Bolanle AK Akinyele, MD| Cardiology | MedStar Health
About me
Bolanle Akinyele, MD, MPH, FACC, is a non-invasive cardiologist at MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute. She is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and advanced echocardiography.
Dr. Akinyele sees patients with a wide range of cardiovascular diagnoses including coronary heart disease, rhythm disturbances, and also provides preventive cardiovascular care. She has a special interest in advanced echocardiography and structural heart disease.
Dr. Akinyele received her medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine.
During her time there, she served as co-director of The New Freedmen’s Clinic, a free, student-run, attending supervised clinic–the largest student-driven community initiative at Howard College of Medicine. Dr. Akinyele then completed her internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where she also served as chief resident. Following this, Dr. Akinyele pursued advanced training through fellowships in cardiology and advanced echocardiography at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Growing up in Nigeria and during her training, Dr. Akinyele recognized the value of quality healthcare and developed a passion for expanding healthcare access and addressing cardiovascular health disparities. Thus, during her fellowship training, she completed the Master of Public Health program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with certificates in global health, healthcare disparities and health equity. She brings that passion to the care of her local patients and to the international cardiovascular health nonprofit with which she remains involved.
Philosophy of Care
“I am a wife and mother of three and I bring my “mom-self” to work. I take care of each patient as if they were family, and believe in treating the person, not just the disease. I aim to provide each patient with compassionate care, clear and candid information while respecting their decisions for treatment.
I believe in excellence – in being complete and providing thorough care. I am also committed to mutual partnerships with referring physicians, offering transparent, ongoing communication to determine the best plan for their patients.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Angiogram
- Angioplasty
- Atrial Flutter
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease Treatment
- Echocardiography
- Electrophysiology Study
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- High Blood Pressure
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Lymphedema
- Myocardial Infarction
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Stress Test
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Acute Endocarditis
- Acute Ischemic Heart Diseases
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Arterial Embolism
- 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
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cellulitis
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Circulatory System Complications
- Circulatory System Disorders
- Clotting Disorders
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Malformations Of Heart
- Congenital Malformations Of Musculoskeletal System
- Congenital Malformations Of Pulmonary And Tricuspid Valves
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Family History Of Disabilities And Chronic Diseases
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Heart Attack
- Heart Blockage
- Heart Disease
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Liver Enzyme Abnormalities
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lymphangitis
- Lymphedema
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Myocarditis
- Neoplasms Of Lymphoid, Hematopoietic And Related Tissue
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Obesity
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Disease Of The Intestines
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Precerebral Artery Occlusion
- Premature Atrial Contraction
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Presence Of Cardiac Pacemaker
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Shock
- Shortness Of Breath
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Sleep Disorders
- Subcortical Infarction
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Tachycardia
- Thyrotoxic Crisis
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Venous Embolism
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Vision Disturbances
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Angioplasty
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiovascular Stress Testing
- Cardioversion
- Carotid Artery Aneurysm Repair
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Artery Disease Treatment
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiology Study
- Heart Failure Treatment
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Rhythm Monitoring
- Heart Transplant
- Holter Monitoring
- Intravascular Ultrasound
- Lymphedema
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Prostate Injury Treatment
- Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Repair
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Ventricular Fibrillation 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
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Navigate
- First Health PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Network OA
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Choice POS
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- POS OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- OA Plus
- IH-POS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-PPO
- Choice POS II
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UHC Passport
- United Student Resources
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna VA Exchange
- TRICARE East Prime
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Sentara Health
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Employee Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- HighMark
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Medicare FFS
- OCI Direct (HMO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship Program: Johns Hopkins Hospital (2021)
Residency Program: Johns Hopkins Bayview (2016)
Internship Program: Johns Hopkins Bayview (2014)
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine (2013)