Cardiocare - Downtown DC

Dr. Werakoon is fantastic: kind, warm and extremely knowledgeable. Highly recommend!

Dr. Werakoon is great, knowledgeable and kind and explains things in an easy to understand manner. But no one responds to voicemails, no one ever answers the phone, and often the office doesn't complete the necessary insurance paperwork on time. Save yourself the headache and skip this practice.

Came in after an illness with lingering cardiac symptoms, hoping to rule out organ damage, congenital causes, etc. Two stars for the offices and my first appointment. Beautiful offices. Dr. Sanai was thoughtful in my first appointment, asking questions and laying out a plan of action. He asked me to take some trend data over the next few days and come back in for an echo. During the echo, the woman taking the measurements kept sighing and saying she didn't see anything, then asked "why are you even here?" I told her at a high level some of the symptoms I was having and she started insisting I must just have gained weight during the pandemic and that I just needed to work out. "Getting fat will do that to you." I was too stunned to say anything about how unprofessional that was -- and how unqualified she was to talk to me about my results or my condition. In our appointment, Dr. Sanai confirmed my results were good -- yayyy! -- but also dismissed my concerns about the trend data. Sort of shoved me out the door in less than 5 minutes. I left the office in tears, still too sick to function and, frankly, furious. I was pretty traumatized by the experience and ended up putting off seeking necessary cardiac care for months. Turns out I have a complex post-viral condition with cardiac implications that requires close watch from a physician. Cardiocare, please train the staff to mind their business, keep prejudicial thoughts to themselves, and treat patients with care.

Having to go to the cardiologist is never an exciting trip (or at least i imagine it's not, as this was my first ever visit to one). But i'm really thankful for the folks at Cardiocare for making me feel really comfortable and really assuaging my fear. I went to the DC Office in Farragut square, and I have to say that the office itself was also really beautiful and made me feel a lot more comfortable, as it was cute and had a lot of character, instead of being sterile and off putting like most doctors' offices. I saw Dr. Weerakoon and I am so impressed with his bedside manner. He treated my like a whole person instead of a patient. He was super attentive and asked lots of questions and listened thoroughly and I felt like i was actually being heard. Also, as a plus size woman, i had some fear before my appointment that my concerns would be dismissed with a "diet and exercise" prescription, but my weight was never brought up as a cause for concern. They did a couple of tests and sent me home with a heart monitor as a follow up, which I will wear for a week and then send back to be analyzed. I highly recommend seeing Cardiocare downtown and Dr. Weerakoon for any heart-related concerns!

Excellent care on all levels! Dr. Reza Sanai is a wonder practitioner, excellent bedside manner. His office is state of the art, relaxed (especially given the specialty). Wonderful front desk- Faith is very efficient, patient friendly and they are seamless at check in- on time! Running my own practice -I was very impressed and will happily refer my patients to Dr. Sanai. This is really the best of the best run as sadly one rarely sees in today's medical practices. Highly recommend.