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

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

5 out of 5 (868 reviews)

Specialties: Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease

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

202-444-5111

Fax 877-303-1461

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

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

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
  • Dec 3, 2025

    Awesome doctor.

  • Dec 2, 2025

    Outstanding service.

  • Nov 24, 2025

    Excellent doctor.