Dr. Raktim Kumar Ghosh, MD

Raktim Ghosh, MD is a fellowship-trained cardiologist with the MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital. He is board certified in both internal medicine and echocardiography.

Dr. Ghosh sees a wide spectrum of patients with cardiovascular conditions including coronary artery disease, heart failure, hypertension, lipid disorders, abnormal heart rhythms. He has a particular interest in both cardiometabolic disease and co-managing diabetes and lipid disorder patients with providers from other specialties.

Dr. Ghosh has 10 years of clinical and research experience including training in cardiovascular disease, internal medicine, clinical pharmacology and outcomes research. He was also chief resident in the internal medicine program. Along with seeing patients, Dr. Ghosh is also involved and interested in medical education through teaching residents and clinical research.

Dr. Ghosh uses a team-based approach with his patients and encourages them to be involved in the decision-making process for their treatment plan.

He is an active member of the American College of Cardiology, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and American College of Physicians. He has published numerous manuscripts in leading journals including Journal of American College of Cardiology, American Journal of Medicine, American journal of Cardiology, and International Journal of Cardiology.

His research interests are focused on cardiovascular therapeutics and cardiovascular imaging.  Dr. Ghosh has presented his research in leading cardiovascular societies’ annual meetings including ACC, AHA, TCT, and CRT.