Heidi Joy Appel, MD| Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | MedStar Health
Heidi Joy Appel, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Languages: English
Only sees patients in a hospital setting and does not schedule visits.
About me
Heidi Appel, MD, is a pediatric critical care physician at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed a dual internship and residency at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Appel then went on to complete a pediatric pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship program at Northwestern University. Dr. Appel is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine.
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Anaphylactic Shock
- Anaphylaxis
- Brain Death
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coagulopathy
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplant Complications
- Heart Transplant Rejection
- Hemodynamic Instability
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypokalemia
- Hypoxia
- Intestinal Transplant Complications
- Ischemic Stroke In Children
- Liver Transplant Complications
- Lung Transplant Complications
- Meningitis
- Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
- Myocarditis
- Neonatal Respiratory Distress
- Neonatal Respiratory Failure
- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
- Pneumothorax
- Poisoning
- Postoperative Complications
- Respiratory Failure
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Sepsis
- Septic Shock
- Shock
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Status Epilepticus
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Tension Pneumothorax
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury In Children
Procedures I perform
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Management
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Treatment
- Allergy
- Antiarrhythmic Therapy
- Antibiotic Therapy
- Apnea Monitoring
- Bispectral Index Monitoring
- Blood Component Transfusion
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Blood Transfusion
- Bone Marrow Aspiration
- Cardiac Arrest Management
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Cardioversion
- Chest Physiotherapy
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation
- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
- Electrocardiogram
- Electroencephalogram Setup And Takedown
- Endotracheal Intubation
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Inotropic Therapy
- Intraosseous Line Placement
- Lumbar Puncture
- Nonautologous Red Blood Cell Transfusion
- Non-Invasive Ventilation
- Pediatric Trauma Care
- Trachea Endotracheal Airway Insertion
- Tracheostomy
- Transcutaneous Oxygen Monitoring
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Concentrated Care Center Ground Level Room CG201
Washington, DC, 20007
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
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-POS
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Indemnity
- Optimum Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Open POS II
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Basic
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-HMO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Choice POS
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Navigate
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA Indemnity
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- POS OA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- TRICARE for Life East
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- TRICARE East Select
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna HMO
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Network OA
- CareFirst Administrators
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst NASCO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS II
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- First Health PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University (1999)
Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (1994)
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (1991)