George Dewey Bittar, MD| Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology | MedStar Health
About me
George Bittar, MD, is the Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. He sees patients at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center at the White Square Professional building on Mondays and Thursdays. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Bittar treats patients with a wide range of cardiovascular issues including coronary artery disease/coronary atherosclerosis, hypertension, lipid abnormalities, valvular heart disease, and heart rhythm disturbances. He has a particular interest in preventive health and behavioral modification measures as they relate to heart disease, as well as the relationship between atherosclerosis and dementia.
Dr. Bittar chose the field of cardiology while in medical school when his mother developed acute congestive heart failure. For Dr. Bittar, it is important to listen carefully to each patient’s concerns and work with them to both diagnose and treat acute conditions. He also believes that it is equally important to focus on appropriate behavior modification to help his patients be proactive in maintaining good psychological and physical health.
As a longstanding member of the MedStar Health community, Dr. Bittar values his many relationships with referring providers as he understands the key role they play in the coordinated care of shared patients.
Clinical areas of focus
- Angiogram
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardioversion
- Electrocardiogram
- Event Monitoring
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension Treatment
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Acute Endocarditis
- Acute Ischemic Heart Diseases
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiac Sudden Death
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Procedures
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Malformations Of Great Arteries
- Congenital Malformations Of Heart
- Congenital Malformations Of Pulmonary And Tricuspid Valves
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Heart Block
- Heart Disease
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
- Hypertension Crisis
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Myocarditis
- Myopathies
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
- Pulmonary Vessel Disease
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Torsades De Pointes
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Venous Embolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Arrhythmia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Ablation Therapy
- Angiogram
- Angioplasty
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Catheterization Interpretation
- Cardiovascular Stress Testing
- Cardioversion
- Cholesterol Screening
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Artery Stenting
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiology Study
- Event Monitoring
- External Electrocardiographic Recording
- Heart Biopsy
- Heart Failure Treatment
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Rhythm Monitoring
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension Treatment
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
- Intravascular Ultrasound
- Lipid Profile
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Preventive Cardiology
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
- Tilt Table Test
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
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 Gold Plus HMO
- HighMark
- Aetna Basic
- IH-POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- TRICARE for Life East
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Choice POS
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- OA Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst NASCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Beech Street PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Administrators
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Network OA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Student Resources
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- IH-PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Medicare FFS
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- POS OA
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship: George Washington University Hospital (1989)
Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1986)
Internship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1984)
Medical School: Weill Medical College of Cornell University (1983)
Awards
- Baltimore magazine, Top Doctor, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2025