Sandeep M Jani, MD| Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Sandeep Jani is a dedicated cardiologist who believes that the best medical outcomes start with a strong partnership between doctor and patient. As the Medical Director of both Advanced Heart Failure and the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) program at the MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute in Baltimore, Dr. Jani brings world-class expertise to the Baltimore community.
He is double board-certified in Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, specializing in the management of complex heart conditions that require a high level of precision and personalized care.
Dr. Jani has extensive experience caring for patients at every stage of heart failure. He provides comprehensive management for a broad array of cardiomyopathies, including:
- Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
- Amyloidosis and other infiltrative heart diseases
- Genetic Cardiomyopathies
For those facing late-stage heart failure, Dr. Jani is an expert in navigating complex treatment pathways, ensuring that patients have access to the most advanced therapies available.
Dr. Jani understands that a diagnosis of heart disease can be overwhelming. His approach is built on three core pillars:
- Transparency: You can expect honest, straightforward answers to your questions. Dr. Jani prioritizes helping you truly understand your condition so you can be an active participant in your health.
- State-of-the-Art Treatment: He is committed to "aggressive yet appropriate" care, utilizing the latest medical advancements and state-of-the-art technologies to improve patient outcomes.
- Compassion & Goals: Every treatment plan is tailored to the individual. Dr. Jani listens closely to your personal goals and desires, ensuring that your medical care aligns with the life you want to lead.
"My goal is to provide the most advanced cardiac care possible while never losing sight of the person behind the patient. We work together to find the path that best fits your life and your values."
Clinical areas of focus
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Complications Of Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
- Heart Failure
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis Of The Heart
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
- Cardiac Graft Failure
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Heart Transplant
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Complications Of Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplant Candidacy Evaluation
- Heart Transplant Complications
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Therapy
- Multiple Myeloma With Amyloidosis
- Myocarditis
- Postpartum Cardiomyopathy
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Rejection Of Transplanted Heart
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Ventricular Dysfunction
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
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Medicare Direct
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Basic
- IH-EPO Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- IH-PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Administrators
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-POS
- Navigate
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- POS OA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- UHC Passport
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- BlueChoice Open Access
- OA Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Sentara Health
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Employee Health Plan
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice POS
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Medstar-Washington Hospital Center (2016)
Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center (2015)
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine (2011)
Medical School: Wayne State University (2008)
Awards
- Baltimore magazine, Top Doctor, 2024, 2025