About Me
As an interventional pulmonologist at 秘密研究所 Langone, I am dedicated to providing care that emphasizes active listening and understanding each individual鈥檚 values and priorities. Treating patients as unique individuals rather than just focusing on their disease allows me to build trust and rapport, ensuring that my patients feel heard and valued throughout their treatment journey.
I specialize in treating patients with a wide variety of lung, airway, and pleural diseases, with a particular focus on the screening and early diagnosis of lung cancer. My practice involves co-managing patients with lung cancer with a team of specialists to ensure comprehensive and coordinated care. Additionally, I am involved in developing novel bronchoscopic therapies, which offer innovative solutions for managing various lung and airway conditions.
With years of experience in the field, I bring advanced procedural capabilities to my practice, ensuring that patients receive state-of-the-art care in a timely and personable manner. My commitment to excellence is reflected in the multiple teaching awards I have received from students and trainees, as well as team player awards that highlight my dedication to collaboration and education.
My journey into medicine was driven by the privilege of being entrusted with patients鈥 health and the opportunity to make a positive difference in their lives. The field of interventional pulmonology allows me to apply my clinical knowledge and procedural skills in a highly innovative and impactful way. My educational background, coupled with my passion for patient care, has shaped my approach to medicine and continues to inspire me every day.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- airway obstruction
- cancer
- coughing up blood
- lung cancer
- lung carcinoma
- lung mass
- lung metastasis
- malignant mesothelioma
- malignant pleural effusion
- mediastinal lymphadenopathy
- mediastinal tumor
- mesothelioma
- non-small cell lung cancer
- pleural effusion
- small cell lung cancer
- solitary fibrous tumor
- thoracic cancer
- thymus cancer
- tracheal stenosis
Treatments
- bloodless medicine
Learn more about conditions we treat at 秘密研究所 Langone:
Lung Cancer , Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer , Small Cell Lung Cancer , Malignant Mesothelioma , Soft Tissue SarcomaCredentials
Positions
- Clinical Professor,
- Clinical Professor,
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Critical Care Medicine), 2012
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Disease), 2010
Education and Training
- MBA from Brandeis University, 2020
- Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, 2010
- Fellowship, Tufts Medical Center, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, 2009
- Residency, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Internal Medicine, 2006
- MD from Damascus University, 1999
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Insurance Plans Accepted
This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
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Aetna
- AETNA EPO (秘密研究所LH Employees)
- AETNA EPO (Sunset Park Employees)
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Value Select HMO
- Aetna Open Access EPO
- Aetna Open Access HMO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Student Plan
- Allied
- Chesterfield Resources Inc
- Christian Brothers Services
- CoreSource
- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
- Nippon Life-Aetna
- Starmark
- WellNet
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem BCBS CT PPO
- Anthem BCBS CT Pathway PPO
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Large Group
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access PPO Large Group
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO (秘密研究所 Langone Suffolk Employees)
- BCBS Federal Program
- BCBS Florida Blue Care HMO
- BCBS Florida Blue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Options PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Select
- BCBS Florida MyBlue HMO
- BCBS Florida Simply Blue
- BCBS Florida Traditional PPC
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS Indemnity
- BCBS Local 32BJ Employees
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare HMO
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Mediblue Select HMO/Extra HMO
- BCBS Out of State or Region
- BCBS POS
- BCBS PPO
- BCBS PPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS PPO (秘密研究所 Langone Suffolk Employees)
- BCBS PPO/EPO Small Group
- New York Hotel Trades
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Cigna
- Apwu Health Plan
- Cigna - Humana
- Cigna Great West PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna Managed Care/POS
- Cigna Medicare Advantage
- Cigna NALC
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access PPO
- Cigna Oscar
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Premier Plus
- Great West HMO
- Kaiser Permanente
- MVP-Cigna Network
- Wellfleet-秘密研究所 Student
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Connecticare
- Connecticare Bridge
- Connecticare Commercial
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Elderplan
- Elderplan
- Elderplan FIDA
- Elderplan Medicare Advantage Plan
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Emblem
- Emblem Select Care Bronze Small Group
- Emblem Select Care EPO
- Emblem Select Care Gold Small Group
- Emblem Select Care HMO
- Emblem Select Care PPO
- Emblem Select Care Platinum Small Group
- Emblem Select Care Silver Small Group
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First Health
- First Health PPO
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GHI
- American Plan Administrators
- GHI CBP (City of New York Employees)
- GHI Emblem Health EPO
- GHI Emblem Health PPO
- GHI HMO Medicare
- GHI Medicare PPO
- GHI Medicare Supplement
- GHI Network Access - Benefit Services of PA
- GHI Network Access - Humana
- GHI Network Access - Total Plan Concepts
- IUOE Local 14-14B
- Wlny-TV Inc.
