About me
Mark Hofmeyer, MD, is Program Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Program at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Medical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure IMC, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease, advanced heart failure, and transplant cardiology. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, the Heart Failure Society of America.
As an advanced heart failure cardiologist, Dr. Hofmeyer has developed a specialized and unique skill set in the care he provides for patients with advanced heart failure - the final, common pathway of all heart disease.
Dr. Hofmeyer started his career in clinical research at the University of Michigan. After completing a master's degree, he completed his medical degree at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. Dr. Hofmeyer went on to Miami to complete his internship and residency training in internal medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. He continued on at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital to complete fellowships in cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.
Dr. Hofmeyer has strong clinical and research interests in the genetics of dilated cardiomyopathy. He is a senior member of the DCM Consortium, a multisite investigator group which conducts research studies focused on thet genetics and genomics of DCM, including discovery, mechanisms of disease, genetic epidemiology, clinical genetics, and precision medicine and its related questions of behavioral and implementation science..
Dr. Hofmeyer’s practice is unique in that he partners with the palliative care team at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, offering a comprehensive approach to symptom management at all stages of disease. As part of a multidisciplinary team, Dr. Hofmeyer evaluates each individual’s diagnosis to determine the treatment plan that will best improve their overall survival and quality of life. Dr. Hofmeyer evaluates the eligibility of individuals for advanced therapies such as inotropic support, Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs), or a heart transplant, and manages those patients long term.
Philosophy of Care
“I view myself as an educator as well as an advisor for each individual who comes to me for care. In order for me to provide the best care possible, it is imperative for me to understand each patient, who they are as a person, as well as their goals for treatment.
“Advanced heart failure not only affects the individual who is diagnosed, but also their family members and their caretakers. For this reason, I get to know my patients’ loved ones so that I can understand how to support each individual as we go through this process together.
“With patience and compassion I take the time to listen to my patients and understand each person’s concerns so that I can customize a plan of care that is satisfactory to each individual patient. It is very important to me that my patient understands each treatment option that I recommend and how it relates to their underlying condition."
“I emphasize effective communication between myself and my patients. Through the development of a care plan in conjunction with my patient, my goal is for each individual to take ownership of their care and to feel empowered through this decision making process.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ventricular Dysfunction
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Acute Endocarditis With Cardiac Complications
- Acute Ischemic Heart Diseases
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid Ventricular Response
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrest With Ventricular Fibrillation
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of The Puerperium
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Malformations Of Heart
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplant Surgery
- Heart Transplant With Rejection
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Immunodeficiencies
- Intrathoracic Organ Injury
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Multiple Myeloma With Amyloidosis
- Myocarditis
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Pericardium Diseases
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Presence Of Devices
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Heart Diseases
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Shock
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Ventricular Assist Device Infection
- Ventricular Dysfunction
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
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Student Resources
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-Open POS II
- Network OA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Employee Health Plan
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-HMO
- Navigate
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Basic
- Medicare Direct
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-POS Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- OA Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-POS
- Sentara Health
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- POS OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Administrators
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- UHC Passport
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Choice POS II
- HighMark
- Choice POS
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Tricare Reserve Select
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- TRICARE East Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna HMO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
Education
Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital (2011)
Fellowship: University of Miami/Jackson Health System (2010)
Residency: University of Miami/Jackson Health System (2007)
Medical School: Wayne State University (2004)
Awards
- Thomas A. Curtis Outstanding Cardiovascular Fellow Award 2009-2010 Outstanding Resident in Ambulatory Internal Medicine 2006-2007 Distinction in Biomedical Research, June 2004 Congress-Bundestag Scholar