About me
Bilal Ali, MD, joins MedStar Health as a board-certified physician in our Department of Gastroenterology. He provides accurate diagnostic and effective treatment options that target a wide range of digestive tract conditions. Your patients now have access to Dr. Ali’s specialized care at two offices conveniently located in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area!
Dr. Ali is dedicated to providing compassionate care that prioritizes patients’ overall comfort and well-being. His exceptional skills and personalized offerings include:
Clinical expertise
- Abnormal abdominal pain
- Abnormal bowel movements
- Abnormal liver function tests
- Cirrhosis
- Fatty liver
- Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding
Comprehensive services
- Colon polypectomy
- Colonoscopies
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer screenings
- Sigmoidoscopy
Dr. Ali is part of the Department of Gastroenterology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. We are nationally recognized for our clinical excellence, state-of-the-art technology, and research innovations. In addition to expert guidance and empathetic care, a few program highlights are:
- Cutting-edge imaging, diagnostic interventions, and minimally invasive surgical techniques
- Specialized centers for esophageal motility, inflammatory bowel disease, and pancreas and liver disease
- Access to clinical trials through Georgetown University Lombardi
- Comprehensive Cancer Center—the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in the region
- Named as a Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence by the National Pancreas Foundation—the only designated hospital in the Washington, D.C., area
Clinical areas of focus
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Gastrointestinal Varices Treatment
- Hepatic Encephalopathy Management
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Portal Hypertension Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Pain
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Alimentary Tract Foreign Body
- Anal Abscess
- Anal Fissures
- Anus And Rectum Diseases
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Appendiceal Cancer
- Benign Neoplasm Of Colon, Rectum, Anus And Anal Canal
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Bowel Obstruction
- Choledocholithiasis
- Choledocholithiasis (BILE DUCT STONES)
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Colon Disease
- Colon Polyps
- Colorectal Malignancy
- Crohn's Disease
- Crohn's Disease [Regional Enteritis]
- Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Digestive System Complications
- Digestive System Diseases
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Diseases Of Esophagus
- Diseases Of Stomach And Duodenum
- Duodenal Ulcer
- Duodenitis
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Hernia
- Esophagitis
- Flatulence
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastritis
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) In Children
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatomegaly
- Hepatomegaly And Splenomegaly
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Intestinal Infections
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Cysts
- Liver Failure
- Malabsorption
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Bile Duct
- Malignant Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Noninfective Gastroenteritis
- Pancreas Cancer
- Pancreatic Diseases
- Paralytic Ileus And Intestinal Obstruction
- Peripheral Vascular Disease Of The Intestines
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Proctitis
- Rectal Cancer
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Viral Hepatitis
Procedures I perform
- Bleeding Ulcer Treatment
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Endoscopic Stricture Dilation
- Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
- Endoscopic Treatment Of Barrett's Esophagus
- Endoscopy
- Enteroscopy
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis Treatment
- Ercp With Sphincterotomy
- Esophageal Dilation
- Esophageal PH Monitoring
- Fecal Microbiota Transplant
- Flexible Colonoscopy With Biopsy
- Functional Abdominal Pain Treatment
- Gastric Manometry
- Gastric Stenting
- Gastrointestinal Disease Prevention
- Gastrointestinal Foreign Body Removal
- Gastrointestinal Functional Disorder Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Health Maintenance
- Gastrointestinal Motility Study
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Tube Placement
- Gastrointestinal Varices Treatment
- Gastroparesis Surgery
- Gastroparesis Treatment
- H. Pylori Treatment
- Hepatic Encephalopathy Management
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Hydrogen Breath Test
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Infusion Therapy For Ulcerative Colitis
- Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Treatment
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Constipation Treatment
- Lactose Intolerance Test
- Lactose Intolerance Treatment
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Disease Prevention
- Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Pancreatitis Treatment
- Portal Hypertension Treatment
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis Treatment
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Treatment
- Proctitis Treatment
- Rectal Stricture Dilation
- Short Bowel Syndrome Treatment
- Stent Placement
- Transrectal Ultrasound
- Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Arthritis Treatment
- Upper Gi Endoscopy
- Urea Breath Test
- Variceal Band Ligation
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 Select PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Administrators
- HighMark
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- First Health PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- POS OA
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst EPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- OA Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice POS
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open HMO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Employee Health Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- IH-POS
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Choice POS II
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Navigate
- IH-Indemnity
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-HMO
- IH-POS Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology/Gastroenterology
Fellowship: University of Tennessee College of Medicine (2020)
Fellowship: University of Tennessee College of Medicine (2016)
Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners (2010)
Medical School: King Edward Medical College (2005)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
1. Post-liver transplant outcomes in patients with major psychiatric diagnosis in the United StatesPost-liver transplant outcomes in patients with major psychiatric diagnosis in the United States.
Annals of Hepatology · Jun 22, 2021
2. Transplantation of liver from hepatitis C-infected donors to hepatitis C RNA-negative recipients: Histological and virologic outcomeTransplantation of liver from hepatitis C-infected donors to hepatitis C RNA-negative recipients: Histological and virologic outcome
Clinical Transplantation · Mar 29, 2021
3. Effect of Opioid Treatment on Clinical Outcomes Among Cirrhotic Patients in the United StatesEffect of Opioid Treatment on Clinical Outcomes Among Cirrhotic Patients in the United States
Clinical Transplantation · Jun 1, 2020
4. Achieving Sustained Virological Response in Liver Transplant Recipients With Hepatitis C Decreases Risk of Decline in Renal FunctionAchieving Sustained Virological Response in Liver Transplant Recipients With Hepatitis C Decreases Risk of Decline in Renal Function
Liver Transplantation · Aug 1, 2018
5. Long-term outcomes of early compared to late onset choledochocholedochal anastomotic strictures after orthotopic liver transplantation.Long-term outcomes of early compared to late onset choledochocholedochal anastomotic strictures after orthotopic liver transplantation.
Clin Transplant. · Jul 1, 2017
6. Efficacy and Safety of Sofosbuvir-Based Direct Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C in Septuagenarians and Octogenarians Efficacy and Safety of Sofosbuvir-Based Direct Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C in Septuagenarians and Octogenarians
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology · Jun 1, 2017
7. A meta-analysis of endoscopic ultrasound-fine-needle aspiration compared to endoscopic ultrasound-fine-needle biopsy: diagnostic yield and the value of onsite cytopathological assessment
Endoscopy Int Open · May 1, 2017
8. Efficacy and safety of EUS-guided biliary drainage in comparison with percutaneous biliary drainage when ERCP fails: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Gastrointest Endosc · May 1, 2017
9. Outcome of Liver Transplant Recipients With Revascularized Coronary Artery Disease: A Comparative Analysis With and Without Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Transplantation · Apr 1, 2017Transplantation · Apr 1, 2017
10, Efficacy and safety of endoscopic gallbladder drainage in acute cholecystitis: Is it better than percutaneous gallbladder drainage?
Gastrointest Endosc. · Jan 1, 2017
11. Mesalamine Does Not Help Prevent Recurrent Acute Colonic Diverticulitis: Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trials
Gastroenterology · Apr 1, 2016
12. Efficacy of self-expandable metal stents in management of benign biliary strictures and comparison with multiple plastic stents: a meta-analysis
Endoscopy · Jul 1, 2017
13. Liver Injury in Patients With Cholestatic Liver Disease Treated With Obeticholic Acid
Hepatology · Apr 1, 2020
14. Transplantation of liver from hepatitis C-infected donors to hepatitis C RNA-negative recipients: Histological and virologic outcome
Clinical Transplantation · Mar 29, 2021