Overview of Dr. Atiga
Dr. Walter Atiga is a cardiologist in Fairfax, VA and is affiliated with MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He received his medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine and has been in practice 27 years. Dr. Atiga accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 246 doctors at MedStar Washington Hospital Center who specialize in Cardiology. He has 9 publications and over 400 citings.
Office
3020 Hamaker Ct
502
Fairfax, VA 22031Fax+1 703-208-7259- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 1998 - 1999- Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1995 - 1998
Loma Linda University Health Education ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1992
Loma Linda University School of MedicineClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1991 - Present
MD State Medical License 1992 - 2024
VA State Medical License 2001 - 2024
DC State Medical License 2019 - 2024
PA State Medical License 2001 - 2004- American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Clinical Trials
- Longitudinal Surveillance Registry (LSR) of ACUITY Spiral Start of enrollment: 2009 Aug 04
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 21 citationsSelected patients listed for cardiac transplantation may benefit from defibrillator implantation regardless of an established indication.Samir Saba, Walter L. Atiga, William Barrington, Leonard I. Ganz, Robert L. Kormos, Guy A. MacGowan, Michael A. Mathier, Dennis M. McNamara, Ogundu Obioha-Ngwu, Sriniv...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2003 Apr 1
- 30 citationsProspective Randomized Comparison of Cooled Radiofrequency Versus Standard Radiofrequency Energy for Ablation of Typical Atrial FlutterWalter L. Atiga, Seth J. Worley, John R. Hummel, Ronald D. Berger, Douglas Gohn, Nicholas J. Mandalakas, Steven J. Kalbfleisch, Henry R. Halperin, Kevin J Donahue, Gor...> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 2002 Aug 1
- Prospective randomized comparison of the safety and effectiveness of placement of endocardial pacemaker and defibrillator leads using the extrathoracic subclavian vein...Calkins, H., Ramza, B. M., Brinker, J., Atiga, W., Donahue, K., Nsah, E., Taylor, E., Halperin, H., Lawrence, J. H., Tomaselli, G., Berger, R. D.> ;Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2001 Apr
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Hospital Affiliations
MedStar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, District of Columbia
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
Anthem HealthKeepers HMO/POS
Anthem KeyCare PPO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS Texas BlueChoice
CareFirst BCBS Maryland POS
CareFirst BlueChoice Advantage
CareFirst BlueChoice Network POS
CareFirst BluePreferred PPO
CIGNA HMOCIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Coventry Carelink Health Plans PPO
Coventry Virginia - HMO
First Choice
First Health PPO
Great West PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Premera BCBS Heritage & Heritage Plus 1
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO - Please verify your coverage with the provider's office directly when scheduling an appointment
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