About me
John Shin, MD, is a MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute attending clinical cardiac electrophysiologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. His practice locations include: MedStar Cardiology Associates at Annapolis, MedStar Cardiology Associates at Irving Street, and MedStar Cardiology Associates at Lafayette Centre. Before joining MedStar Health, Dr. Shin was an attending cardiologist/clinical cardiac electrophysiologist for 10 years with the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, where he performed a high volume of procedures for complex cardiac arrhythmia issues. The procedures he performed include catheter-based ablation for ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, and atypical atrial arrhythmias, as well as lead extraction for complex lead management.
As a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist who is board-certified in cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology, Dr. Shin treats patients for all cardiac arrhythmia disorders (both common and complex), including atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia, bradyarrhythmia, and syncope. Dr. Shin performs implant procedures for patients who are candidates for devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators. He also performs minimally invasive catheter-based ablation procedures.
Dr. Shin’s clinical interests include the management of complex arrhythmias and providing patient education – spending the appropriate amount of time with patients to help them understand their diagnosis and treatment options. He is passionate about providing patients who are candidates with device-based therapies to improve heart failure outcomes and ablation procedures to treat tachyarrhythmias that are symptom-limiting.
Dr. Shin received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He then joined the University of Chicago Medical Center for an internal medicine residency; a cardiology fellowship; and a two-year subspecialty cardiac electrophysiology fellowship, during which he served as Chief Fellow. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society.
Philosophy of care
“My philosophy of care is guided by applying my experience to provide high-quality, empathetic, and comprehensive care while partnering with my patients to ensure they’re fully informed of their condition and treatment options.
“Being a doctor is more than helping patients treat a problem, it’s going back to the Latin root for doctor (docere) which means ‘to teach’. For me, doctoring is about partnering with my patients and educating them, so they have a comprehensive understanding of their condition and treatment options. When my patients walk out of an appointment, my goal is that they’ll walk out with a clear understanding of my professional opinion and treatment recommendations, and what it means in terms of their treatment goals.
“I feel honored when my patients say that they felt heard by me and that they feel comforted and cared for after their time with me. I am my patients’ number one advocate and always have their best interests at heart, even when difficult decisions are being made.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Cardiac Ablation
- Electrophysiology Study
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Bradycardia
- Brugada Syndrome
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Cachexia
- Cardiac Channelopathies
- Cardiac Prosthetic Device Complications
- Cardiac Prosthetic Device Malfunction
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Heart Racing
- Implantable Defibrillator Complications
- Implantable Defibrillator Maintenance
- Irregular Heartbeat
- Long Qt Syndrome
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Short Qt Syndrome
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Watchman Device Complications
Procedures I perform
- Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Event Recorder
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardioversion
- Electrophysiology Study
- Endometrial Extraction
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Holter Monitoring
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead Extraction
- Implantable Loop Recorder
- Maze Procedure For Atrial Fibrillation
- Pacemaker Lead Replacement
- Pacemaker Placement
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome 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
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice POS
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Sentara Health
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-POS Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- OA Plus
- POS OA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Medicare Direct
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Medicare FFS
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Navigate
- First Health PPO
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Police and Fire Clinic
- TRICARE East Prime
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- IH-HMO
- First Health PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Choice
- Network OA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE East Select
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-POS
- HighMark
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center Radiology GME (2013)
Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center Radiology GME (2012)
Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center Radiology GME (2009)
Medical School: Vanderbilt University (2006)