Dr. Weining David Xu, MD

About Me
Insurances Accepted
Conditions Treated, Treatments, and Tests
Education
Certification
Member of Medical Staff

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.

Insurances Accepted

MedStar Health Providers participate with a wide range of health insurance products. We accept self-pay patients and the insurances plans listed below. This list is not comprehensive, it is updated periodically and is subject to change. If you do not see your health insurance plan or product listed, or if you have any questions regarding MedStar Health’s participation with your health plan, please contact your health plan to verify participation with our providers.

Since the MedStar Health providers span the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia regions, our participation with DC, Maryland and Virginia Medical Assistance programs varies by provider group. Please contact your MedStar Physician’s Office to assist with verifying Medical Assistance participation. If you are enrolled in a Medicaid Managed Care Organization, please contact your Medicaid health plan to verify participation.

AETNA
Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
Aetna HMO
Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
Aetna Student Health Insurance
Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
Aetna USAccess (POS)
Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
Choice POS & Choice POS II
Innovation Health: Indemnity
Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
Innovation Health: POS
Innovation Health: POS Plus
Innovation Health: PPO
Open EPO Plus
Open HMO
Open POS II
Opoen HMO Option
Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
CAREFIRST
Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
BlueChoice Open Access
CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
HealthyBlue PPO
CIGNA HEALTH CARE
Choice Fund PPO
CIGNA EPO
CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
CIGNA Indemnity
CIGNA POS/Network POS
Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Network OA
POS OA & OA Plus
PPO and PPO Plus
COVENTRY HEALTH NETWORK
Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
Coventry Health Care of Virginia
Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
First Health PPO
FIRST HEALTH (NOW COVENTRY)
FIRST HEALTH
MEDSTAR FAMILY CHOICE
MedStar Family Choice
MEDSTAR MEDICARE CHOICE
MedStar Medicare Choice
MEDSTAR SELECT
MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC. (PHCS)
Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
TRICARE
Tricare Extra (Indemnity)
Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
Tricare Prime
Tricare Standard
UNITED HEALTHCARE
M.D. IPA (HMO)
M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
OneNet PPO, Inc.
Optimum Choice
Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
United Healthcare Choice
United Healthcare Choice Plus
United Healthcare Compass (HMO)
United Healthcare Core Essential (HMO)
United Healthcare Navigate
United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
United Healthcare Select HMO
United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
United Student Resources

Conditions Treated

Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Advanced Heart Failure (adhf)

Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia

Beriberi

Cardiac Amyloid

Cardiac Insufficiency

Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Cardiomyopathy

Congestive Heart Failure (chf)

Cor Pulmonale

Diabetic Cardiomyopathy

Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Genetic Cardiomyopathy

Giant Cell Myocarditis

Heart Disease

Heart Failure

Heart Transplant Rejection

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis

Infiltrative Disorders Of The Heart

Left Heart Failure

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)

Myocarditis

Rheumatic Heart Failure

Right Heart Failure

Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

Sarcoidosis (Cardiac)

Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Viral Cardiomyopathy

Treatments

Chronic Inotropic Therapy

Circulatory Assist Devices

Heart Failure Treatment

Heart Transplant

Heart Transplants

Home Inotropes

Inotropic Therapy

Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)

Mechanical Circulatory Support

Palliative Care

Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)

Tests

CardioMEMS™

Heart Biopsy

Education

Fellowship Program:Cleveland Clinic (2018)

Fellowship Program:Univesity of Utah Medical Center (2017)

Residency Program:Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital (2013)

Medical School:University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2010)

Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

Member of Medical Staff

MedStar Harbor Hospital

MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital

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