About me
David L. Pearle, MD, is a professor of Medicine at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and interventional cardiology.
Dr. Pearle has repeatedly been recognized as a top doctor by multiple organizations, including Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctors, America's Top Physicians by Consumer's Research Council of America, Best Doctors in America by Best Doctors, Inc., Top Doctors in the Washington Area by Washington Consumers' Checkbook, and Top-Rated Docs by Northern Virginia magazine. He is the author of more than 45 research publications in the fields of heart failure, acute coronary care, and interventional cardiology. He served on the national committee that developed the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) guidelines for the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction (heart attack).
Dr. Pearle served for six years is acting chief of the Cardiology Division. At various times, he has served at MedStar Georgetown as the director of the Coronary Care Unit, the director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, and the director of the Cardiology Fellowship Program. He was a two-term president of the American Heart Association Nation's Capital Affiliate. He is a frequent invited speaker for both medical and lay audiences.
Read details about Dr. Pearle's background and accomplishments.
Clinical areas of focus
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Refractory Angina
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Atherosclerosis
- Cardiac Angina
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Myocardial Infarction (MI)
- Myocarditis
- Myxoma
- Refractory Angina
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Unstable Angina
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.
-
List of insurance plans we accept
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Open EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: POS
- Network OA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Open HMO
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- FIRST HEALTH
- Tricare Prime
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Student Resources
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship Program: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (1974)
Residency Program: New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center (1970)
Internship Program: New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center (1969)
Medical School: Harvard Medical School (1968)