About me
Itshac Itsik Ben-Dor, MD, is Program Director Interventional Cardiology Fellowship MedStar Washington Hospital Center ,Associate Director Medstar Washington Hospital Center Cardiac Cath Labs, Associate professor Georgetown University Washington, DC.
A member, and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Ben-Dor is part of a unique team that is performing high volumes of treatments for coronary and structural heart disease in addition to complex coronary interventions.
As an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Ben-Dor specializes in the treatment of coronary and structural heart disease through the use of percutaneous coronary intervention, balloon aortic and mitral valvuloplasty, alcohol septal ablation, transcatheter aortic valve implantation, mitral valve clip and transcatheter mitral valve replacement.
His clinical interests include treating patients with valvular heart disease and coronary physiology as well as acute coronary syndrome. His current research interests include exploring the efficacy and clinical outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement and intravascular ultrasound and coronary physiology.
Dr. Ben-Dor received his medical degree from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Israel before joining MedStar for fellowship training in interventional cardiology and structural heart disease in addition to residency training in internal medicine. Dr. Ben-Dor has completed more than 12 years of training, both in the United States and in Israel, which provide him with a depth of experience unparalleled in the region. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology.
Dr. Ben-Dor was recently named Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Faculty Educator of the Year by the MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute at Georgetown University. He is also widely published and has produced more than 280 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and serves on the editorial boards of Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine Journal.
Philosophy of Care
“My role as a healthcare provider is to do what’s in the patient’s best interest. I believe it is important to educate and advise my patients as to the options they have regarding their care. There is always more than one treatment option available. For this reason, I believe patient-centered care is a big part of any medical decision.
Clinical areas of focus
- Abnormal Stress Test
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Coronary Angiography
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Coronary Artery Stent Placement
- Microvascular Dysfunction
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Refractory Angina
- Transradial Catheterization
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Coronary Angiography
- Abnormal Stress Test
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Anomalies Of The Coronary Artery
- Aortic Diseases
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of The Aorta
- Athletic Heart Syndrome
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Cardiac Angina
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chronic Total Occlusion
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Coronary Artery Fistula
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Exercise Intolerance
- Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Family History Of Sudden Cardiac Death
- Genetic Cardiomyopathy
- Giant Cell Myocarditis
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
- Iliac Aneurysm
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Microvascular Dysfunction
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Myocardial Infarction (MI)
- Myocarditis
- Myxoma
- Prinzmetals Angina
- Refractory Angina
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Heart Failure
- Right Heart Failure
- Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Unstable Angina
Procedures I perform
- Adenosine Stress Test
- Alcohol Septal Ablation
- Atherectomy
- Balloon Catheter
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
- Cardiovascular Care
- Collateral Vessel Closure
- Coronary Angiography
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Coronary Artery Stent Placement
- Directional Atherectomy
- Dobutamine Stress Test
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Embolic Protection Devices
- Fractional Flow Reserve
- Heart Biopsy
- In Office Cardiac Echocardiogram
- In Office Cardiac Stress Test
- Laser Atherectomy
- Left Atrial Appendage Closure
- Preoperative Evaluation
- Prosthetic Heart Valves
- Pulmonary And Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Rotational Atherectomy
- Stress Echo Cardiogram
- Thrombectomy
- Tilt Table Test
- Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair
- Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transradial Catheterization
- Transradial Coronary Angioplasty
- Transthoracic Echocardiogram
- Vo2 Measurement
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
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Student Resources
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Golden Rule
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- D-SNP)
- I-SNP
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Choice Plus
- United Choice
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- Virginia Premier
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Optimum Choice
- United Navigate
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Tricare for Life East
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Tricare East Select
- Tricare East Prime
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Carefirst EPO
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
Residency Program: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2013)
Fellowship Program: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2011)
Medical School: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (2001)