Salim I Rizk, MD| Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
As a Board Certified/Board eligible critical care physician, all conditions requiring intensive care in the medical, surgical, or neurosciences ICU are treated.
Salim Rizk, MD, has been named a Top Doctor in Baltimore magazine for intensivists/critical care in 2015- 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Pulmonary Embolism
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
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- Choice POS
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Employee Health Plan
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- TRICARE East Select
- Navigate
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Sentara Health
- IH-HMO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Student Resources
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- POS OA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Basic
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Network OA
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Fellowship: University of Virginia (1994)
Residency: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (1991)
Internship: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore (1988)
Medical School: American University of Beirut (1987)
Awards
- Baltimore magazine, Top Doctor, 2015-2017, 2019, 2020, 2021