Preetham N. Kumar, MBBS MD| Cardiac Imaging, Cardiology | MedStar Health
About me
Preetham Kumar, MD, is a Cardiologist at the Heart and Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Kumar is the Director of Echocardiography Laboratory and Interventional Echocardiography.
Dr. Kumar underwent cardiovascular diseases fellowship training at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida and Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging and Structural Echocardiography fellowship training at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.His residency training was at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore in India; Coventry & Leicester, United Kingdom and SJHMC, Michigan, USA. He received his medical degree from Bangalore University in India.
Dr. Kumar’s prior training in Cardiovascular imaging, Internal medicine and Psychiatry have created a foundation for his cardiology practice, which combines advanced cardiac imaging during complex cardiac interventions with patient centered clinical practice that is delivered with clarity and emphasis on listening and understanding patient needs with empathy.
Clinical areas of focus
- Atrial Flutter
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Lymphedema
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Acute Endocarditis
- Acute Ischemic Heart Diseases
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Arterial Embolism
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Benign Neoplasm Of Intrathoracic Organs
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bleeding Disorders
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiac Prosthetic Device Malfunction
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cellulitis
- Chagas' Disease
- Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Circulatory System Disorders
- Clotting Disorders
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Duodenitis
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Esophageal Atresia
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Hashimoto Thyroiditis
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Liver Enzyme Abnormalities
- Liver Injury
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lymphangitis
- Lymphedema
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Myocarditis
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Obesity
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Vascular Disease Of The Intestines
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pleural Effusion
- Poisoning
- Premature Atrial Contraction
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Pulmonary Atresia
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
- Pulmonary Vessel Disease
- Respiratory Disorders
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Shock
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Thyrotoxic Crisis
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Cardiac Blood Pool Spect
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Catheterization Interpretation
- Cardiac Loop Recorder Placement
- Cardiac Output Assistance
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With Pacemaker
- Cardiac Sampling And Pressure Measurement
- Cardiac Ultrasound
- Cardiovascular Stress Testing
- Carotid Artery Aneurysm Repair
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Coronary Artery Disease Treatment
- Echocardiogram With Contrast
- Echocardiographic Contrast Agent
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiologic Study
- Gated Cardiac Blood Pool Imaging
- Heart Ultrasonography
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
- Introduction Of Antineoplastic
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Lymphedema
- Mesenteric Angiography
- MRA With Contrast
- Pacemaker Pulse Generator Insertion
- Pacemaker Upgrade
- Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Repair
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Strain Echocardiogram
- Stress Echocardiography
- Tilt Table Test
- Tissue Doppler Imaging
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiogram With Bubble Study
- Transthoracic Echocardiogram With Strain Imaging
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Twist Drill Hole With Ventricular Catheter
- Unlisted Gastroenterology Procedure
- Vasculitis Treatment
- Vasopressor Administration
- Vectorcardiography
- Ventricular Function Testing
- Ventricular Restoration
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- Wall Motion Study
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
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Core Essential (HMO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- OA Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Navigate
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- HighMark
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open HMO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Sentara Health
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-PPO
- POS OA
- Optimum Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-EPO Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Employee Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice POS II
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
Education
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic Scottsdale (2015)
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (2014)
Residency: St. John Hospital And Medical Center-Detroit (2011)
Medical School: Bangalore Medical College (2002)