Dr. Robert Chao is a specialty care physician board certified in rheumatology and internal medicine. He joined Inova Health System in 2020 and has been practicing since 2014. Prior to joining Inova, Dr. Chao was at the University of California San Diego. He has a special interest in treating seronegative spondyloarthropathies such as psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and reactive arthritis. Dr. Chao enjoys working as a team with the patient and other providers to treat the patient's rheumatologic problem collaboratively.

Dr. Robert Cunnion is a specialty care cardiologist board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and nuclear cardiology. He joins Inova Medical Group with over 34 years of clinical experience. He is a general cardiologist with a special interest in cardiomyopathy and cardiac oncology. Before entering private practice in 1998, Dr. Cunnion was a physician scientist at the National Institutes of Health, publishing more than sixty research papers and textbook chapters.

Dr. Robert Shapiro is a board certified cardiology, nuclear cardiology, and echocardiography physician. He joins Inova Medical Group with 12 years of experience as a clinical cardiologist in Pennsylvania, where he also served as the medical director of a large echocardiography laboratory. His special interests include imaging of the heart. His clinical interests include management of valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure and arrhythmias. Dr.

Dr. Robert Ahmed is a board-certified surgeon. He joined Inova Health System in 2021 and has been practicing since 1987. Read Dr. Ahmed’s Personal Statement Below For me, there is a special gratification that comes with being a surgeon. Being a surgeon requires clinical knowledge and technical skill. While I certainly take pride in that, I believe it’s the emotional connection with patients that elevates surgery from a science to an art. I am well aware that surgery is among the most stressful experiences of a patient’s life.

Dr. Robert G. Najarian is a board-certified orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon. With additional fellowship training in sports medicine and more than 18 years of experience, he specializes in treating the knee, shoulder, and elbow, as well as all sports-related injuries. His area of focus is in the treatment of knee cartilage and ligamentous injury, shoulder instability and rotator cuff repair, and elbow injuries in the throwing athlete (Tommy John Surgery). He has been named a Washingtonian Top Doctor since 2016. Dr.