About me
Dr. David A. Strouse, MD, is an cardiac electrophysiologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. In addition to seeing patients, he also serves as the Chief of Complex Ablation and Chief of Virginia Outreach Programs for the MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute. As a cardiac electrophysiology specialist, Dr. Strouse works with a focus on understanding and treating abnormal electrical heart activity, which commonly includes conditions like atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, tachycardia, and bradycardia.
Procedures and services performed by Dr. Strouse include complex catheter based ablations of all cardiac arrhythmias, epicardial ablation, cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, the WATCHMAN procedure, heart rhythm device implantation, genetic counseling for heart conditions, and managing the treatment of genetic heart conditions.
Dr. Strouse has collaborated in over 45 studies and trials dealing with topics relating to electrophysiology, including novel ablation techniques and new modalities of pacing. He is most interested in new techniques for ablation in treating complex arrhythmias. Clinically, his goal is to always be on the cutting-edge of cardiac electrophysiology treatments, performing the most sophisticated procedures and using the newest technologies available.
Dr. Strouse received his medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he conducted research in pathophysiology. He then completed a residency program in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals. Dr. Strouse then went on to complete a fellowship in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at New York University Medical Center.
Philosophy of Care
“My goal is to always be the patient’s advocate, be responsive to questions, and think of the patient as a member of my family. My treatment recommendations always consider the patient’s needs and circumstances first.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Flutter
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Bradycardia
- Cardiac Ablation
- Electrophysiology Study
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Palpitations
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Watchman Device Implantation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bradycardia
- Brugada Syndrome
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Prosthetic Device Complications
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Heart Racing
- Implantable Defibrillator Complications
- Implantable Defibrillator Maintenance
- Long Qt Syndrome
- Palpitations
- Premature Atrial Contraction
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Short Qt Syndrome
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Watchman Device Complications
Procedures I perform
- Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation For Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardioversion
- Electrophysiology Study
- Event Recorder Implantation
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Holter Monitoring
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead Extraction
- Implantable Loop Recorder
- Maze Procedure For Atrial Fibrillation
- Pacemaker Placement
- Pacemaker Pulse Generator Insertion
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Watchman Device Implantation
- Wireless Event Recorder Monitoring
- Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome 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
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- POS OA
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Indemnity
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-POS
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Classic 3500
- BlueChoice Open Access
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Medicare FFS
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- HighMark
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Choice POS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Network OA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Sentara Health
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Direct
- OA Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Fellowship: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2002)
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2001)
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine (1998)
Medical School: University of Maryland-Baltimore (1995)