Rahul Malik, MD| Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiology | MedStar Health
About me
Rahul Malik, MD, is board certified in nuclear cardiology, echocardiography and internal medicine. He combines non-invasive medicine, research and innovation with patient-oriented care to treat even the most complex cardiovascular cases. His approach is one of empowering his patients to prevent, treat, and manage heart disease at every stage.
Clinical interests include: structural heart disease, difficult-to-control blood pressure, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease, peripheral arterial disease and aortic stenosis.
Dr. Malik believes it is imperative to establish open communication with his patients, and works with them to map the best course for their health.
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 Disease
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrial Septal Defect
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chest Pain
- Cholesterol Disorders
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Procedures
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Malformations Of Cardiac Chambers And Connections
- 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 Attack
- Heart Block
- Heart Blockage
- Heart Disease
- Heart Disease In Women
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- Heart Valve Problems
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- High Cholesterol Management
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Irregular Heartbeat
- 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
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- 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
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Rheumatic Fever With Heart Involvement
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Shortness Of Breath
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Venous Embolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm Treatment
- Angioplasty And Stenting
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Arterial Pressure Monitoring
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Blood Tests For Heart Disease
- Ventricular Fibrillation 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
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- OA Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Network OA
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst EPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Network Only Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Choice Fund PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Beech Street PPO
- Navigate
- IH-POS Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA EPO
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- HighMark
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Choice POS II
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Medicare Direct
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MultiPlan, Inc
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Police and Fire Clinic
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship: Advocate Health Care (2017)
Residency: Washington Hospital Center (2014)
Internship: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2012)
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College (2008)