Nana Afari-Armah, MD| Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, Cardiology | MedStar Health
About me
Nana Afari-Armah, MD, is an advanced heart failure specialist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He is board certified in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, and cardiovascular disease.
In his practice, Dr. Afari-Armah treats patients along the spectrum of advanced heart failure diagnoses, and delivers care plans that range from medical therapy, to ventricular assist devices, to cardiac transplantation. He has a special interest in patients with amyloidosis and other infiltrative cardiomyopathies.
Philosophy of Care
I make it my goal to never let a patient to leave my office without a complete understanding of their disease and their treatment plan. I remain available throughout their care, which is often the course of their lifetime. That is, in part, why I chose the heart failure specialty–to build close and caring partnerships that produce better health outcomes.
Clinical areas of focus
- Atrial Flutter
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Cardiac Transplant Vasculopathy
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Complications Of Ventricular Assist Devices (VADS)
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplant Failure
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Myocardial Infarction With Heart Failure
- Myocarditis
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Rejection Of Transplanted Heart
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
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
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Sentara Health
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Choice POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Student Resources
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Indemnity
- POS OA
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-EPO Plus
- OA Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Network OA
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- Employee Health Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HighMark
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
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Education
Board Certification: Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Fellowship: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2017)
Fellowship: Temple University Hospital (2016)
Residency: Temple University Hospital (2012)
Medical School: George Washington University (2009)