Udeme D Ekong, MBBS MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, Pediatrics, Transplant Hepatology
Languages: English
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About me
Dr. Ekong specializes in treating babies and children with a wide range of liver diseases including autoimmune diseases, biliary atresia, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis syndromes, other genetic/metabolic liver diseases, non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, and chronic hepatitis B and C. She also provides care for children who need a liver transplant and those who have undergone liver transplantation.
She is triple-board certified in general pediatrics, pediatric gastroenterology and transplant hepatology, in addition to being a member of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. Dr. Ekong attended medical school at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. She then earned her Master of Public Health degree at Northwestern University in Chicago and did a pediatrics residency at Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY. She completed a fellowship in pediatrics/pediatric gastroenterology at Columbia University in New York and a fellowship in pediatrics/transplant hepatology at Northwestern University.
Dr. Ekong’s approach to treating her patients focuses on providing care from a skilled, compassionate multidisciplinary team consisting of clinical psychologists, registered dieticians, transplant pharmacists, and hepatobiliary and transplant surgeons. The team is dedicated to supporting not only the patient, but also the patient’s family as they deal with their child’s illness.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Ekong is an active researcher. Her laboratory focuses on developing ways to improve the long-term function of the transplanted liver in children and investigates the pathogenesis of autoimmune liver diseases both before and following liver transplantation. She has published several articles in the American Journal of Transplantation, Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Pediatric Transplantation, Journal of Immunology, as well as several book chapters on pediatric liver transplantation.
Dr. Ekong is a member of several national societies including the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition (NASPGHAN), American Society for Transplantation (AST), Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) and American Association of Immunologists (AAI). She has held leadership positions with many of these societies.
She has been an invited speaker at several meetings in North America, and Europe.
She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology/Hepatology) at Georgetown University.
When not at work, Dr. Ekong enjoys traveling and running.
Clinical areas of focus
- Artificial Liver Therapy
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Bone Cancer Staging
- Chronic Liver Disease Treatment
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Intestinal Atresia
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Failure
- Liver Function Testing
- Liver Transplant For Toxicity
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Renal Failure Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acquired Absence Of Organs
- Arterial Embolism
- Ascites
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Benign Neoplasm Of Digestive System
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Cholestasis
- Cholestasis Of Pregnancy
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Malformations Of Bile Ducts
- Congenital Malformations Of Gallbladder, Bile Ducts And Liver
- Congenital Malformations Of Great Veins
- Congenital Malformations Of Musculoskeletal System
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Cytomegaloviral Disease In Liver Transplant Patients
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Disorders Of Amino
- Disorders Of Aromatic Amino
- Disorders Of Branched
- Disorders Of Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Disorders Of Sphingolipid Metabolism And Lipid Storage
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gastric Cancer
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Immunodeficiencies
- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Intestinal Atresia
- Intestinal Infections
- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Encephalopathy
- Liver Failure
- Liver Fibrosis
- Liver Metastases
- Liver Transplant Rejection
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Malabsorption
- Necrotizing Vasculopathies
- Neoplasms Of Lymphoid, Hematopoietic And Related Tissue
- Neutropenia
- Newborn Feeding Problems
- Newborn Hypoglycemia
- Perinatal Digestive System Disorders
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Protozoal Diseases
- Secondary Hypertension
- Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Transplanted Organ Failure
- Venous Embolism
- Viral Hepatitis
- Viral Infection
- Wilson Disease
Procedures I perform
- Acute Liver Failure Treatment
- Adrenal Tumor Treatment
- Arterial Thrombolysis
- Arthrocentesis
- Artificial Liver Therapy
- Ascites Treatment
- Autoimmune Hepatitis Diagnosis
- Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome Treatment
- Bile Duct Cancer Treatment
- Biopsy Interpretation
- Blood Chemistry Test
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Bone Cancer Staging
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Budd-Chiari Syndrome Treatment
- Celiac Artery Stenosis Treatment
- Cerebral Fibromuscular Dysplasia Treatment
- Chemotherapy For Liver Cancer
- Chronic Liver Disease Treatment
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Coronary Thrombectomy
- Cryoablation Of Liver Tumors
- Cystitis Management
- Deceased Donor Liver Transplant
- Dialysis
- Dilation Of Common Hepatic Duct
