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 the System Medical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure Program at the MedStar Heart and Vascular 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
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Cardiac Amyloidosis
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiomyopathy And Genetic Heart Disease
- Clinical Trials And Novel Heart Failure Therapies
- Heart Transplant Evaluation And Management
- Infiltrative And Restrictive Cardiomyopathies
- Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Therapy
- Multidisciplinary Team Care
- Pulmonary Hypertension
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiac Amyloidosis
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiomyopathy And Genetic Heart Disease
- 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
- Infiltrative And Restrictive Cardiomyopathies
- Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Therapy
- Multiple Myeloma With Amyloidosis
- Myocarditis
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Presence Of Cardiac Pacemaker
- Presence Of Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Rejection Of Transplanted Heart
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Procedures I perform
- Clinical Trials And Novel Heart Failure Therapies
- Heart Transplant Evaluation And Management
- Multidisciplinary Team Care
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
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Network OA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Basic
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Sentara Health
- IH-Indemnity
- POS OA
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- OA Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- United Student Resources
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- TRICARE East Select
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-POS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA EPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- First Health PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open POS Plus
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
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