About me
Farooq H. Sheikh, MD, specializes in Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation. Dr. Sheikh is an attending physician at MedStar Heart Institute.
Dr. Sheikh publishes extensively in his field and has authored or co-authored numerous articles related to cardiovascular medicine and heart failure.
Dr. Sheikh is a recipient of numerous awards, including: Professionalism Award, Department of Medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, and Frank L. Pollack, MD, Research Award, New York Medical College.
Dr. Sheikh was a post-doctoral research fellow at The McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Division of Cardiology, at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was also a research assistant at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at New York Medical College.
Dr. Sheikh served as an assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Clinical areas of focus
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Cardiac Amyloid
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Circulatory Assist Devices
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Heart Transplant
- Home Inotropes
- Left Heart Failure
- Ventricular Assist Device
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Cardiac Amyloid
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Genetic Cardiomyopathy
- Giant Cell Myocarditis
- Heart Transplant Rejection
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Infiltrative Disorders Of The Heart
- Left Heart Failure
- Myocarditis
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Failure
- Right Heart Failure
- Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Procedures I perform
- Cardiomems
- Chronic Inotropic Therapy
- Circulatory Assist Devices
- Heart Biopsy
- Heart Transplant
- Home Inotropes
- Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Pretransplant Clearance
- Ventricular Assist Device
Practice locations
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110 Irving Street Northwest MHVI-1st Floor North Addition Washington, DC, 20010
202-877-4698Fax 202-877-9393
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 Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- First Health PPO
- Tricare Prime
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- FIRST HEALTH
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Fellowship Program: Johns Hopkins Hospital (2010)
Residency Program: Columbia University Medical Center (2006)
Medical School: New York Medical College (2003)