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
Not Accepting New Patients
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
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- 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
- Fever
- 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
- Copd Management
- Diabetes Screening
- Electrocardiogram
- Flu Shot
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Hypertension Treatment
- Immunization Administration
- Lipid Profile
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions
- Pre-Operative Clearance
- Preventative Care
- Rash Treatment
- Respiratory Infection Treatment
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
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
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Navigate
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Student Resources
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Choice POS
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE for Life East
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Choice Fund PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-POS
- POS OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Indemnity
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-HMO
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- TRICARE East Select
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Choice POS II
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
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