Nana Afari-Armah, MD| Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease | MedStar Health
About me
Nana Afari-Armah, MD, is an advanced heart failure specialist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He is board certified in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, and cardiovascular disease.
In his practice, Dr. Afari-Armah treats patients along the spectrum of advanced heart failure diagnoses, and delivers care plans that range from medical therapy, to ventricular assist devices, to cardiac transplantation. He has a special interest in patients with amyloidosis and other infiltrative cardiomyopathies.
Philosophy of Care
I make it my goal to never let a patient to leave my office without a complete understanding of their disease and their treatment plan. I remain available throughout their care, which is often the course of their lifetime. That is, in part, why I chose the heart failure specialty–to build close and caring partnerships that produce better health outcomes.
Clinical areas of focus
- Atrial Flutter
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Cardiac Transplant Vasculopathy
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Complications Of Ventricular Assist Devices (VADS)
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplant Failure
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Myocardial Infarction With Heart Failure
- Myocarditis
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Rejection Of Transplanted Heart
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
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
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Sentara Health
- POS OA
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- OA Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Employee Health Plan
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Network OA
- Core Essential (HMO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- United Student Resources
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Navigate
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Choice
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- HighMark
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA EPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- MultiPlan, Inc
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Indemnity
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Basic
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
Videos
Education
Board Certification: Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2017)
Fellowship: Temple University Hospital (2016)
Residency: Temple University Hospital (2012)
Medical School: George Washington University (2009)