About me
W. David Xu, MD is a cardiologist specializing in Advanced Heart Failure at the MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute. He sees patients at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital. He holds board certifications in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.
Dr. Xu specializes in the management of patients with heart failure and those requiring mechanical support devices including left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). He is particularly interested in LVAD recovery, and medical therapy for cardio-renal syndrome and diuretic resistance.
He chose to specialize in advanced heart failure because of the opportunity it affords him to take care of his patients long term. Patients with heart failure have special challenges but are very involved in their care and are invested in getting better. Working as a team, we can help these patients achieve their goals in improving their quality of life –understanding that each patient defines their own milestones in this process. He works closely with patients and their families to ensure they understand all aspects of the care plan and presents the options that most closely align with his patients’ goals and lifestyle.
Outside of work, Dr. Xu enjoys getting to know his new home, Maryland, as well as exploring the nation’s capital. He and his wife have a golden retriever and a border collie that they rescued and now have seen four different states.
Dr. Xu is a member of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Failure Society of America.
Clinical areas of focus
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplant Candidacy Evaluation
- Heart Transplant Failure
- Heart Transplant Rejection
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Inotropic Therapy Management
- Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Therapy
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Multiple Myeloma With Amyloidosis
- Myocarditis
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
Practice locations
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3300 N Calvert St
2nd Fl
Baltimore, MD, 21218
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
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Navigate
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Employee Health Plan
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- POS OA
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-HMO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Sentara Health
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MultiPlan, Inc
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Choice POS II
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Network OA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- OA Plus
- Medicare Direct
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- HighMark
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2018)
Fellowship: University of Utah Health Sciences/Medical Center (2017)
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine (2013)
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2010)