Ziv Gamliel, MD| Thoracic 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
- HealthyBlue PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Sentara Health
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- UHC Passport
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Choice POS
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HighMark
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna HMO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-HMO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Beech Street PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst NASCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Navigate
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-EPO Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Employee Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-POS Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Classic 5000
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- OA Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Choice POS II
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Network OA
- MultiPlan, Inc
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- TRICARE for Life East
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Education
Residency: University of Toronto (1997)
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School (1995)
Fellowship: University of Toronto (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