Duke Health Provider
Omar Al-Qudsi, MBBS
Anesthesiologist, Critical Care Specialist
Duke Health Provider
Where I See Patients
Board Certified
American Board of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Anesthesiology, General Anesthesiology
My Locations
About Me
Current Appointments and Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, General, Vascular, High Risk Transplant & Critical Care 2021
Languages I Speak
English, Arabic
Training and Education
Board Certification
American Board of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Anesthesiology, General Anesthesiology
Fellowship
Critical Care Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital (Massachusetts), 2018-2019
Residency
Anesthesiology, Loyola University Medical Center (Illinois), 2014-2018
Education
MBBS, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2014
Clinical Focus and Research
Publications
Academic Articles14
Book Sections1
Conference Papers1
- Bronshteyn, Yuriy S., Sundar Krishnan, Lior Abramson, and Omar Al-Qudsi. “Scan That Barcode Carefully-Limitations of "M-Mode" Ultrasound When Screening for Pneumothorax.” A A Pract 18, no. 12 (December 1, 2024): e01854. https://doi.org/10.1213/XAA.0000000000001854.
- Al-Qudsi, Omar, Alan R. Ellis, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Tetsu Ohnuma, Daneel Patoli, Brad Taicher, Negmeldeen Mamoun, et al. “Perioperative Albumin Among Adults Undergoing Thoracic Surgery in the United States: Utilization, Associations With Clinical Outcomes, and Contribution to Hospital Costs.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 38, no. 11 (November 2024): 2722–30. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2024.06.041.
- Bronshteyn, Yuriy S., Sundar Krishnan, Omar Al-Qudsi, and Sean Montgomery. “Not So FAST: Pearls and Pitfalls of the Left Upper Quadrant Window during the Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma.” Anesthesiology 141, no. 4 (October 1, 2024): 752–54. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005094.
- Al-Qudsi, O. “Refractory hypoxemia on venovenous ECMO.” In The Practice and Principles of Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), 99–108, 2021.
- Al-Qudsi, Omar, Alan Ellis, Bryan Chow, Tetsu Ohnuma, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Daneel Patoli, and Karthik Raghunathan. “Pharmacoequity: Use of Albumin among Adults Undergoing Thoracic Surgery.” In ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA, 136:339–42, 2023.
Insurance Accepted
Duke Health contracts with most major health insurance carriers and transplant networks, including the ones listed below.
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Aetna
- Aetna Choice POS, Aetna Choice POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice HMO, Aetna Open Access Elect Choice
- Aetna Health Network Only, Aetna Health Network Option
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Limited Benefit Insurance PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Assure Plan (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Eagle Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Essential Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Value Plan (HMO)
- Aetna Open Access HMO, Open Access Aetna Select, Aetna Open Access Managed Choice
- Aetna Open Choice PPO
- Aetna PCP Coordinated POS Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (QPOS)
- Aetna Select HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice
- Aetna Voluntary Indemnity Group Plan
- Aetna Whole Health – Duke WakeMed WKCC
- Aetna/CVS Health
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Ambetter
- Ambetter of North Carolina
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- Blue Advantage
- Blue Medicare (HMO, PPO)*
- Blue Options (123, PPO, HSA)
- Blue Select
- NC State Employees Health Plan
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice does not participate in the plan.
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Cigna
- Cigna Behavioral Health (*Limited eligibility)
- Cigna Choice Plus
- Cigna Connect Individual Family Plan
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access Plus
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*Please call Cigna Behavioral Heath to see if the provider is participating in your plan.
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Duke Group Plans
- Duke Basic
- Duke Select
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Experience Health
- Experience Health Medicare Advantage (HMO) Plan
- Gateway Health Alliance
- Healthgram
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Humana
- Humana Choice (PPO)
- Humana Choice - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana ChoiceCare - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana Gold Choice - Medicare Advantage (PFFS)
- Humana Gold Plus - Medicare Advantage (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage Group Plan - NC State Retirees
- MedCost
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Medicare
- First Medicare Direct
- Medicare Part A
- Medicare Part B
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NC Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina
- Carolina Complete Health
- Healthy Blue
- NC Medicaid Direct
- WellCare of North Carolina
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TRICARE
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Prime Remote
- TRICARE Select
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Advantage Plan 2 (HMO-POS)
- AARP Medicare Complete (HMO, PPO)*
- AARP Medicare Complete Essential (HMO)*
- All Savers Alternate Funding
- All Savers Fully Insured
- United Healthcare (HMO, PPO, POS)**
- United Healthcare Charter/Charter Balance/Charter Plus
- United Healthcare Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Core/Core Essential
- United Healthcare Navigate/Navigate Plus/Navigate Balanced
- United Healthcare Option PPO
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Options PPO
- United Healthcare Select/Select Plus
- United Healthcare Shared Services - Harvard Pilgrim/UHC Options PPO Network
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice and mental health providers do not participate with the plan.
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**Duke Health does not participate in UHC plans on the Health Insurance Marketplace.
Before scheduling your appointment, we strongly recommend you contact your insurance company to verify that the Duke Health location or provider you plan to visit is included in your network. Your insurance company will also be able to inform you of any co-payments, co–insurances, or deductibles that will be your responsibility. If you proceed in scheduling an appointment and your health insurance benefits do not participate with Duke, your out of pocket liability may be higher. We will contact you regarding your coverage and patient liability. If you are uninsured, learn more about our financial assistance policy.
External Relationships
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