Shrutiben M. Patel, MD| Internal Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Areas of clinical interest
- Cardiometabolic health
- Multimorbidity disease management
- Obesity management
- Preventive medicine and risk stratification
Philosophy of care
“My philosophy of care should reflect clinical reasoning and patient-centered thinking. It also centers on building long-term, trusting relationships with patients, and partnering with them to make informed, evidence-based decisions. I aim to provide comprehensive, patient-centered care for individuals with complex medical conditions.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Digestive System Symptoms
- High Blood Pressure
- Respiratory Disorders
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Injury
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Blood
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Drug Findings In Blood
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Serum Enzyme Levels
- Acquired Absence Of Organs
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Adverse Effects
- Allergies
- Anemia
- Angina
- Anus And Rectum Diseases
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Artery Disorders
- Ascites
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrioventricular Block
- Back Pain
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bladder Disorders
- Bleeding Disorders
- Body Region Injury
- Bone Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Breast Lump
- Bronchiectasis
- Candidiasis
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cellulitis
- Cellulitis And Lymphangitis
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Colitis
- Colon Cancer
- Congenital Malformations Of Musculoskeletal System
- Contact With Communicable Diseases
- Convulsions
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Cough
- Crohn's Disease
- Crohn's Disease [Regional Enteritis]
- Cutaneous Abscess, Furuncle And Carbuncle
- Cystitis
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Developmental Delays
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Digestive System Diseases
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Diseases Of Esophagus
- Diseases Of Lip And Oral Mucosa
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Disorders Of White Blood Cells
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Diverticulitis
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Dyslipidemia
- Dyspnea
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Emphysema
- Endocrine Disorders
- Enlarged Prostate
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eyelid Disorders
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Flatulence
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gallstones
- Gastritis
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Gout
- Headache
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Hematuria
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hip Pain
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypotension
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Influenza
- Influenza Due To Other Identified Influenza Virus
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Disorder
- Kidney And Ureter Calculus
- Kidney And Ureter Disorders
- Kidney Stones
- Knee Pain
- Liver Failure
- Lung Disease
- Lymphoma
- Malaise And Fatigue
- Migraine
- Multiple Myeloma
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Disorders
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nail Disorders
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nontoxic Goiter
- Obesity
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Pancreatitis
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Personal Risk Factors
- Persons Encountering Health Services
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonitis Due To Solids And Liquids
- Polyuria
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Rash
- Respiratory Disorders
- Respiratory Failure
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sepsis
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Skin Swelling And Lumps
- Sleep Disorders
- Sore Throat
- Specified Health Status
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylosis
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Tachycardia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thyroid Disorders
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Urinary Retention
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Vasculitis
- Vein Disorders
- Venous Embolism
- Ventral Hernia
- Volume Depletion
- Weight Loss
Procedures I perform
- 24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening
- Abscess Incision And Drainage
- Advance Directive Planning
- Aging Education
- Aging Life Care
- Aging Resource Coordination
- Aging Well Resources
- Alcohol Abuse Treatment
- Anticoagulation Therapy
- Anxiety Treatment
- Arthrocentesis
- Asthma Management
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cholesterol Screening
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cold Treatment
- Congestive Heart Failure Management
- Copd Management
- Diabetes Screening
- Digital Rectal Exam
- Disease Prevention
- Electrocardiogram
- Flu Shot
- Geriatric Care
- Grief Counseling
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hypertension Treatment
- Immunization Administration
- Infectious Disease Treatment
- Lactate Dehydrogenase
- Lipid Profile
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Mole Removal
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions
- Pap Smear
- Peak Flow Measurement
- Pre-Operative Clearance
- Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
- Rash Treatment
- Respiratory Infection Treatment
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Sinusitis Treatment
- Skin Tag Removal
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Staple Removal
- Suture Removal
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Treatment
- Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
- Venous Blood Collection
- Vision Screening
- Women's Health Exam
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
- TRICARE for Life East
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Indemnity
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- OA Plus
- United Student Resources
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare FFS
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- First Health PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Choice POS II
- Choice POS
- Sentara Health
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- UHC Passport
- Navigate
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HealthyBlue PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Open HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Classic 5000
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna HMO
- HighMark
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice POS II Open Access
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- POS OA
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Choice Fund PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-Open POS II
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-POS
Education
Residency Program: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (2025)
