Gabrielle Rubin, DO
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease
Languages: English
About me
Gabrielle Rubin, DO, is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at Washington Hospital Center and the Associate Program Director for the advanced heart failure fellowship. She is board-certified in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology, adult echocardiography, and internal medicine.
Dr. Rubin specializes in diagnosing, treating, and coordinating the care of patients with chronic, complex cardiovascular conditions such as heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, cardiogenic shock, left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), heart transplants, and other cardiomyopathies.
Believing that every patient deserves to have a full understanding of their condition and treatment options, her approach centers on transparency, patient education, and trust. To that end, she implores patients to maintain agency and control over their care with proactive participation. Dr. Rubin is also a strong advocate for women’s cardiovascular health, with a special interest in peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Her research interests focus on improving outcomes in advanced heart failure, particularly by optimizing medical therapy, selecting patients for advanced therapies, and developing care delivery models that reduce hospitalizations and improve quality of life. She is also interested in mechanical circulatory support and served as first author on a paper exploring the use of total artificial hearts as a bridge to heart transplantation.
Dr. Rubin earned her medical degree at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. While there, she received awards for her exceptional leadership and patient care, namely the Chairman's Resident Leadership Award and the Excellence Award in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Next, she completed an additional fellowship in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Before returning to MedStar, she was an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Attending Physician at the University of Arizona, Banner Medical Center, where she gained clinical expertise in the management of total artificial hearts.
To bring her best self to her work as a physician, Dr. Rubin prioritizes her own balance and well-being by staying physically active, spending meaningful time with loved ones, and pursuing personal interests.
Philosophy of Care
“I believe in partnering with my patients and empowering them to be active in their own care. I want patients to know that I take the time to listen and that I’m committed to helping them navigate what can feel like an overwhelming diagnosis.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiomyopathy
- Circulatory Assist Device Management
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Heart Failure
- Heart Failure Management
- Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Treatment
- Heart Transplant
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Heart Transplant
- Complications Of Icd
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Complications Of Vad
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplant Failure
- Heart Transplant Rejection
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Presence Of Cardiac Pacemaker
- Presence Of Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)
- Rejection Of Transplanted Heart
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Venous Embolism
Procedures I perform
- Cardiac Amyloidosis Treatment
- Cardiac Biopsy
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Contractility Modulation
- Cardiac Enzyme Testing
- Cardiac Output Monitoring
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis Treatment
- Cardiac Tamponade Treatment
- Cardioversion
- Circulatory Assist Device Management
- Device Implantation For Heart Failure
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiology Study
- Endomyocardial Biopsy
- Heart Failure Management
- Heart Failure Medication Management
- Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Treatment
- Heart Transplant
- Heart-Lung Transplant
- Inotropic Therapy
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Insertion
- Left Ventricular Reconstruction
- Mitral Valve Repair
- Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
- Pulmonary Valve Replacement
- Right Ventricular Assist Device Management
- Sarcoidosis Treatment
- Tricuspid Valve Repair
- Ventricular Fibrillation Treatment
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
Practice locations
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110 Irving St
NA-1000
Washington, DC, 20010
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
- Network OA
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Open HMO Option
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- HighMark
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- POS OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Police and Fire Clinic
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Student Resources
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst NASCO
- Sentara Health
- OA Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst EPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-Open HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA EPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- TRICARE East Prime
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-HMO
- First Health PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Medicare FFS
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Navigate
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
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 (2024)
Fellowship: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (2023)
Residency: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (2020)
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine-Bradenton (2017)