About me
Manish Shah, MD, is the Program Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Training at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, as part of MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute. He is board certified in cardiac electrophysiology, as well as cardiovascular disease, and is a recipient of the general cardiology faculty teaching award at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Dr. Shah specializes in the management of slow and fast heart rhythm disorders, including atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), and ventricular tachycardia. He has special expertise in complex ablation procedures to treat atrial fibrillation, premature ventricular contractions (PVC's), and ventricular tachycardia. Additionally, he is the leading implanter of left atrial appendage closure devices (also known as the WATCHMAN device) in the mid-Atlantic region. He is a national and international proctor for left atrial appendage closure for stroke risk reduction in patients with atrial fibrillation. His research interests include the use of catheter ablation techniques to improve outcomes for patients with atrial fibrillation and optimizing implantation of left atrial appendage closure devices.
Dr. Shah received his biomedical engineering and medical degrees from Case Western Reserve University. He earned several academic distinctions, including induction into the AOA Honor Medical Society and the Howard Hughes Medical Fellowship. He subsequently completed his internal medicine residency at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital. He then went on to complete a fellowship program in general cardiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he stayed to complete an advanced fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology as chief fellow.
When not advocating cutting-edge care for his patients, Dr. Shah enjoys spending time with his two children.
Philosophy of Care
"Honesty, transparency, clear communication and patient education are the pillars of my practice. Your good health is my personal responsibility, and I strive to be accessible, compassionate and on the vanguard of new medical technology.
The focus of my initial consultation is patient education through the use of clear and simple language so that you can make informed decisions that serve you best. If you require an electrophysiologic procedure, we have a team of doctors, nurse practitioners, and nurses who will provide you with comfort, reassurance and world-class, cardiac care."
Clinical areas of focus
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Flutter
- Bradycardia
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Electrophysiology Study For Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Heart Block
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Palpitations
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Watchman Device Implantation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bradycardia
- Brugada Syndrome
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Prosthetic Device Complications
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Heart Block
- Heart Racing
- Implantable Defibrillator Complications
- Implantable Defibrillator Maintenance
- Implantable Loop Recorder Implantation
- Long Qt Syndrome
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Pacemaker Infection
- Palpitations
- Premature Atrial Contraction
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Short Qt Syndrome
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Arrhythmia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Watchman Device Implantation
Procedures I perform
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Cardiac Defibrillator Threshold Testing
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardioversion
- Electrophysiology Study
- Electrophysiology Study For Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Endometrial Extraction
- Event Monitoring
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Rhythm Monitoring
- Holter Monitoring
- Maze Procedure For Atrial Fibrillation
- Pacemaker Lead Replacement
- Pacemaker Placement
- Pulmonary Vein Isolation
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Temporary Transcutaneous Pacing
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Watchman Device Implantation
- Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome Treatment
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
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- First Health PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Direct
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open POS II
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Network OA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- First Health PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Choice POS II
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Student Resources
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- OA Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Choice POS
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- HighMark
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna HMO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst EPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Employee Health Plan
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Optimum Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Beech Street PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2008)
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2006)
Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital (2003)
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (2000)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Podcasts
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