Richard Leo Morrissey, MD| Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiology | MedStar Health
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Richard Leo Morrissey

Richard Leo Morrissey, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

5 out of 5 (897 reviews)

Specialties: Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiology

Languages: English

(877) 303-1461

About me

FACC,FASE,FACP

Clinical areas of focus

  • Angiogram
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cardioversion
  • Cholesterol Screening
  • Event Monitoring
  • Hypertension Treatment
  • Stress Echocardiography
  • Stress Test
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Abnormal Breathing
  • Abnormal Heart Rhythm
  • Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
  • Acute Endocarditis
  • 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 Murmurs
  • Cardiometabolic Disorders
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
  • Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • Chest Pain
  • Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Claudication
  • Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
  • Congenital Heart Valve Defects
  • Congenital Malformations Of Heart
  • Congenital Malformations Of Pulmonary And Tricuspid Valves
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis
  • Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
  • Dyspnea On Exertion
  • Eisenmenger Syndrome
  • Electrical Conduction Disorders
  • Enlarged Heart
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia
  • Heart Attack
  • Heart Block
  • Heart Disease
  • Heart Disease In Women
  • Heart Murmur
  • Heart Palpitations
  • High Blood Pressure
  • 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
  • Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
  • Palpitations
  • Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
  • Patent Ductus Arteriosus
  • Patent Foramen Ovale
  • Pericardium Diseases
  • Peripheral Artery Disease
  • Premature Atrial Contractions
  • Premature Ventricular Contractions
  • Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCS)
  • Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
  • Pulmonary Edema
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Pulmonary Heart Disease
  • Pulmonary Valve Disorders
  • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease
  • Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Secondary Hypertension
  • 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
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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 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Cardiovascular Stress Testing
  • Cardioversion
  • Cholesterol Screening
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
  • Coronary Artery Stenting
  • Electrocardiogram
  • Electrophysiology Study
  • Event Monitoring
  • External Electrocardiographic Recording
  • Heart Biopsy
  • Heart Failure Treatment
  • Heart Pacemaker Implantation
  • Heart Rhythm Monitoring
  • Heart Transplant
  • Heart Ultrasonography
  • High Cholesterol Management
  • Holter Monitoring
  • Hypertension Treatment
  • Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
  • Intravascular Ultrasound
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
  • Nuclear Stress Test
  • Palpitation Treatment
  • Stress Echocardiography
  • Stress Test
  • Syncope Treatment
  • Transesophageal Echocardiography
  • Transthoracic Echocardiography
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Practice locations

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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 5th Fl
Washington, DC, 20007

202-877-8833

Fax 877-303-1461

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Fax 877-303-1461

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.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • IH-POS Plus
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • Optimum Choice
    • Choice POS
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • Aetna Basic
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • Aetna HMO
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • Medicare Direct
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • IH-POS
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • United Student Resources
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • Employee Health Plan
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • UHC Passport
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • Navigate
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • IH-PPO
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • IH-HMO
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • CareFirst EPO
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • Choice POS II
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • Sentara Health
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • IH-Open POS II
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • First Health PPO
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Medicare FFS
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • First Health PPO
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • OA Plus
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • Network OA
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • CIGNA PPO
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • Beech Street PPO
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • POS OA
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • HighMark
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • IH-Indemnity
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • CIGNA EPO
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • TRICARE East Select
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease

Residency: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (1993)

Internship: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (1986)

Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (1985)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    5
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    5
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    5
  • Provider included you in decisions

    5
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    5
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    5
  • Apr 24, 2026

    Richard Morrissey is a physician's physician ! Knowledgeable, compassionate, friendly and attentive to details.

  • Mar 28, 2026

    Dr. Morrissey is the very best!

  • Mar 24, 2026

    Good experience