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Michael Samara, MD
4.9/5
112 Ratings – 25 Comments
My specialties:
- Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology
- Cardiovascular disease
Professional interests:
- Heart failure
- Heart transplantation
- Vad
- Ventricular assist device
Dr. Samara is a member of the heart failure and transplant team at Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
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Credentials
- MD
Board-certified specialties
- Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology
- Cardiovascular disease
Educational institutions
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Current licenses and certifications
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Board-certified cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography
Internships
- University of Chicago Hospitals
Residencies
- University of Chicago Hospitals
Fellowships
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation (general cardiology and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology
Years of experience
- 8
Hospital affiliations
- Abbott Northwestern Hospital
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Patient ratings and comments
The patient experience rating is an average of all responses to provider communication related questions from our CGCAHPS survey. Learn more.
4.9 out of 5 (112 Ratings, 25 Comments)
2/27/2020
[...] outstanding.
2/1/2020
[...] I trust & respect Dr. Samara.
1/30/2020
I appreciated tremendously the caring, intelligent, respectful, informative information and upcoming follow-through expressed by Dr. Samara during this visit which was a follow-up to important critical heart monitoring tests completed prior to this appointment.
1/30/2020
Dr. Samara explains my health conditions more completely & understandably than my cardiologist. I enjoy my visits with Dr. Samara.
1/29/2020
I thought the Dr. was great
1/22/2020
the best!
1/15/2020
Dr Samara is amazing. He always listens to my concerns and gives thoughtful answers. I always enjoy my contacts with him and enjoy our clinic visits.
1/10/2020
Dr. Samara is wonderful [...]
1/8/2020
[...] Dr. Samara to provide me the best care possible and am comforted that Dr. Samara is always considering my heart health when making the final decision. I have total confidence in him [...].Thank you!
12/11/2019
I look forward to my visits, with Dr. Samara. He carefully explains my condition and reviews my heart-related medications. He is the best doctor I have ever had when it comes to my heart conditions and has a wonderful bedside (chairside) manner.
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