Kusay Barakat, MD| Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Cardioversion
- Electrocardiogram
- Stress Echocardiography
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Electrocardiogram
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Malformations Of Pulmonary And Tricuspid Valves
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Heart Attack
- Heart Block
- Heart Disease In Women
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Shortness Of Breath
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Vasculitis
- Venous Embolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Cardiac Risk Assessment
- Cardioversion
- Electrocardiogram
- Exercise Stress Test
- Heart Failure Management
- High Cholesterol Management
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Pre-Participation Sports Screening
- Stress Echocardiography
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
Practice locations
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310 W 9th St
Frederick, MD, 21701
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
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Medicare Direct
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UHC Passport
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- TRICARE East Select
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Administrators
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CIGNA PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-POS
- Choice Fund PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Student Resources
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- HighMark
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- OA Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Sentara Health
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-Indemnity
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Network OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Navigate
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Residency Program: University of Maryland (1979)
Fellowship Program: Maryland General Hospital (1979)
Residency Program: University of Maryland Medical Center (1979)
Residency Program: Good Samaritan Hospital (1978)