Kwame Opoku Akyeampong, MD| Family Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Areas of clinical interest
- Adult care (age 18+)
- Annual physicals and health screenings
- Anxiety, depression, and stress management
- Chronic disease (asthma, diabetes, high cholesterol, and hypertension)
- Preventive medicine and wellness
- Weight management and nutritional
Philosophy of care
“As a physician, I believe in meeting patients where they are— medically, emotionally, and culturally. Every patient brings a unique story, and my role is to listen actively to understand their values, concerns, and goals. I strive to build trust through empathy, clear communication, and collaboration, empowering patients to take an informed and active role in their care.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Hypertension
- Respiratory Disorders
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Injury
- Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Open Wound
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Blood
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- Abnormal Breast Imaging
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Drug Findings In Blood
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Serum Enzyme Levels
- Acne
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Laryngitis And Tracheitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Acute Upper Respiratory Infections Of Multiple Sites
- Adult And Child Abuse, Neglect And Maltreatment
- Adverse Effects
- Allergic Contact Dermatitis
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Allergies
- Ankle And Foot Injury
- Back Pain
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Body Region Injury
- Brain Disorders
- Breast Inflammation
- Candidiasis
- Carrier Of Infectious Disease
- Cellulitis
- Cellulitis And Lymphangitis
- Chest Pain
- Chlamydia
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Diseases Of Tonsils And Adenoids
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Complications Of Procedures
- Complications Of Surgical And Medical Care
- Contact With Communicable Diseases
- Contact With Hazardous Health Exposures
- Cough
- Cutaneous Abscess
- Deficiency Of B Group Vitamins
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Depressive Episode
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Diseases Of Lip And Oral Mucosa
- Diseases Of Tongue
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Disorders Of Pancreatic Internal Secretion
- Disorders Of White Blood Cells
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Disturbances Of Smell And Taste
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Ear Infection
- Ear Pain
- Eating Disorders
- Elbow And Forearm Injury
- Elbow Pain
- Emphysema
- Enlarged Lymph Nodes
- Enthesopathies
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eye And Orbit Injury
- Eyelid Disorders
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Gallstones
- Gastritis
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Gout
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Heart Failure
- Hematuria
- Hemorrhoids
- Hemorrhoids And Perianal Venous Thrombosis
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hip And Thigh Open Wound
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Hives
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Skin Disorders
- Incontinence
- Influenza
- Influenza Due To Other Identified Influenza Virus
- Ingrown Toenail
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Disorder
- Kidney And Ureter Disorders
- Kidney Stones
- Knee Pain
- Laryngitis
- Leg Pain
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lower Back Pain
- Lower Leg Injury
- Malaise And Fatigue
- Male Genital Organ Disorders
- Menstrual Cramps
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Strain
- Nail Disorders
- Nausea
- Neck Pain
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nonscarring Hair Loss
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Obesity
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Ovarian Cysts
- Overactive Bladder
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Painful Urination
- Penis Disorders
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Personal Risk Factors
- Persons Encountering Health Services
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Pneumonia
- Postnasal Drip
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Proteinuria
- Pruritus
- Psoriasis
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Rash
- Raynaud's Disease
- Rectal Pain
- Respiratory Disorders
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scabies
- Sciatica
- Shingles
- Shoulder And Upper Arm Muscle, Fascia, And Tendon Injury
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Skin Swelling And Lumps
- Sleep Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Sore Throat
- Spondylopathies
- Sprains And Strains
- Stomach Flu
- Stomatitis And Related Lesions
- Strep Throat
- Superficial Mycoses
- Tendinitis
- Tennis Elbow
- Testicular Pain
- Thyroid Disorders
- Tinnitus
- Toxic Effect Of Venomous Animals And Plants
- Tuberculosis
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
- Urticaria
- Uterine Fibroids
- Vaginal Itching
- Vaginitis
- Vasomotor And Allergic Rhinitis
- Venous Embolism
- Vertigo
- Viral Warts
- Vitamin Deficiency
- Vomiting
- Vulva And Perineum Disorders
- Weight Loss
- Wrist And Hand Burn And Corrosion
- Wrist And Hand Joint And Ligament Dislocation And Sprain
- Yeast Infection
Procedures I perform
- Allergen Immunotherapy
- Asthma Management
- Back Pain Treatment
- Biopsy Of Skin
- Birth Control
- Blood Chemistry Test
- Blood Collection
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Breast Exam
- Breathing Treatments
- Capillary Blood Collection
- Cervical Biopsy
- Cervix Dilation
- Chest Wall Manipulation
- Cholesterol Screening
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cold And Flu Treatment
- Cold Treatment
- Colposcopy With Biopsy
- Colposcopy With Biopsy And Endocervical Curettage
- Copd Management
- Depression Treatment
- Destruction Of Benign Lesions
- Diabetes Screening
- Diet Counseling
- Digital Rectal Exam
- Ekg (ELECTROCARDIOGRAM)
- EKG Interpretation
- Flu Shot Administration
- Food Allergy Treatment
- Foreign Body Removal From Ear
- Foreign Body Removal From Skin
- Geriatric Care
- Gynecological Examination
- Health Maintenance Exam
- HIV Testing And Treatment
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hospice Care Referral
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Immunization Administration
- Infection Treatment
- Injections For Pain Relief
- Obtaining Screen Pap Smear
- Occupational Therapy Evaluation
- Pap Smear
- Physical Performance Test
- Physical Therapy Referral
- School Physicals
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Sinusitis Treatment
- Skin Cancer Screening
- Skin Tag Removal
- Suture Removal
- Therapeutic Activities
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Treatment
- Venous Blood Collection
- Vision Screening
- Women's Health Exam
- Wound Repair
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
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Employee Health Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Blue Choice Advantage
- IH-HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA Indemnity
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- TRICARE for Life East
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-PPO
- OA Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- TRICARE East Select
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Navigate
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Medicare Direct
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Open POS Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UHC Passport
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Beech Street PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Sentara Health
- HighMark
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
Education
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin (2022)