Omar G. Awar, MD, FACC
Omar G. Awar, MD, FACC
About Dr. Omar G. Awar
Dr. Awar is a Southeast Texas native from Beaumont, TX. He earned his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine and went on to complete his residency training at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA. He returned to the Texas Medical Center to complete his General Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology training at Baylor College of Medicine, where he served as both Chief General Cardiology Fellow and Chief Interventional Cardiology Fellow. He holds board certifications in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Awar’s clinical interests include treatment of coronary and vascular disease and he specializes in performing heart catheterizations through the wrist (radial approach) in order to enhance patient comfort and safety. He also has taken special interest in the treatment of vein disease involving the legs and is able to offer our patient’s a safe and effective office-based procedure for the treatment of varicose veins as the source of chronic leg swelling and pain.
Clinical Interests
Arrhythmias
Coronary Artery Disease
Heart Catheterization
Heart Failure
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypertension
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Stents
Varicose Vein Treatment
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Choice POS / Open Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PPO
- Aetna Open Access
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Select
- Blue Choice PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Cigna Allegiance
- Cigna Allegiance Houston Methodist Employee Medical Plan
- Cigna PPO
- Community Health Choice-HMO
- Guardian Life PPO
- Humana PPO & Preferred PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare ChoicePlus
- UnitedHealthcare EPO
- UnitedHealthcare HMO
- UnitedHealthcare POS
- UnitedHealthcare PPO
Credentials
- Baylor College of Medicine - Houston, TX | 2007
- University of California, Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA | 2008
- University of California, Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA | 2010
- Baylor College of Medicine - Houston, TX | 2013
- Houston Methodist Hospital
- Houston Methodist West Hospital
- Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Languages
- English