About me
Zyad Qamer, MD, is a cardiologist with clinical expertise in general cardiology, cardio-oncology, and cardiac amyloidosis. He is board-certified in internal medicine, general cardiology, cardio-oncology, echocardiography, and cardiovascular computed tomography (CT). He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the International Cardio-Oncology Society.
Dr. Qamer practices general cardiology and cardio-oncology and treats patients for a wide range of cardiovascular conditions, including hypertension, arrhythmias, cardiovascular disease, and the intersection of cancer and heart disease. His holistic and comprehensive treatment approach utilizes the most up-to-date imaging, lifestyle changes, and evidence-based medical therapies to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiovascular diseases.
He has particular expertise in cardio-oncology and cardiac amyloidosis, completing additional training at Washington University School of Medicine. During his training sponsored in part by the National Amyloidosis Foundation, he gained extensive experience caring for cancer patients at the Siteman Cancer Center, working closely with oncologists to prevent and manage heart conditions related to cancer therapies as well as ATTR and AL Amyloidosis. For patients with cardiac amyloidosis, he actively explores early clinical diagnosis and ensures they receive optimal, evidence-based treatment and clinical trial opportunities.
Dr. Qamer completed his medical degree and his internal medicine residency at Georgetown University Hospital, where he received multiple awards, including the Edward Tsou, M.D. Medical Humanities Award, the Kandavelan Viswalingham award for clinical excellence, and first place at the 2019 Internal Medicine Research Day. He then pursued a cardiovascular disease fellowship at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington Hospital Center, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing on general cardiology, cardiac critical care, and echocardiography. Following his general cardiology training, Dr. Qamer completed a dedicated advanced fellowship in cardio-oncology and amyloidosis at the Washington University School of Medicine, sponsored by the National Amyloidosis Foundation.
After completing his advanced fellowship, Dr. Qamer stayed on as faculty at the Washington University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor within the Division of Cardiology. He had a dual appointment within the Department of Medicine and the Siteman Cancer Center. He was awarded the Charles Reiss Award for excellence in teaching by the cardiology fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. He was also a sub-investigator for multiple amyloidosis clinical trials and helped co-direct the biannual Washington University Amyloidosis Conference.
Philosophy of Care
“It is my privilege to care for patients suffering from cardiovascular disorders and cancer. I strive to do what is best for them and their heart health to help them receive their cancer treatment. My patients know that I take the time to listen and thoroughly understand their concerns and issues.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Acute Endocarditis
- Acute Ischemic Heart Diseases
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Arrhythmia
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bradycardia
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Chest Pain
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Procedures
- Congenital Malformations Of Great Arteries
- Congenital Malformations Of Heart
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Coronary Artery Spasm
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Heart Attack
- Heart Block
- Heart Disease
- Heart Disease In Women
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Irregular Heartbeat
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Myocardial Infarction
- Myocarditis
- Palpitations
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Shortness Of Breath
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Venous Embolism
- Ventricular Arrhythmia
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Septal Defect
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
- Angioplasty
- Atherectomy
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Septal Defect Closure
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cardiac Angioplasty
- Cardiac Biopsy
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
- Cardiovascular Disease Screening
- Cardioversion
- Cholesterol Screening
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Artery Disease Management
- Coronary Artery Disease Treatment
- Coronary Artery Stenting
- Coronary Stenting
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrophysiology Study
- Event Monitoring
- Exercise Stress Test
- Extended Ecg Analysis
- External Electrocardiographic Recording
- Heart Biopsy
- Heart Failure Management
- Heart Failure Treatment
- Heart Murmur Treatment
- Heart Rhythm Monitoring
- Holter Monitoring
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
- Implantable Loop Recorder
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
- Intravascular Ultrasound
- Lipid Profile
- Myocardial Infarction Treatment
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Pacemaker Interrogation
- Palpitation Treatment
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Permanent Pacemaker Insertion
- Preventive Cardiology
- Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
- Pulmonary Valve Replacement
- Pulmonary Vein Isolation
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Renal Artery Stenting
- Stent Placement
- Stress Test
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) Ablation
- Syncope Treatment
- Tilt Table Test
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
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
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- Network OA
- POS OA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Basic
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Medicare FFS
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open POS II
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS
- IH-Indemnity
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA EPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- First Health PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CIGNA PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Navigate
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- First Health PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- HighMark
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- UHC Passport
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- TRICARE East Select
- Optimum Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst NASCO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- IH-PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice Fund PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
Education
Board Certification:
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2022)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2019)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2016)