About me
As a Board Certified/Board eligible critical care physician, all conditions requiring intensive care in the medical, surgical, or neurosciences ICU are treated.
Peter Jeffrey Sloane, MD is Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (MUMH) and MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (MGSH). He was named a Top Doctor in Baltimore magazine for Intensivists/Critical Care, Pulmonary in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Dr. Sloane was a prior National Institute of Health National Research Service Award recipient and was awarded the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in 1993 and 2006. Dr. Sloane was a site investigator for the National Institutes of Health's "ARDSNet" (acute respiratory distress syndrome network). He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and has contributed 15 peer-reviewed journal articles to the medical literature. He served as Chief of Staff at MUMH between 2008 and 2011 and was a member of the Board Directors at MUMH between 2008 and 2020.
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Cough
- Emphysema
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Pneumonia
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
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
- HighMark
- CIGNA EPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS
- Network OA
- POS OA
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Navigate
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Choice POS II
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- OA Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- First Health PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-EPO Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- UHC Passport
- Medicare Direct
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Sentara Health
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital & Medical College (1991)
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (1991)
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (1988)
Medical School: Cornell University (1985)
Awards
- 2015 Top Doctor, Baltimore magazine
- 2016 Top Doctor, Baltimore magazine
- 2017 Top Doctor, Baltimore magazine
- 2019 Top Doctor, Baltimore magazine
- 2020 Top Doctor, Baltimore magazine
- 2021 Top Doctor, Baltimore magazine
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Sloane, PJ, MH Gee, JE Gottlieb, KH Albertine, SP Peters, JR Burns, G Machiedo, and JE Fish. A multicenter registry of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: physiology and outcome. Am. Rev. Resp. Dis. 146:419-426, 1992.
Sloane, PJ, TH Elsasser, JA Spath, Jr., KH Albertine, and MH Gee. Plasma tumor necrosis factor alpha during long term endotoxemia in awake sheep. J. Appl. Physiol. 73(5):1831-7, 1992.
Spath, JA, PJ Sloane, MH Gee, KH Albertine. Loss of endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the pulmonary vessels of sheep after prolonged endotoxin. J. Appl. Physiol. 76(1): 361-9, 1994.
Kane, GC, PJ Sloane, B McComb, B Chinn, JE Gottlieb. 'Missed' inhaled foreign body in an adult. Resp. Med. 88:551-4, 1994.
Perkowski, SZ, PJ Sloane, JA Spath, MH Gee. Pathophysiology of endotoxin-induced acute respiratory failure in sheep. Journal of Applied Physiology. 80(2):564-73, 1996.
Sohrabi, F, LA Mispireta, M Fiocco, LA Dibos, PC Buescher, PJ Sloane. Effects Of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting On Patient Outcome. Journal of Investigative Medicine 51:27-31, 2003.
Myers C, Sloane P, Buescher P. Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Risk Factors of Open-Heart Surgery Patients for the Development of Pleural Effusions Requiring Thoracentesis. AJRCCM 167:7, 2003.
Sloane, PJ, DeRenzo, E. The Case of Mr. A.B. The Journal of Clinical Ethics 18(4):399-401, 2008.
Enteral Omega-3 Fatty Acid, -Linolenic Acid,and Antioxidant Supplementation in Acute Lung Injury, Rice, et. al for the NHLBI ARDS Clinical Trials Network, JAMA. 2011;306(14):1574-1581. Dr. Sloane served as Principle Investigator at the MedStar Union Memorial Hospital of Baltimore Study Site.
Initial Trophic vs Full Enteral Feeding in Patients With Acute Lung Injury, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Clinical Trials Network, JAMA. 2012;307(8) Dr. Sloane served as Principle Investigator at the MedStar Union Memorial Hospital of Baltimore Study Site.
Salahuddin F, Sloane P, Buescher P. Agarunov L, Sreeramoju D. A case of apical ballooning syndrome in a male with status asthmaticus; highlighting the role of B2 agonists in the pathophysiology of a reversible cardiomyopathy, Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2013, 3: 20530
Rosuvastatin for Sepsis-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Rice, et. al for the NHLBI ARDS Clinical Trials Network, Truwitt, et. Al for the NHLBI ARDS Clinical Trials Network, N Engl J Med 2014;370:2191-200. Dr. Sloane served as Principle Investigator at the MedStar Union Memorial Hospital of Baltimore Study Site.
Jin N, Sloane P. Evaluation of pure ground glass pulmonary nodule: a case report, Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2014, 4: 24562
Orgeron G, Pollard J, Pourmalek P, Sloane P. Catheter-Directed Low-Dose Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Treatment of Right Atrial Thrombus Caused by a Central Venous Catheter, Pharmacotherapy 2015;35(10):e153–e158)
Haque OI, Mahar S, Hussain S, Sloane P. Pharmacokinetic interaction between verapamil and ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir implications for the management of COVID-19 in patients with hypertension. BMJ Case Reports, 2023;16:e252677. doi:10.1136/bcr-2022-252677.