- Dr. Kwame O Akosah, MD
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Dr. Kwame O Akosah, MD
Cardiology
- Virginia, Charlottesville
Overview
Dr. Kwame O Akosah, MD works in Charlottesville, Virginia is a specialist in Cardiology and graduated Howard University College Of Medicine in 1985. Dr. Akosah is affiliated with University of Virginia Medical Center and practicing for 38 years
Specialties
- Cardiology
Conditions
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)• Broken Hand
• Cardiomyopathy
• Cholesterol Diseases
• Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
• Clawtoe Correction Surgery
• Coats' Disease
• Cognitive Assessment
• Coloboma of Optic Papilla
• Corneal Flash Burns
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• Coronary Heart Disease, Susceptibility to, 6
• Cosmetic Facial Implant Surgery
• Cranial Neurological Surgery
• Cranial Osteopathy
• CranioSacral Therapy (CST)
• Duodenal Polyp
• Electron Microscopy
• Endocarditis
• Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
• Independent Forensic Evaluation
• Lymphoma, Large Cell, Anaplastic
• Muscle Weakness
• Nasal Surgery
• Nerve Destruction by Neurolytic Agent
• No-Needle, No-Scalpel Vasectomy
• Nondependent Alcohol Abuse
• Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Pancreas Tumor
• Pneumonia
• Progressive Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy
• Pterygium Syndrome, Multiple Dominant Type
• Rupture of Ulnar Collateral Ligament of Thumb
• Telogen Effluvium
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Procedures
• Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart• Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Aortic Aneurysm
• Aortic Dissection
• Aortic Ectasia
• Aortic Valve Disease
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
• Autonomic Disorders
• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardiac Imaging
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• Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
• Cardiomegaly
• Cardiomyopathy
• Cardioversion, Elective
• Carotid Artery Disease
• Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
• Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
• Congenital Aortic Valve Disorders
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Coronary Angioplasty, Atherectomy and Stent
• Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
• Endocarditis
• Heart Attack (Acute Myocardial Infarction)
• Hyperlipidemia
• Hypertension
• Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease
• Hypertensive Heart and Chronic Kidney Disease
• Hypertensive Heart Disease
• Hypotension
• Mitral Valve Disease
• Pericardial Disease
• Pulmonary Edema
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pulmonary Valve Disease
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
• Septal Defect
• Syncope
• Tilt Testing or Cardiac Event Monitors
• Tricuspid Valve Disease
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Years Since Graduation
- 38
State License
- Wisconsin
Education & Training
Medical School
Howard University College Of Medicine
Washington, DC, United States
Graduated: 1985
Washington, DC, United States
Graduated: 1985
Residency Hospital
St Vincents Hosp&med Center
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1989
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1989
Fellowship Hospital
Va Commonwealth University Med College Va
Richmond, VA, USA
Year completed: 1992
Richmond, VA, USA
Year completed: 1992
Awards
1 ACC
2 ACP
3 AMA
4 American Heart Association
5 American Society Hypertension
6 Association Black Cardiology
7 International Fed Cardiology
8 International Society High Blood Press Bla
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Office Locations
Primary location
University Of Virginia Medical Center
1221 Lee Street
Virginia (VA)
Charlottesville
22903
Phone:(434) 924-9591
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
University Of Virginia Medical Center, 1221 Lee Street, Charlottesville, Virginia (VA), 22903
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Community Blue PPO
- Coventry Health America PPO
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Geisinger Health Plan
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Humana
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
University of Virginia Medical Center
1215 Lee Street
Virginia VA,
Charlottesville,
22908
University of Virginia Medical Center is a State owned hospital located in Charlottesville, VA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 16 of 16 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 2 of 16 procedures.
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