About me
Ricardo Nieves, MD, is a cardiologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. As a general cardiologist, he treats patients with a wide range of cardiovascular disorders, utilizing traditional and advanced cardiology methods like stress testing, coronary CTA, and cardiac MRI. He is board-certified in internal medicine, echocardiography, cardiovascular disease, and cardiac MRI.
His treatment approach is patient-centered and holistic. Passionate about helping people improve their health while considering their lifestyle and the social determinants that influence their access to care, he works closely with his patients to develop a care plan that aligns with their personal goals and values. He promotes lifestyle changes, such as smoking cessation, to improve cardiovascular health.
Dr. Nieves specializes in utilizing cardiac MRI imaging technology to better diagnose, treat, and understand heart diseases such as infiltrative cardiomyopathies and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, among other processes. He is also excited about the future of 4D cardiac MRI imaging, a technology that allows cardiologists to evaluate blood flow in the heart in real-time while simultaneously evaluating the structure of the heart.
Dr. Nieves completed his medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He went on to complete his residency, internship, and two fellowship programs at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
In his career, Dr. Nieves has received several awards and honors, including the Galal M. Ziady Memorial Award for his commitment to the underserved and the UPMC Excellence in Research Award. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and Alpha Omega Alpha.
Dr. Nieves speaks fluent Spanish. When he is not working with patients, he likes to play guitar, row, exercise, and spend time with his family.
Philosophy of Care
“My philosophy of care is simple: the patient comes first. It is important to me to focus on someone’s goals and fully understand where they are coming from. I believe that knowledge is power and that the more you know, the better equipped you are to take care of yourself and your health. When I sit and talk with patients, I am seeking to understand where they are coming from and how I can meet them there with information regarding their health.
Clinical areas of focus
- Angiogram
- Angioplasty
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Catheterization Interpretation
- Electrocardiogram
- High Cholesterol Management
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension Treatment
- Stress Echocardiography
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
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Conduction Disorders
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiac Sudden Death
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Procedures
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Malformations Of Great Arteries
- Congenital Malformations Of Great Veins
- 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
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol Management
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- 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
- 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
- Renal Artery Thrombosis
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- 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
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Vasculitis
- Venous Embolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Ablation Therapy
- Angiogram
- Angioplasty
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Catheterization Interpretation
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiac Ultrasound
- Cardiovascular Stress Testing
- Cardioversion
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Artery Disease Treatment
- Duplex Scan Of Extremity Veins
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiology Study
- External Electrocardiographic Recording
- Heart Failure Treatment
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Transplant
- Heart Ultrasonography
- High Cholesterol Management
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension Treatment
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
- Intravascular Ultrasound
- Leadless Pacemaker Insertion
- MRA With Contrast
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Palpitation Treatment
- Peripheral Venous Access
- Permanent Pacemaker Insertion
- Stress Echocardiography
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) Ablation
- Syncope Treatment
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiogram With Strain Imaging
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Vasopressor Administration
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
PHC Bldg 5th Fl
Washington, DC, 20007
110 Irving St NW
MHVI-1st Floor North Addition
Washington, DC, 20010
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
- IH-POS
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE East Prime
- HealthyBlue PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Choice POS
- Network OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- HighMark
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-Indemnity
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Blue Choice Advantage
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Sentara Health
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna VA Exchange
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- OA Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Optimum Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UHC Passport
- POS OA
- CIGNA PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Medicare FFS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Employee Health Plan
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-HMO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Beech Street PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Medicare Direct
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2023)
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2022)
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2019)
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (2016)