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HIP
- HIP Access I
- HIP Access II
- HIP Bridge
- HIP Child Health Plus
- HIP EPO
- HIP HMO
- HIP Medicare Supplement
- HIP POS
- HIP PPO
- HIP Prime Basic Exchange
- HIP Prime Bronze
- HIP Prime Bronze Exchange
- HIP Prime Catastrophic Exchange
- HIP Prime Gold
- HIP Prime Gold Exchange
- HIP Prime Platinum
- HIP Prime Platinum Exchange
- HIP Prime Silver
- HIP Prime Silver Exchange
- HIP VIP Medicare Bold
- HIP VIP Medicare Prime
- Vytra HMO
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Hamaspik Choice
- Hamaspik Choice Medicare DSNP
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Hotel Trades Council
- Hotel Trades Council
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Humana
- Humana Medicare Advantage
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Local 1199
- Local 1199 - 秘密研究所 Hospital Member Choice
- Local 1199 PPO
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Longevity Health Plan
- Longevity Health Plan Medicare
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Magnacare
- Magnacare PPO
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Medicare
- Medicare Part A and B
- Medicare Part B
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Multiplan
- AXA Assistance USA
- Administrative Concepts
- Beech Street PPO
- Diversified Administration Corporation
- Fiserv Health
- GEHA
- Global Excel
- Global Health
- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
- Health Net Of California
- Health Republic Of NJ
- Insurance Design Administrators
- Kaiser Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente
- Meritain Health
- Multiplan PPO
- Multiplan-Capital Dist Phys Health
- Mutual Of Omaha
- Nippon Life Ins Co
- PHCS
- Professional Benefit Admin
- Qualcare Inc
- Screen Actors Guild
- Teamsters Allied Benefits
- US Life Insurance Company
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NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
- NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan, Excelsior Plan, NY Student Employee Health Plan
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Oxford
- Oxford Health Plans Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans Liberty
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POMCO Insurance Company
- POMCO Insurance Company
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Qualcare Inc.
- Qualcare Direct
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Railroad Medicare
- Palmetto GBA Railroad Medicare
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Sedgwick WTC
- World Trade Center - Sedgwick
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Tricare
- TriWest
- Tricare
- US Family Health Plan
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Bind Benefits inc
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
- UMR
- UMR GEHA
- United Healthcare (NY University Care Plan)
- United Healthcare AARP
- United Healthcare All Savers
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice (AMEX employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Simon and Schuster)
- United Healthcare EPO
- United Healthcare EPO (秘密研究所 Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare EPO (Sunset Park Employees)
- United Healthcare Golden Rule Insurance
- United Healthcare HMO
- United Healthcare Healthscope
- United Healthcare Indemnity
- United Healthcare Indemnity (秘密研究所 Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Medicare
- United Healthcare 秘密研究所 Care (秘密研究所LH Employees)
- United Healthcare 秘密研究所 Care (Sunset Park Employees)
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare Nexus
- United Healthcare Nexus (Amex Employees)
- United Healthcare POS
- United Healthcare PPO
- United Healthcare Plus (秘密研究所 Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Plus (Sunset Park Employees)
- United Healthcare Student Resources
- United Healthcare Student Resources (秘密研究所)
- United Healthcare Value, Advantage and HDHP (New York University employees)
- UnitedHealthcare Choice (NY Power Authority Employees)
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VA Community Care Network
- VA CCN Optum
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VNS Choice Advantage
- VNS Medicare Advantage
- VNS NY Choice Select Health
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Village Care
- VillageCare
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WTC Health Program
- NY Fire Department - WTC
- WTC Health Program
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Wellcare
- WellCare Medicare
Samaan Rafeq, MD, MBA does not accept insurance.
Research My Research
Interests
lung cancer, pleural disease, tracheal stenosis, airway obstruction
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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Microbial and human biomarkers of thoracic disease after lung transplantation
Publications
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Murgu, Septimiu; Chen, Alexander C; Gilbert, Christopher R; Sterman, Daniel H; Pederson, Damaris; Rafeq, Samaan; Laxmanan, Balaji; Schwiers, Michael L; Connelly, Jaime; Benz, Heather L; Yasufuku, Kazuhiro; Silvestri, Gerard A; ,
Chest. 2025 Apr 27;
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Barnett, Clea R; Krolikowski, Kelsey; Postelnicu, Radu; Mukherjee, Vikramjit; Sulaiman, Imran; Chung, Matthew; Angel, Luis; Tsay, Jun-Chieh J; Wu, Benjamin G; Yeung, Stephen T; Duerr, Ralf; Desvignes, Ludovic; Khanna, Kamal; Li, Yonghua; Schluger, Rosemary; Rafeq, Samaan; Collazo, Destiny; Kyeremateng, Yaa; Amoroso, Nancy; Pradhan, Deepak; Das, Sanchita; Evans, Laura; Uyeki, Timothy M; Ghedin, Elodie; Silverman, Gregg J; Segal, Leopoldo N; Brosnahan, Shari B
ERJ open research. 2024 Jul ; 10(4):
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Barnett, C.R.; Krolikowski, K.; Tsay, J.J.; Wu, B.G.; Li, Y.; Chang, M.; Kyeremateng, Y.; Brosnahan, S.; Singh, S.; Kocak, I.; Collazo, D.E.; Mukherjee, V.; Lubinsky, A.S.; Postelnicu, R.; Ghedin, E.; Chung, M.; Angel, L.F.; Sulaiman, I.; Duerr, R.; Schluger, R.; Rafeq, S.; Carpenito, J.; Bakker, J.; Amoroso, N.E.; Kaufman, D.A.; Pradhan, D.; Li, H.; Wang, C.; Silverman, G.; Segal, L.N.
American journal of respiratory & critical care medicine. 2023; A6281-A6281