About me
Samer Najjar, MD, is the Regional Chief of Cardiology for the Baltimore region. In this role, he has oversight over the following hospitals: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, and MedStar Harbor Hospital. In addition, he oversees the MedStar Health ambulatory cardiology practices.
Dr. Najjar is a cardiologist with subspecialty expertise in advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. He is a Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University and he co-chairs MedStar’s Cardiology Clinical Practice Council. He was most recently the director of the Advanced Heart Failure program at MedStar Washington Hospital Center where he oversaw its growth and development into one of the leading programs in the country.
Prior to joining MedStar Health, Dr. Najjar was an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University, where he served as director of the heart failure clinic at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He was also a member of the intramural NIH clinical research program, serving as the Head of the Human Cardiovascular Studies Unit at the National Institute on Aging.
Dr. Najjar completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He then completed his medical degree at Yale School of Medicine, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Najjar completed his residency training in internal medicine and his fellowship training in cardiovascular diseases at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also completed subspecialty training in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. During his fellowship, he won the prestigious American College of Cardiology/Merck Research award.
Dr. Najjar specializes in state-of-the-art therapies for heart failure. His clinical interests include caring for patients with advanced heart failure, patients who have received an LVAD, and those who have undergone a heart transplant. Dr. Najjar is passionate about advancing the care of patients through research and innovation. Dr. Najjar has won numerous honors and awards. He is widely published, with over 130 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Najjar and his dedicated team provide a holistic approach to each patient and their caregiver. This often includes the involvement of a multidisciplinary team of health care providers with expertise in heart failure such as nurses, coordinators, nutritionists, pharmacists, physical therapists, social workers, and symptom specialists.
When not pursuing his passion of caring for patients with cardiac conditions, Dr. Najjar enjoys traveling and spending time with his wife and three kids.
Clinical areas of focus
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Cardiac Amyloid
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Circulatory Assist Devices
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Heart Transplant
- Home Inotropes
- Left Heart Failure
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Ventricular Assist Device
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Amyloidosis
- Autoimmune Heart Diseases
- Cardiac Amyloid
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiovascular Disease Related To Chemotherapy
- Centrimag Ventricular Assist Device Complications
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Cor Pulmonale
- Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- End Stage Heart Disease
- Genetic Cardiomyopathy
- Giant Cell Myocarditis
- Heart Transplant Rejection
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Infiltrative Disorders Of The Heart
- Left Heart Failure
- Mitral Valve Regurgitation Associated Heart Failure
- Myocarditis
- Non Compaction Cardiomyopathy NCM
- Non Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Hypertension Associated Connective Tissue Disease
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Heart Failure
- Right Heart Failure
- Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Tachycardia Induced Cardiomyopathy
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
- Transplant Related Infection
- Viral 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
202-877-7464Fax 202-877-2799
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 Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Select
- I-SNP
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Carefirst EPO
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- D-SNP)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Kaiser Signature
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Golden Rule
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Cigna Indemnity
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Tricare East Select
- United Navigate
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Tricare for Life East
- United Choice Plus
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Tricare East Prime
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst NASCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Medicaid - Maryland
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Student Resources
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Virginia Premier
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Optimum Choice
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Choice
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2000)
Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1996)
Graduate: Yale University School of Medicine (1993)
Graduate: Yale University (1993)
Awards
- Baltimore Magazine, Top Doc, 2024