Asha Merlin Tharakan, MPAS PA| Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Abnormal Breathing
- Atrial Flutter
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Sleep Disorders
- Subcortical Infarction
- Vasovagal Syncope
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Acute Endocarditis
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Conduction Disorders
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cellulitis
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Clotting Disorders
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Malformations Of Great Arteries
- Congenital Malformations Of Musculoskeletal System
- Congenital Malformations Of Pulmonary And Tricuspid Valves
- Congenital Malformations Of Trachea And Bronchus
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Gestational Edema
- Hashimoto Thyroiditis
- Heart Attack
- Heart Disease
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Muscle Disease
- Heart Valve Disorders
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- 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
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Precerebral Artery Occlusion
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Pulmonary Vessel Disease
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Sleep Disorders
- Subcortical Infarction
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Thyrotoxic Crisis
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Varicose Veins Of Lower Extremities
- Vasovagal Syncope
- Venous Embolism
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Anxiety Management
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Biostatistics
- Cardiac Arrest Management
- Cardiac Biopsy
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Cell Therapy
- Cardiac Condition Management
- Cardiac Device Management
- Cardiac Disease Management
- Cardiac Enzyme Testing
- Cardiac Function Testing
- Cardiac Genetic Counseling
- Cardiac Health Education
- Cardiac Kinesiology
- Cardiac Machine Learning
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging With Stress
- Cardiac Metabolomics
- Cardiac Nutrition Counseling
- Cardiac Pain Management
- Cardiac Personalized Nutrition
- Cardiac Radiology
- Cardiac Research Methods
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiac Risk Assessment
- Cardiac Sports Medicine
- Cardiac Testing Services
- Cardiac Translational Research
- Cardiovascular Bioengineering
- Cardiovascular Biophotonics
- Cardiovascular Chemogenetics
- Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
- Cardiovascular Device Management
- Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
- Cardiovascular Disease Screening
- Cardiovascular Disease Self-Management
- Cardiovascular Education And Training
- Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
- Cardiovascular Epidemiology
- Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology
- Cardiovascular Gene Expression Analysis
- Cardiovascular Glycomics
- Cardiovascular Health Informatics
- Cardiovascular Imaging Science
- Cardiovascular Medical Devices
- Cardiovascular Microbiome Analysis
- Cardiovascular Nanotechnology
- Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine
- Cardiovascular Omics
- Cardiovascular Optics
- Cardiovascular Patient Empowerment
- Cardiovascular Personalized Medicine
- Cardiovascular Pharmacology
- Cardiovascular Precision Health
- Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Program
- Cardiovascular Research
- Cardiovascular Risk Factor Modification
- Cardiovascular Stress Testing
- Cardiovascular Synthetic Biology
- Cardiovascular Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
- Cardioversion
- Carotid Artery Aneurysm Repair
- Clinical Trials
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Coronary Stenting
- Diabetes Community Outreach
- Diabetes Telemedicine
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiology Study
- Enhanced External Counterpulsation
- Environmental Health
- Event Monitoring
- External Electrocardiographic Recording
- Fluoroscopy Of Stomach
- Fractional Flow Reserve
- Health Economics
- Heart Failure Management
- Heart Failure Medication Management
- Heart Failure Monitoring
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Ultrasonography
- High Cholesterol Management
- Holter Monitoring
- Hypertension Treatment
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Intravascular Ultrasound
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Liver Transplant Support Groups
- Lymphedema
- Mental Wellness Programs
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mesenteric Angiography
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Natural Language Processing
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Nutrition Counseling
- Orthopedic Urgent Care
- Pacemaker Upgrade
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Palliative Care Services
- Pathology Services
- Pediatric Toxicology
- Pediatric Trauma Care
- Pharmacogenomics
- Population Health Analytics
- Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Repair
- Radiation Oncology Follow-Up
- Shared Decision Making
- Stem Cell Gene Editing
- Stress Echocardiography
- Tilt Table Test
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transplant Regenerative Medicine
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Unlisted Gastroenterology Procedure
- Vaccine Development And Policy
- Ventricular Fibrillation Treatment
- Ventricular Function Testing
- Ventricular Restoration
- Wellness Services
- Wound Care
Practice locations
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9105 Franklin Square Dr
Ste 209
Baltimore, MD, 21237
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 Better Health of VA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-POS Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- POS OA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- UHC Passport
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- OA Plus
- Navigate
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst NASCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA EPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HighMark
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-POS
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Sentara Health
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
Education
Board Certification: National Committee on Certification of Physician Assistants, Certification of Physician Assistants
Graduate: University of Nebraska Medical Center (2023)
Graduate: St. John's University Queens Campus (2012)