offer multiple plans. If you have a question related to your insurance, please contact your insurance plan directly. Contact information is located on your health insurance ID card. *Denotes limited participation. Specific providers and practices may NOT be participating. Please contact your insurance plan directly.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Aetna
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Maryland
- Cigna Health Care
- Kaiser Permanente*
- MedStar Select (Administered by CareFirst)
- United HealthCare
- Aetna
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Maryland
- Healthspring
- Humana
- Medicare & Railroad Medicare
- United HealthCare
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland *
- Medical Assistance/Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice MD
- Priority Partners *
- United HealthCare Community Health Plan MD
- Wellpoint MD
- AmeriHealth Caritas
- Health Services For Children With Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Medical Assistance/Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice DC
- Johns Hopkins Employer Health Programs *
- Johns Hopkins US Family Health Plan *
- MultiPlan
- Private Healthcare Systems
- Tricare/Humana Military
- VA Community Care Network (VACCN)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital (1987)
Internship: Johns Hopkins Hospital (1983)
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College (1982)
Medical School: Cornell University (1978)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Books
- Sulmasy DP. The Healer’s Calling: A Spirituality for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals. New York: Paulist Press, 1997.
Translated into Korean by Kim In-Gyu, published as Doctors, Nurses, and God: A Spirituality for Physicians and Health Care Professionals, Catholic Publishing House, Seoul, South Korea, 2010.
Chapter 2 reprinted as “The Healer’s Calling,” Human Development Fall 2020; 41(1): 62-75. - Sugarman J, Sulmasy DP, eds. Methods in Medical Ethics. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2001, 2nd ed. 2010.
- Sulmasy DP. The Rebirth of the Clinic: An Introduction to Spirituality in Health Care. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006.
- Sulmasy DP. A Balm for Gilead: Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006.
- Lazenby M, McCorkle R, Sulmasy DP, eds. Safe Passage: A Global Spiritual Sourcebook for Care at the End of Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Schatzlein J, Sulmasy DP. Francis the Leper: Faith, Medicine, Theology, and Science. Phoenix, AZ: Tau Publishing, 2014.
- Rubenfeld S, Sulmasy DP, eds. Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Before, During, and After the Holocaust. Lantham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2020.
- Sulmasy DP, Geller G, Levine DM, Faden R. The quality of mercy: caring for patients with do not resuscitate orders. JAMA 1992;267:682-686.
- Sulmasy DP. Physicians, cost-control, and ethics. Ann Intern Med 1992;116:920-926. (Also reprinted in Three Realms of Managed Care, JW Glaser and RP Hamel, eds., Sheed and Ward, 1997; translated into Italian and published as: Sulmasy DP. Medici, controllo dei costi ed etica. Medic 1993;1:137-144).
- Sulmasy DP, Terry PB, Weisman CS, Miller DJ, Stallings RY, Vettese MA, Haller KB. The accuracy of substituted judgments in patients with terminal diagnoses. Ann Intern Med 1998;128:621-629.
- Sulmasy DP. A biopsychosocial-spiritual model for the care of patients at the end of life. The Gerontologist 2002;42 (Suppl 3): 24-33.
- Sulmasy DP. Spiritual issues in the care of dying patients: “…it’s okay between me and God.” JAMA 2006;296:1385-1392.
- Sulmasy DP, Snyder L. Substituted interests and best judgments: an integrated model of surrogate decision-making. JAMA 2010;304:1946-7.
- Sulmasy DP. The last low whispers of our dead: when is it ethically justifiable to render a patient unconscious until death? Theor Med Bioeth 2018; 39:233-263.
- Sulmasy DP. Why dementia-specific advance directives are a misguided idea. J Am Geriatr Soc 2020;38:1603-5. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16493
- Sulmasy DP. We need more wisdom, not more paper: a reply to Merel and Gaster. J Am Geriatr Soc 2020;38:1609-10. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16494