John J Kennedy, MD| Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease | MedStar Health
About me
John J. Kennedy, MD is a board certified cardiologist who sees patients in the Annapolis and Kent Island offices, is an active member at Anne Arundel Medical Center and holds the position of Physician Manager for the Annapolis practice. His primary focus is evaluation of chest pain, arrhythmias, palpitations, fainting episodes and assessment of cardiac risk factors.
Dr. Kennedy’s interests include coronary artery disease, preventive cardiology, atrial fibrillation, arrhythmias, hypertension, cholesterol disorders, cardiac murmurs and valve disorders, congestive heart failure, stress testing, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.
His care approach is to obtain all data needed to diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease , and to educate patients on their condition and management options. He works with his patients to develop the best treatment plan for their individual needs, with the goal of improving their quality of life and prognosis.
Clinical areas of focus
- Angiogram
- Angioplasty
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardioversion
- Coronary Artery Stenting
- Event Monitoring
- Holter Monitoring
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Electrocardiogram
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Acute Endocarditis
- Acute Ischemic Heart Diseases
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Aortic Valve Disorders
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Arrhythmia
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrial Septal Defect
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Brugada Syndrome
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Channelopathies
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chest Pain
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Malformations Of Great Arteries
- Congenital Malformations Of Heart
- Congenital Malformations Of Peripheral Vascular System
- Congenital Malformations Of Pulmonary And Tricuspid Valves
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Heart Attack
- Heart Block
- Heart Disease
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Valve Disorders
- High Cholesterol Management
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Long Qt Syndrome
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocarditis
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Vessel Disease
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Tetralogy Of Fallot
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Venous Embolism
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Septal Defect
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Ablation Therapy
- Angiogram
- Angioplasty
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Catheterization Interpretation
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiovascular Stress Testing
- Cardioversion
- Cholesterol Screening
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Artery Stenting
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiology Study
- Event Monitoring
- Extended Ecg Analysis
- External Electrocardiographic Recording
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Rhythm Monitoring
- High Cholesterol Management
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension Treatment
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
- Intravascular Ultrasound
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Palpitation Treatment
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) Ablation
- Syncope Treatment
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
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
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Administrators
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Choice POS II
- POS OA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-Open HMO
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-Open POS Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Medicare FFS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst EPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Navigate
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- TRICARE East Select
- OA Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Medicare Direct
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- First Health PPO
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice POS
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-Indemnity
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship Program: Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island (1994)
Residency Program: Montefiore Medical Center (1991)
Internship Program: Montefiore Medical Center (1988)
Medical School: New York Medical College (1987)