Gabrielle Rubin, DO
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease
Languages: English
About me
Gabrielle Rubin, DO, is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at Washington Hospital Center and the Associate Program Director for the advanced heart failure fellowship. She is board-certified in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology, adult echocardiography, and internal medicine.
Dr. Rubin specializes in diagnosing, treating, and coordinating the care of patients with chronic, complex cardiovascular conditions such as heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, cardiogenic shock, left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), heart transplants, and other cardiomyopathies.
Believing that every patient deserves to have a full understanding of their condition and treatment options, her approach centers on transparency, patient education, and trust. To that end, she implores patients to maintain agency and control over their care with proactive participation. Dr. Rubin is also a strong advocate for women’s cardiovascular health, with a special interest in peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Her research interests focus on improving outcomes in advanced heart failure, particularly by optimizing medical therapy, selecting patients for advanced therapies, and developing care delivery models that reduce hospitalizations and improve quality of life. She is also interested in mechanical circulatory support and served as first author on a paper exploring the use of total artificial hearts as a bridge to heart transplantation.
Dr. Rubin earned her medical degree at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. While there, she received awards for her exceptional leadership and patient care, namely the Chairman's Resident Leadership Award and the Excellence Award in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Next, she completed an additional fellowship in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Before returning to MedStar, she was an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Attending Physician at the University of Arizona, Banner Medical Center, where she gained clinical expertise in the management of total artificial hearts.
To bring her best self to her work as a physician, Dr. Rubin prioritizes her own balance and well-being by staying physically active, spending meaningful time with loved ones, and pursuing personal interests.
Philosophy of Care
“I believe in partnering with my patients and empowering them to be active in their own care. I want patients to know that I take the time to listen and that I’m committed to helping them navigate what can feel like an overwhelming diagnosis.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiomyopathy
- Circulatory Assist Device Management
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Heart Failure
- Heart Failure Management
- Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Treatment
- Heart Transplant
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Heart Transplant
- Complications Of Icd
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Complications Of Vad
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplant Failure
- Heart Transplant Rejection
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Presence Of Cardiac Pacemaker
- Presence Of Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)
- Rejection Of Transplanted Heart
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Venous Embolism
Procedures I perform
- Cardiac Amyloidosis Treatment
- Cardiac Biopsy
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Contractility Modulation
- Cardiac Enzyme Testing
- Cardiac Output Monitoring
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis Treatment
- Cardiac Tamponade Treatment
- Cardioversion
- Circulatory Assist Device Management
- Device Implantation For Heart Failure
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiology Study
- Endomyocardial Biopsy
- Heart Failure Management
- Heart Failure Medication Management
- Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Treatment
- Heart Transplant
- Heart-Lung Transplant
- Inotropic Therapy
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Insertion
- Left Ventricular Reconstruction
- Mitral Valve Repair
- Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
- Pulmonary Valve Replacement
- Right Ventricular Assist Device Management
- Sarcoidosis Treatment
- Tricuspid Valve Repair
- Ventricular Fibrillation Treatment
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
Practice locations
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110 Irving St
NA-1000
Washington, DC, 20010
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
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Administrators
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice
- Employee Health Plan
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Navigate
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Basic
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- OA Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HighMark
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- First Health PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-POS
- Choice POS II
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Indemnity
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Network OA
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- First Health PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Prime
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Student Resources
- UHC Passport
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MultiPlan, Inc
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2024)
Fellowship: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (2023)
Residency: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (2020)
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine-Bradenton (2017)