Amar Prakash Dave, MD| Internal Medicine | MedStar Health
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Specialties: Internal Medicine
Languages: English
About me
Additional language: Gujarati (Indo-Aryan language)
Areas of clinical interest
- Lifestyle medicine: Applying evidence-based behavioral interventions to prevent, treat, and manage chronic diseases
- Preventive care for adults age 18 and older
Philosophy of care
“As a diplomat of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine, my goal is to be a coach for motivated patients to address the root cause of their chronic diseases by focusing on the central pillars of lifestyle medicine such as nutrition, physical activity, stress reduction, restorative sleep, and positive psychology to treat and reverse diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. Medications are used as an adjunct only whenever possible.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Allergy Treatment
- Chronic Cough Treatment
- Cough
- Diabetes Management
- Functional Abdominal Pain Treatment
- Hypertension Treatment
- Physical Exams
- Rash Treatment
- Sinusitis Treatment
- Sore Throat Management
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Blood Glucose Levels
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Abnormal Urine Test Results
- Acne
- Acute Sinusitis
- Acute Upper Respiratory Infections Of Multiple Sites
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anemia
- Anxiety
- Asthma
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bleeding Disorders
- Breast Lump
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Claudication
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Cough
- Cradle Cap (SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS)
- Deficiency Of Essential Nutrients
- Depressive Episode
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Diseases Of Lip And Oral Mucosa
- Diseases Of Vocal Cords
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Dorsalgia
- Eating Disorders
- Eczema (ATOPIC DERMATITIS)
- Emergency Use Of U07
- Emphysema
- Enlarged Lymph Nodes
- Enthesopathies
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Finger, Hand, And Wrist Open Wound
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Symptoms
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Headache
- Heart Disease
- Heart Murmur
- Hematuria
- Hemorrhagic Conditions
- Hemorrhoids And Perianal Venous Thrombosis
- High Cholesterol
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Hypertension
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- Hypertrophic Skin Disorders
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Joint Disorder
- Liver Enzyme Abnormalities
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Malaise And Fatigue
- Male Impotence
- Mesothelioma
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Nail Disorders
- Noninfective Gastroenteritis
- Nonscarring Hair Loss
- Nontoxic Goiter
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Painful Urination
- Palpitations
- Papillary Carcinoma Of Breast
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Personal Risk Factors
- Persons Encountering Health Services
- Pneumonia
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Polyuria
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Shoulder Burns
- Skin Swelling And Lumps
- Sleep Disorders
- Specified Health Status
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Subcortical Infarction
- Superficial Knee Injury
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Tendinous Disorders
- Throat Infection (TONSILLITIS)
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Vasomotor And Allergic Rhinitis
- Vestibular Disorders
- Viral Warts
- Vitamin Deficiency
- Vitamin Deficiency Anemia
- Zoster
Procedures I perform
- Advance Directive Planning
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Allergy Treatment
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Anxiety Management
- Asthma Management
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Chronic Cough Management
- Chronic Cough Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cold Treatment
- Diabetes Management
- Diagnostic Mammography
- Dietary Counseling
- Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
- Electrocardiogram
- Exercise Plan
- Flu Shot
- Functional Abdominal Pain Treatment
- Glucose Control Management
- Gynecological Cancer Screening
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Heart Failure Medication Management
- High Cholesterol Management
- Hypertension Treatment
- Immunization Administration
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- In-Office Laboratory Testing
- Labs And Blood Work
- Lipid Profile
- Mammography
- Meditation And Mindfulness
- Mental Health Medication Management
- Motivational Interviewing
- Nutrition Counseling
- Pain Medication Management
- Physical Activity Counseling
- Physical Exams
- Preventive Action
- Preventive Medicine Counseling
- Psa Testing
- Rash Treatment
- Routine Checkup
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Sinusitis Treatment
- Skin Allergy Testing
- Sleep Hygiene Counseling
- Sore Throat Management
- Sports Physicals
- Tobacco Cessation
- Travel Health
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Treatment
- Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
- Vaccinations
- Vital Sign Monitoring
- Weight Management Program
- Wellness Exams
- Women's Health Exam
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
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Open HMO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- TRICARE East Select
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-PPO
- United Student Resources
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Network OA
- POS OA
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Employee Health Plan
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- OA Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Choice POS II
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Optimum Choice
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-POS Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst Administrators
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Sentara Health
- Choice POS
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Residency Program: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (2016)
Internship Program: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (2014)
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine (2013)