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
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Prime
- Blue Choice Advantage
- POS OA
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- OA Plus
- Medicare Direct
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Student Resources
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Choice POS II
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna VA Exchange
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- HighMark
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Network OA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Choice POS
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Navigate
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna HMO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- First Health PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-POS
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HumanaChoice PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
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)