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