Farooq Hameed Sheikh, MD| Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, Cardiology | MedStar Health
About me
Farooq H. Sheikh, MD, specializes in Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation. Dr. Sheikh is an attending physician at MedStar Heart Institute.
Dr. Sheikh publishes extensively in his field and has authored or co-authored numerous articles related to cardiovascular medicine and heart failure.
Dr. Sheikh is a recipient of numerous awards, including: Professionalism Award, Department of Medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, and Frank L. Pollack, MD, Research Award, New York Medical College.
Dr. Sheikh was a post-doctoral research fellow at The McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Division of Cardiology, at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was also a research assistant at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at New York Medical College.
Dr. Sheikh served as an assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Clinical areas of focus
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Heart Transplant
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Complications Of Vad
- Complications Of Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplant Failure
- Heart Transplant Rejection
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Implantable Cardioverter
- Multiple Myeloma With Amyloidosis
- Myocarditis
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Presence Of Cardiac Pacemaker
- Presence Of Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)
- Rejection Of Transplanted Heart
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
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
- IH-PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-POS
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-HMO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Sentara Health
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Indemnity
- POS OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Medicare FFS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE East Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Network OA
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Basic
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Administrators
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Choice Fund PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Choice POS
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- OA Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-POS Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- UHC Passport
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst EPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Navigate
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- First Health PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
Videos
Education
Board Certification: ,
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2010)
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital (2006)
Medical School: New York Medical College (2003)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025