- Duplex Scan Of Abdominal Organs
- Embolization Of Glomus Tumors
- Endocrinology Care
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Enteroscopy
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis Treatment
- Esophageal Dilation
- Esophageal PH Monitoring
- Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Management
- Fructose Malabsorption Test
- Gallbladder Cancer Treatment
- Gastric Surgery
- Gastrointestinal Adenoma Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Biopsy
- Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Diverticulosis Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Duplication Cyst Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Foreign Body Removal
- Gastrointestinal Functional Disorder Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Infection Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Juvenile Polyposis Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Lymphangiectasia Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Lymphoma Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Melanoma Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Motility Study
- Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Tube Placement
- Gastrointestinal Varices Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Vascular Malformation Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Virus Treatment
- Gastrostomy Tube Replacement
- Gene Therapy For Bladder Cancer
- Glucose Breath Test
- Hepatic Artery Angioplasty
- Hepatic Artery Embolization
- Hepatic Artery Stenosis Treatment
- Hepatic Artery Thrombosis Treatment
- Hepatic Encephalopathy Management
- Hepatic Vein Stenosis Treatment
- Hepatic Vein Thrombosis Treatment
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Hydrogen Breath Test
- Hypertension Treatment
- Immunodeficiency Treatment
- Inferior Mesenteric Artery Stenosis Treatment
- Interstitial Nephritis Treatment
- Intra-Abdominal Infection Treatment
- Intragastric Balloon Procedure
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment
- Lactose Tolerance Test
- Liver Abscess Drainage
- Liver Arterioportal Fistula Treatment
- Liver Arteriovenous Malformation Treatment
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Cancer Surgery
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Cyst Drainage
- Liver Function Testing
- Liver Health Screening
- Liver Imaging
- Liver Infection Treatment
- Liver Mass Treatment
- Liver Metastases Treatment
- Liver Necrosis Treatment
- Liver Resection
- Liver Segmentectomy
- Liver Transplant
- Liver Transplant For Toxicity
- Liver Vascular Malformation Treatment
- Lobectomy
- Lower Gi Endoscopy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mesenteric Angiography
- Mesenteric Artery Stenosis Treatment
- Milk Allergy Treatment
- Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome Treatment
- Neonatal Abdominal Paracentesis
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Treatment
- Nutrition Counseling
- Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome Treatment
- Pancreas Transplant Rejection Treatment
- Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Paraganglioma Treatment
- Parotid Biopsy
- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy
- Percutaneous Diagnostic Liver Excision
- Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tube Exchange
- Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography
- Percutaneous Tumor Chemoembolization
- Pheochromocytoma Treatment
- Portal Hypertension Treatment
- Portal Vein Stenosis Treatment
- Portal Vein Thrombosis Treatment
- Portosystemic Shunt
- Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Deficiency Treatment
- Radioembolization Of Liver Tumors
- Rectal Stricture Dilation
- Renal Failure Treatment
- Rhabdomyolysis Treatment
- Skin Allergy Testing
- Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) Testing
- Splenic Vein Stenosis Treatment
- Stent Placement
- Stomach Drainage
- Superior Mesenteric Artery Stenosis Treatment
- Transitional Cell Carcinoma Treatment
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transrectal Ultrasound
- Trichiasis Treatment
- Upper Gi Endoscopy
- Urinary Tract Obstruction Treatment
- Veno-Occlusive Disease Treatment
- Venous Access Device Removal
- Venous Ulcer Treatment
- Viral Gastroenteritis Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 2nd Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-3700Fax 877-680-8194
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
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Medicare Direct
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- POS OA
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Network OA
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-HMO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- First Health PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Choice POS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- OA Plus
- IH-PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Medicare FFS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HighMark
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Prime
- Employee Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- IH-POS Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Sentara Health
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Navigate
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University (2004)
Fellowship: Columbia University Irving Medical Center (2003)
Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (2000)
Medical School: Ahmadu Bello University Faculty of Medicine (1992)
Awards
- 1. Best Doctors, Connecticut Magazine, 2019.
- 2. Fellow Research Award, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition (NASPGHAN), 2002.
- 3. Best Graduate, Pediatrics, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY, 2000.