
Overview
April K. Watkins is an advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP), board-certified in adult health. She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from The University of Texas at Austin, where her research focused on atrial fibrillation and the development of risk factor modification clinics. With over 15 years of clinical experience, April specializes in cardiac electrophysiology and adult hospital medicine. She is passionate about improving cardiovascular outcomes and has presented nationally and internationally on atrial fibrillation, obesity, and risk factor modification. In addition to her clinical work, she serves as Director of Nursing for InterVol, an international non-profit that addresses healthcare disparities. In this role, she coordinates U.S. medical volunteers to support mobile clinics and healthcare initiatives in underserved areas, including Haiti, Brazil, and Honduras. April believes in patient-centered care and the power of prevention, education, and access to drive long-term health improvements. She values team-based care and building strong provider-patient relationships to support sustainable lifestyle changes.
Dr. Watkins is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Patent Foramen Ovale. Her top areas of expertise are Orthostatic Hypotension, Patent Foramen Ovale, Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy, and Cardiomyopathy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Patent Foramen Ovale.
Insurance
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- MEDICARE MAPD
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- OTHER MEDICARE
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- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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- INDEMNITY
- POS
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- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
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- MEDICARE PDP
- OTHER MEDICARE
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- PPO
- OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
- EPO
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
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- EPO
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- INSURANCE PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
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- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
1600 East Jefferson Street, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98122
Additional Areas of Focus
Watkins has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Swedish Heart & Vascular - Cherry Hill
Dr. Gafoor's passion is the field of structural heart disease. This new and rising field is an innovative way to approach complex heart and valve disease patients without open heart surgery. Whether patients have aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, atrial fibrillation, a prior heart valve that now needs replacement or more - this century has possibilities that were not available even as recently as five years ago. Dr. Gafoor trained in the US as well as abroad, and his goal is to bring patients the best in worldwide care right at their doorsteps. The Structural Heart & Valve Disease team's goal is patient safety and quality of life, and they want to not only add years to each patient's life, but life to each patient's years. Patients are important to Dr. Gafoor - not just for who they are and what they've done, but also for what they plan to do. Not just today, but tomorrow, and for the future after that. Dr. Gafoor is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Patent Foramen Ovale. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.
Swedish Heart & Vascular - Cherry Hill
Dr. Sidakpal Panaich is an Interventional Cardiologist focused on Structural Heart Disease at the Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute in Seattle, WA. Dr. Panaich is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Patent Foramen Ovale. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Patent Foramen Ovale, Heart Attack, Angioplasty, and Aortic Valve Replacement.
The Association Of University Physicians
Zachary Steinberg is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Steinberg is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Patent Foramen Ovale. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Pulmonary Hypertension, Patent Foramen Ovale, Angioplasty, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Dr. Steinberg is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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