About me
Phillip H. Lam, MD, is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology physician at the MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. As a cardiology and heart failure specialist, Dr. Lam treats patients with varying levels of heart failure. He treats less advanced cases by prescribing medication and other therapies intended to reverse or slow the progression of their disease. For more advanced cases, he specializes in the management of heart transplants and mechanical support, including temporary as well as more durable mechanical circulatory support devices.
Dr. Lam’s specific research interests include risk prognosticators and medical therapies in patients with heart failure. He has published and contributed to papers in various high-impact journals, including the American Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the Journal of the American Medical Association Cardiology, the European Journal of Heart Failure, and the International Journal of Cardiology.
Philosophy of Care
"I believe that patients with heart failure should be treated on a spectrum. Care should begin with diagnosis and continue throughout treatment, whether the outcome is recovery or the need for more advanced therapies. I treat patients at all points of the spectrum.I always try to be the patient’s strongest advocate, and as such, I will always do my absolute best for an individual patient’s care.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiac Shock
- Cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardiac Shock
- Cardiac Transplant Vasculopathy
- Cardiomyopathy
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplant Complications
- Heart Transplant Rejection
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Multiple Myeloma With Amyloidosis
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Ventricular Arrhythmia
- Ventricular Dysfunction
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Procedures I perform
- Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring
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
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Police and Fire Clinic
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-EPO Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- POS OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Navigate
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Optimum Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Sentara Health
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- OA Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Student Resources
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- TRICARE East Prime
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Beech Street PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- UHC Passport
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- HighMark
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Brigham and Womens Hospital (2019)
Fellowship: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2018)
Residency: Washington Hospital Center (2015)
Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine (2011)