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
- Acute Illness Treatment
- Chronic Disease Management
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Preventative Care
Procedures I perform
- 24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening
- Acute Illness Treatment
- Advance Directive Planning
- Anxiety Treatment
- Asthma Management
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cholesterol Screening
- Chronic Disease Management
- Copd Management
- Diabetes Screening
- Electrocardiogram
- Flu Shot
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Hypertension Treatment
- Immunization Administration
- Lipid Profile
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions
- Pre-Operative Clearance
- Preventative Care
- Rash Treatment
- Respiratory Infection Treatment
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
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
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice POS II
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- POS OA
- OA Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Student Resources
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- TRICARE East Select
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA EPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Navigate
- UHC Passport
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- HighMark
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-POS Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Choice POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Indemnity
- Network OA
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Choice Fund PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst NASCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst EPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open HMO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
Education
Residency: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (2025)
Medical Education: Rural Medical College (1900)