About me
Jessica S. Wang Memoli, MD, is board certified in pulmonary disease, critical care medicine and internal medicine. She is the Director of Bronchoscopy & Interventional Pulmonary, as well as the Associate Fellowship Program Director for Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She is a member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), and the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD).
Dr. Wang Memoli received her medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She completed her residency at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and her fellowship training at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
Dr. Wang Memoli specializes in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary diseases, specializing in the evaluation of lung cancer and lung nodules. She is one of the first pulmonologists in the area to use robotic bronchoscopy as a tool for evaluating lung nodules. As an interventional pulmonologist, Dr. Wang Memoli uses various therapeutic interventions to treat conditions such as airway obstructions, malignant pleural effusions and persistent air leaks.
Her current research initiatives include the use of guided bronchoscopic techniques to evaluate peripheral lung nodules, placement of endobronchial valves to manage persistent air leaks, and assessing new sedatives for bronchoscopy procedures.
Philosophy of Care
"Designing a care plan is merely one part of the diagnosis and management of lung disease, especially lung cancer. My ultimate goal for each individual is to help them understand every step of the diagnostic process, give answers to questions about the complex medical realm which they are now a part of, and offer comfort and reassurance to alleviate the overwhelming emotions that arise. I take this responsibility seriously and strive to ease the doubts and fears my patients have during the uncertainty of the diagnostic process.
Additionally, I make every effort to palliate symptoms by being an active and attentive listener and encourager. I want my patients to be involved in honest conversations that will help me to create a personalized care plan that best fits their needs. When appropriate, I advocate for the less invasive and potentially safer treatment options."
Clinical areas of focus
- Airway Tumor Destruction
- Arthrocentesis
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Bronchoscopy With Biopsy
- Chronic Asthma
- Chronic Cough
- Colonoscopy With Injection
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Emphysema
- Endobronchial Ultrasound
- Lung Biopsy
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Malignant Pleural Effusion Drainage
- Pleural Disease
- Pleurisy
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Nodules
- Rigid Bronchoscopy
- Stent Placement
- Thoracoscopy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Asbestosis
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Central Sleep Apnea
- Chronic Asthma
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Emphysema
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Cancer With Respiratory Failure
- Lung Mass
- Pleural Disease
- Pleural Effusion
- Pleural Effusion In Diseases Classified
- Pleurisy
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Eosinophilia
- Pulmonary Nodules
- Pulmonary Sarcoid
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Respiratory Disorders
- Respiratory Failure
- Subcortical Infarction
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Procedures I perform
- Airway Dilation
- Airway Tumor Destruction
- Arthrocentesis
- Asthma Management
- Biopsy Of Lung Mass
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
- Bronchial Brush Biopsy
- Bronchoscopy
- Bronchoscopy With Biopsy
- Bronchoscopy With Fiducial Markers
- Bronchoscopy With Foreign Body Removal
- Bronchoscopy With Lung Biopsy
- Bronchoscopy With Needle Aspiration Biopsy
- Bronchoscopy, Rigid Or Flexible
- Bronchus Dilation
- Carina Dilation
- Central Sleep Apnea Treatment
- Chest Wall Manipulation
- Chronic Cough Management
- Chronic Cough Treatment
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Treatment
- Colonoscopy With Injection
- Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
- Endobronchial Ultrasound
- Endoscopic Inspection Of Tracheobronchial Tree
- Endoscopic Stomach Feeding Device Insertion
- Endotracheal Intubation
- Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Management
- Lobectomy
- Lung Biopsy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Lung Cancer Treatment
- Lung Mass Treatment
- Lung Sarcoid Treatment
- Lung Transplant
- Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
- Malignant Pleural Effusion Drainage
- Mesenteric Angiography
- Pleural Cavity Drainage
- Pulmonary Exercise Testing
- Pulmonary Function Tests
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Pulmonary Sarcoid Treatment
- Rigid Bronchoscopy
- Stent Placement
- Subclavian Artery Extirpation
- Thoracoscopy
- Thoracoscopy With Pleurodesis
- Trachea Endotracheal Airway Insertion
- Tracheostomy
- Transplant Glomerulopathy Treatment
- Tube Thoracostomy
- Venous Access Device Removal
Practice locations
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110 Irving St NW GA-4 Washington, DC, 20010
202-877-8115miles away
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
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna HMO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open POS II
- Core Essential (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-POS Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst EPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice POS II
- Choice POS
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HighMark
- Sentara Health
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice Fund PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-POS
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA PPO
- Navigate
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Beech Street PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- TRICARE for Life East
- TRICARE East Select
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-HMO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Student Resources
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Network OA
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina (2010)
Residency: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2005)
Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine (2002)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
https://blog.medstarwashington.org/2020/11/18/navigational-bronchoscopy/
https://www.medstarwashington.org/news/2019/10/16/medstar-washington-hospital-center-now-offering-novel-robotic-platform-to-diagnose-lung-conditions/
- Wang Memoli JS, Nietert PJ, Silvestri GA. “Meta-Analysis of Guided Bronchoscopy for the Evaluation of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules.” Chest, Aug 2012;142(2):385-393.
- Wang Memoli JS, Silvestri GA. “Response.” Chest, Nov 2012;142(5):1355-1356.
- Wang Memoli JS, El-Bayoumi E, Pastis NJ, Tanner NT, Gomez M, Huggins JT, Onicescu G, Garrett-Mayer E, Armeson K, Taylor K, Silvestri GA. “Using EBUS Features to Predict Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Lung Cancer.” Chest. Dec 2011; Vol. 140(6): 1550-6.
- Tanner NT, Watson P, Boylan A, Wang Memoli JS, Pastis N, Taylor K, Garrett-Mayer E, Silvestri GA. “Utilizing Endobronchial Ultrasound with Fine Needle Aspiration to Obtain Tissue for Molecular Analysis: A Single Center Experience.” Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, Oct 2011; Vol 18(4): 317-321.
- Teng S; Dupont E; McCann C; Wang J; Bolano M; Durand K; Peltz E; Bass SS; Cantor A; Ku NN; Cox CE. “Do Cytokeratin-Positive-Only Sentinel Lymph Nodes Warrant Complete Axillary Lymph Node Dissection In Patients With Invasive Breast Cancer?” American Surgeon, 01 June 2000; Vol. 66: 574-8.