Ruchi Pratik Desai, MMS PA| Cardiology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Angiogram
- Atrial Flutter
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chest Pain
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Electrocardiogram
- Heart Murmur
- High Cholesterol Management
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension Treatment
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Electrocardiogram
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Acute Ischemic Heart Diseases
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Arterial Blood Clots
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cellulitis
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Clotting Disorders
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gestational Edema
- Heart Attack
- Heart Blockage
- Heart Disease In Women
- Heart Murmur
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Irregular Heartbeat
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Lymphangitis
- Lymphedema
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Shortness Of Breath
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Subcortical Infarction
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Aortic Valve Surgery
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Angioplasty
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Carotid Artery Aneurysm Repair
- Carotid Artery Stenting
- Cholesterol Screening
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Artery Stenting
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiology Study
- Exercise Stress Test
- Heart Biopsy
- Heart Failure Treatment
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Rhythm Monitoring
- High Cholesterol Management
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension Treatment
- Intravascular Ultrasound
- Lymphedema
- Mesenteric Angiography
- Mitral Valve Repair
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Preventive Cardiology
- Prostate Injury Treatment
- Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Repair
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Test
- Syncope Treatment
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Ventricular Assist Device
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
- POS OA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Blue Choice Advantage
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- IH-POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UHC Passport
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- TRICARE East Prime
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna VA Exchange
- TRICARE for Life East
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Choice POS II
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Administrators
- Sentara Health
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Beech Street PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Medicare Direct
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Network OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Navigate
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice POS
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Choice Fund PPO
- OA Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- HighMark
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- MultiPlan, Inc
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Medicare FFS
- IH-HMO
Education
Board Certification: National Committee on Certification of Physician Assistants
Graduate: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (2021)