Ziv Gamliel, MD| General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery | MedStar Health
About me
Ziv Gamliel, MD, is chief of Thoracic Surgery at The Angelos Center for Lung Diseases at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center and MedStar Harbor Hospital. Dr. Gamliel attended the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, where he received his medical degree, and completed his internship in Surgery and residency in General Surgery. Dr. Gamliel then completed two more fellowships, one in Lung Transplantation and the other in Thoracic Surgery at University of Toronto. He has also completed a fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at Harvard Medical School.
Board certified in Surgery, Dr. Gamliel specializes in non-cardiac surgery of the chest, treating conditions that include lung cancer, bullous lung disease, esophageal cancer, benign esophageal disorders, mediastinal tumors and tumors of the chest wall. He has extensive experience performing minimally invasive procedures.
Dr. Gamliel is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. When he is not practicing medicine, he enjoys spending time with his family.
Ziv Gamliel, MD, FACS, was named a 2020 "Top Doc" in Thoracic Surgery by Baltimore magazine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Lung Cancer Surgery
Procedures I perform
- Aneurysm Repair
- Aortic Dissection Repair
- Aortic Root Replacement
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Cardiac Myxoma Excision
- Cardiac Transplant
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Artery Disease Treatment
- Heart Failure Surgery
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Hyperhidrosis Surgery
- Lobectomy
- Lung Biopsy
- Lung Cancer Surgery
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
- Mitral Valve Reconstruction
- Mitral Valve Repair
- Pulmonary Valve Replacement
- Repair, Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Robotic Thoracic Surgery
- Thoracic Aneurysm Repair
- Thoracoscopic Surgery
- Tricuspid Valve Repair
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
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
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Beech Street PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- TRICARE East Select
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-HMO
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- First Health PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- POS OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Navigate
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst EPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Student Resources
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Sentara Health
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Choice Fund PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Surgery
Residency: University of Toronto (1997)
Fellowship: University of Toronto (1995)
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School (1995)
Residency: University of Toronto (1994)
Internship: University of Toronto (1988)
Medical School: University of Toronto (1987)
Awards
- Baltimore Magazine Top Doc, 2014-2015, 2017-2021