Rumaisa Hameed, MBBS MD| Hematology and Oncology | MedStar Health
About me
Rumaisa Hameed, MD, is a board-certified hematologist/oncologist at the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center. She offers patients throughout the southern Maryland region comprehensive, personalized care for a range of benign and malignant blood disorders and all types of cancers.
Dr. Hameed is passionate about caring for the whole patient at every stage of their cancer journey. Her focus is on benign and malignant blood disorders and the diagnosis and treatment of all types of cancers including breast, gastrointestinal, liver, lung, genitourinary, and gynecologic cancers as well as melanoma and sarcoma. She provides cancer treatments including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy, and works with patients on survivorship after cancer.
Philosophy of Care:
“I am a firm believer in a multi-disciplinary approach to care and evidence-based medicine. I provide comprehensive care to my patients by focusing on their condition and overall wellbeing, delivering personalized care, and collaborating with other referring physicians for the best treatment outcomes. As a part of the MedStar Health system, I am dedicated to providing advanced cancer care to the community and to support patients and their families."
Clinical areas of focus
- Adenocarcinoma Of Lung
- Antiangiogenic Therapy
- Benign Bone Tumor
- Bone Cancer Staging
- Bone Marrow Biopsy
- Breast Cancer
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Internal Radiation Therapy
- Methylation Profiling
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Tumor Biopsy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adenocarcinoma Of Lung
- Amyloidosis
- Anal Cancer
- Anemia
- Angiosarcoma
- Aplastic Anemias And Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
- Appendiceal Cancer
- B Cell Lymphoma
- Basal Cell Carcinoma Of Skin
- Benign Bone Tumor
- Benign Neoplasm Of Kidney
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Blood Cancer
- Blood Cancers
- Blood Disorders
- Blood Type
- Bone Cancer
- Bone Density Disorder
- Breast Cancer
- Cancer Of The Appendix
- Cervical Cancer
- Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
- Colon Cancer
- Colorectal Malignancy
- Common Variable Immunodeficiency
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Diseases Of Blood And Blood
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Disorders Of Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Disorders Of White Blood Cells
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Endometrial Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
- Head And Neck Cancer
- Hematologic Malignancies
- Hemophilia
- Hemorrhagic Conditions
- Her2neu Receptor
- Hereditary Hemolytic Anemias
- Hodgkin Disease
- Kidney Cancer
- Leukemia
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Metastases
- Lymphoma
- Malignant Immunoproliferative Diseases And B
- Malignant Neoplasm
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Cervix Uteri
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Connective And Soft Tissue
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Female Genital Organs
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Lymph Nodes
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Ovary
- Malignant Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Melanoma
- Mesothelioma
- Metastatic Lung Cancer
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
- Neoplasm Analysis
- Neoplasm Of Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasms Of Lymphoid, Hematopoietic And Related Tissue
- Neutropenia
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreas Cancer
- Papillary Carcinoma Of Breast
- Plasma Cell Neoplasms
- Pleura Cancer
- Pleural Mesothelioma
- Prostate Cancer
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Rectal Cancer
- Sickle
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Spine Tumor
- Stomach Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Thalassemia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thymoma
- Thymus Cancer
- Transitional Cell Carcinoma
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Uterine Cancer
- Vaginal Cancer
- Venous Embolism
- Vitamin Deficiency Anemia
- Vulvar Cancer
- Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Procedures I perform
- Ambulatory Phlebectomy
- Antiangiogenic Therapy
- Arthrocentesis
- Blood Cell Transfusion
- Blood Transfusion
- Bone Cancer Staging
- Bone Marrow Biopsy
- Breast Cancer
- Cancer Pain Management
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Cell Therapy
- Cervical Lymph Node Dissection
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Genetic Mutation Testing
- Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD) Treatment
- Gynecological Cancer Screening
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Hepatic Artery Infusion
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Imaging Studies
- Immunotherapy
- Infusion Therapy
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Internal Radiation Therapy
- Intravenous (IV) Fluids
- Intravenous Antibiotics
- Intravenous Hydration
- Live-In Care
- Lumbar Puncture
- Lumpectomy
- Lung Biopsy
- Mammography
- Mastectomy
- Methylation Profiling
- Muscle Injection
- Newborn Feeding Support
- Nutrition Counseling
- Ostomy Care
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care
- Parotid Biopsy
- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Platelet Transfusion
- Prostate Cancer
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Radiation Therapy
- Red Blood Cell Transfusion
- Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping
- Stem Cell Harvesting
- Sympathectomy
- Thoracoscopy With Pleurodesis
- Thrombocytapheresis
- Total Body Irradiation
- Tumor Biopsy
- Venous Access Device Irrigation
- Venous Blood Collection
- White Blood Cell Transfusion
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
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HighMark
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MultiPlan, Inc
- TRICARE East Prime
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- POS OA
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- OA Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Choice POS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst EPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- First Health PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2022)
Residency: AdventHealth Orlando (2015)
Medical School: Shifa College of Medicine (2008)