Louis K Essandoh, MD| Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease | MedStar Health
About me
Louis K. Essandoh, MD is a board certified cardiologist. His interests include preventative, consultative and nuclear cardiology, exercise physiology, and clinical trials. His primary focus is coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease and cardiovascular pharmacology.
Dr. Essandoh strives to involve patients in their care so that they share in all major decisions. He believes that intently listening to his patients makes their diagnoses become evident. He presents an unbiased assessment, allowing patients to decide their own therapy after becoming well-informed and educated on their condition.
Clinical areas of focus
- Angiogram
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardioversion
- Electrocardiogram
- Event Monitoring
- Holter Monitoring
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Electrocardiogram
- 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 Regurgitation
- Arrhythmia
- Arteriosclerosis
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- 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 Disease In Women
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- Heart Valve Disorders
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol Management
- Hypertension
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Implantable Cardioverter
- Infectious Endocarditis
- 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
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Pacemaker Management
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Heart Diseases
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Secondary Hypertension
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Thoracic Aortic Dissection
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Transplanted Heart Management
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- 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
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiovascular Stress Testing
- Cardioversion
- Cholesterol Screening
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Artery Stenting
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiology Study
- Event Monitoring
- Exercise Stress Test
- Extended Ecg Analysis
- External Electrocardiographic Recording
- Heart Failure Treatment
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Rhythm Monitoring
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension Treatment
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
- Intravascular Ultrasound
- Lipid Profile
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Palpitation Treatment
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) Ablation
- Syncope Treatment
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
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 MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Choice POS II
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst EPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- UHC Passport
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Medicare FFS
- Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Sentara Health
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Medicare Direct
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Employee Health Plan
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- OA Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Network OA
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- TRICARE East Select
- TRICARE East Prime
- HighMark
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- POS OA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Student Resources
- IH-Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Optimum Choice
Education
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic (1988)
Residency: Mayo Clinic (1985)
Medical Education: Yale University School of Medicine (1981)