Doctors > ANDREW D. BEAMER, MD, FACC

• specialty:
• Cardiology
• bs:
• Duke University, Durham, NC, 1977
• md:
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 1982
• residency:
• Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
• fellowships:
• Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Cardiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• board certifications:
• Nuclear Cardiology; Cardiovascular Diseases; Internal Medicine; Echocardiography

Andrew D. Beamer, MD, FACC, is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He received his medical degree from The John Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed his Internal Medicine residency at The John Hopkins Hospital. He trained in Cardiovascular Diseases at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Beamer has written and presented on a wide range of subjects relating to cardiology. Over the course of nearly 20 years at SMG, he has been a leader in many areas. As co-chair of the Overlook Hospital Chest Pain Advisory Committee, he helped lead process improvements in the treatment of patients presenting to the Overlook ER with chest pain. After this project, Overlook Hospital had the fastest treatment of heart attack patients of any hospital in North America. For many years, he was very active in the parents' organization for a large competitive swim team. More recently, as a member of the SMG Board of Directors, he has spent time involved in medical group governance. He considers his work as a cardiologist "a privilege" and became a doctor because it is a way to combine two threads in his life: a strong scientific bent, and love of working with and helping people. He values his three children as his greatest "accomplishment," saying that the "raising of children is the most difficult and rewarding thing I've ever done."