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Tarek Helmy, MBBS

Division Chief of Cardiovascular Disease

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Ochsner LSU Health - Heart & Vascular Institute
1322 Kings Highway Fl 2
Shreveport, LA 71103
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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Interventional Cardiology

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Ochsner LSU Health - Heart & Vascular Institute
1322 Kings Highway Fl 2
Shreveport, LA 71103
Get Directions

General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Interventional Cardiology
Dr. Tarek Helmy is the Division Chief of Cardiology. He completed his interventional fellowship training from New England Medical Center, Tufts University. He has been on the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and Saint Louis School of Medicine. His interests include complex coronary intervention, CTO and structural heart disease. His research interests are in coronary physiology.

Medical School

Cairo University - undefined

Residency

The University of Texas Medical Branch - Internal medicine

Fellowship

The University of Texas Medical Branch - Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Tufts Medical Center - Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease

Accepted Payors at Our Facilities

  • Aetna Better Health (Healthy Louisiana)
  • Aetna Health Inc. PPO/POS
  • Aetna Health Inc. - Medicare Advantage
  • AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana (Healthy Louisiana)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana- HMO/PPO/OGB & Blue Connect product(s) & Medicare Advantage product(s), Blue High Performance Network
  • Cigna Behavioral Health
  • Cigna HealthCare
  • Cigna-HealthSpring - Medicare Advantage product(s)
  • Coventry Healthcare of Louisiana
  • Dignity Care Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
  • First Health Network PPO
  • Gilsbar 360
  • Healthy Blue (formerly Amerigroup Louisiana Inc.) (Healthy Louisiana) and Healthy Blue Dual Advantage (HMO-D-SNP)
  • Humana Behavioral Health
  • Humana - Commercial, Medicare Advantage
  • Humana Military - Tricare
  • Louisiana Healthcare Connections (Healthy Louisiana)
  • Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation(LWCC)
  • Medicaid/Medicare
  • Multiplan/PHCS/American LifeCare
  • Optum VA CCN
  • Peoples Health Network - Medicare Advantage
  • Stratose - PPO
  • United Behavioral Health (Optum) - United Commercial, Medicare Advantage and Community Plan (Healthy Louisiana)
  • United Healthcare - Commercial
  • United Healthcare Community Plan (Healthy Louisiana)
  • USA Managed Care Network
  • Vantage Health Plan - Commercial, Medicare Advantage
  • Verity Health Network - LSU First Choice
  • Zelis (formerly PPOPlus)