Arthur N. West, MD| Gastroenterology | MedStar Health
About me
Medical School-George Washington University 1983
Internal Medicine Internship-Providence Hospital 1983-1984
Internal Medicine Residency-Washington Hospital Center 1984-1986
GI Fellowship-Washington Hospital Center 1986-1988
Boarded in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
Clinical areas of focus
- Abdominal Distention
- Abnormal Bowel Movement
- Abnormal Stool
- Anal Fissure
- Bleeding Hemorrhoids
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Colonoscopy
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Postprandial Diarrhea
- Rectal Pain
- Stomach Pain
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Bloating
- Abdominal Distention
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Amylase Blood Test
- Abnormal Bowel Movement
- Abnormal Liver Function Blood Test
- Abnormal Stool
- Achalasia
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Allergic Esophagitis
- Altered Bowel Habits
- Anal Fissure
- Anal Itching
- Anal Pain
- Anal Spasm
- Anemia
- Angiodysplasia Of Intestine (WITHOUT MENTION OF HEMORRHAGE)
- Annular Pancreas
- Anorexia
- Ascites
- Atrophic Gastritis Without Mention Of Hemorrhage
- Autoimmune Enteropathy
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Benign Neoplasm Of Colon
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Bleeding Hemorrhoids
- Blood In Stool
- Bowel Dysmotility
- Bright Red Blood Per Rectum
- Celiac Disease
- Choking Sensation
- Cholangitis
- Cholecystitis
- Cholelithiasis
- Cholestasis
- Chronic Abdominal Pain
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Chronic Pancreatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Clostridium Difficile
- Colitis
- Collagenous Colitis
- Colon Stricture
- Colonic Cryptitis
- Colonic Inertia
- Colonic Polyps
- Colonic Volvulus
- Constipation
- Crohn's Disease
- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
- Decrease In Appetite
- Diarrhea
- Digestive Disorders
- Diverticular Disease
- Diverticulitis
- Drug Induced Liver Injury
- Duodenal Ulcer
- Duodenitis
- Dysmotility
- Dyspepsia
- Dysphagia
- Early Satiety
- Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase Level
- Elevated Ammonia
- Elevated Lipase
- Eosinophilic Colitis
- Eosinophilic Enteritis
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Eosinophilic Gastritis
- Epigastric Pain
- Eructation
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Disease
- Esophageal Diverticulum
- Esophageal Mass
- Esophageal Motility Disorders
- Esophageal Spasm
- Esophageal Stenosis
- Esophageal Stricture
- Esophageal Thickening
- Esophageal Ulcer
- Esophageal Varices
- Esophagitis
- Family History Of Colon Cancer
- Family History Of Colon Polyps
- Fatty Liver
- Fecal Impaction
- Fecal Incontinence
- Feeding Problems
- Flatulence
- Focal Nodular Hyperplasia
- Foreign Body (DIGESTIVE SYSTEM)
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gallbladder Polyp
- Gastric Ulcer
- Gastritis
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Gastrointestinal Amyloid
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Gastrojejunal Ulcer
- Gastroparesis
- Giardiasis
- Gluten Sensitivity
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Hematemesis
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemorrhage Of Gastrointestinal Tract, Unspecified
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatomegaly
- Hiatal Hernia
- Hiccough
- Ileitis
- Ileus
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Intractable Vomiting
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Ischemic Bowel
- Ischemic Colitis
- Jaundice
- Lactose Intolerance
- Left Upper Quadrant Pain
- Liver Disease
- Liver Mass
- Lymphocytic Colitis
- Lynch Syndrome
- Malabsorption
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Stomach
- Melena
- Microscopic Colitis
- Motility Disorders
- Nausea
- Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
- Obstipation
- Obstructive Jaundice
- Odynophagia
- Ogilvie Syndrome
- Pancreas Divisum
- Pancreatic Cyst
- Pancreatic Insufficiency
- Pancreatic Pseudocyst
- Pancreaticobiliary Disease
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic Ulcer
- Peritonitis
- Pernicious Anemia
- Persistent Vomiting
- Personal History Of Colonic Polyps
- Peutz Jeghers Syndrome
- Polyposis Syndrome
- Portal Hypertension
- Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy
- Positive Hemoccult Fecal Occult Blood Test
- Postprandial Diarrhea
- Pouchitis
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Proctitis
- Rectal Bleeding
- Rectal Hemorrhage
- Rectal Pain
- Rectal Polyp
- Regional Enteritis Of Large Intestine
- Right Lower Quadrant Pain
- Right Upper Quadrant Pain
- Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Small Bowel Disease
- Small Intestine Disease
- Steatorrhea
- Stomach Cramps
- Stomach Disorders
- Stomach Pain
- Swallowing Problem
- Tenesmus
- Toxic Liver Injury
- Ulceration Of Intestine
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Ulcerative Proctitis
- Vomiting
- Weight Loss
- Whipple's Disease
- Wilson's Disease
Procedures I perform
- Biologic Therapy For Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Bravo PH Test
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Colon Polypectomy
- Colon Stenting
- Colonoscopy
- Colorectal Screening
- Early Detection Of Cancer
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Esophageal Stent
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) With Botox Injection
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) With Dilation
- Feeding Tube Management
- Feeding Tube Removal
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Screening
- Gastroscopy
- Gj Tube Evaluation
- Peg (PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY)
- Peg Tube Evaluation
- Proctosigmoidoscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)"
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)"
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Tricare Prime
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- POS OA & OA Plus
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Student Resources
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- FIRST HEALTH
- Innovation Health: PPO
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Open POS II
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Opoen HMO Option
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Innovation Health: POS
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Open EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Open HMO
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Network OA
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship Program: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (1988)
Residency Program: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (1986)
Internship Program: Providence Hospital (1984)
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine (1983)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Splenosis Mimicking an Intra-abdominal Malignancy
The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 87, Issue 6 December 1989