Kusay Barakat, MD| Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Cardioversion
- Electrocardiogram
- Stress Echocardiography
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Electrocardiogram
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Congenital Heart Valve Defects
- Congenital Malformations Of Pulmonary And Tricuspid Valves
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Heart Attack
- Heart Block
- Heart Disease In Women
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Premature Atrial Contractions
- Premature Atrial Contractions (PACS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Shortness Of Breath
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Vasculitis
- Venous Embolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Cardiac Risk Assessment
- Cardioversion
- Electrocardiogram
- Exercise Stress Test
- Heart Failure Management
- High Cholesterol Management
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Pre-Participation Sports Screening
- Stress Echocardiography
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
Practice locations
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310 W 9th St
Frederick, MD, 21701
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
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Employee Health Plan
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HighMark
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- First Health PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst EPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- TRICARE East Prime
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Student Resources
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Administrators
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Network OA
- First Health PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice POS II
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-POS Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna HMO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- POS OA
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- OA Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Healthcare Choice
- Optimum Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-HMO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- UHC Passport
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Navigate
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Medicare Direct
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship Program: Maryland General Hospital (1979)
Residency Program: University of Maryland Medical Center (1979)
Residency Program: University of Maryland (1979)
Residency Program: Good Samaritan Hospital (1978)