Ziv Gamliel, MD| Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery | MedStar Health
About me
Ziv Gamliel, MD, is chief of Thoracic Surgery at The Angelos Center for Lung Diseases at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center and MedStar Harbor Hospital. Dr. Gamliel attended the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, where he received his medical degree, and completed his internship in Surgery and residency in General Surgery. Dr. Gamliel then completed two more fellowships, one in Lung Transplantation and the other in Thoracic Surgery at University of Toronto. He has also completed a fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at Harvard Medical School.
Board certified in Surgery, Dr. Gamliel specializes in non-cardiac surgery of the chest, treating conditions that include lung cancer, bullous lung disease, esophageal cancer, benign esophageal disorders, mediastinal tumors and tumors of the chest wall. He has extensive experience performing minimally invasive procedures.
Dr. Gamliel is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. When he is not practicing medicine, he enjoys spending time with his family.
Ziv Gamliel, MD, FACS, was named a 2020 "Top Doc" in Thoracic Surgery by Baltimore magazine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Lung Cancer Surgery
- Lung Resection
Procedures I perform
- Aneurysm Repair
- Aortic Dissection Repair
- Aortic Root Replacement
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Cardiac Myxoma Excision
- Cardiac Transplant
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Artery Disease Treatment
- Heart Failure Surgery
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Hyperhidrosis Surgery
- Lobectomy
- Lung Biopsy
- Lung Cancer Surgery
- Lung Resection
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
- Mitral Valve Reconstruction
- Mitral Valve Repair
- Pulmonary Valve Replacement
- Repair, Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Robotic Thoracic Surgery
- Thoracic Aneurysm Repair
- Thoracoscopic Surgery
- Tricuspid Valve Repair
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
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
- Choice POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- UHC Passport
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- HighMark
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- IH-HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- OA Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Student Resources
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- POS OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-PPO
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-POS
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- TRICARE East Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Surgery
Residency: University of Toronto (1997)
Fellowship: University of Toronto (1995)
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School (1995)
Residency: University of Toronto (1994)
Internship: University of Toronto (1988)
Medical School: University of Toronto (1987)
Awards
- Baltimore Magazine Top Doc, 2014-2015, 2017-2021