Nisha Adhikari, MD| Internal Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
Areas of clinical interest
- Behavioral health
- Chronic disease diagnosis
- Common infection management
- Obesity medicine
- Preventive care
Philosophy of care
“My philosophy of care is rooted in respect, deep compassion, and building longitudinal relationships with patients. I believe every patient deserves to be heard, valued, and actively involved in decisions about their health. My role is not only to treat illness but also to promote wellness, prevent disease, and support patients in living their healthiest lives and preventing them from visiting hospitals.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Disease Management
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Preventative Care
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Injury
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Blood
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Serum Enzyme Levels
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Allergies
- Anemia
- Angina
- Anus And Rectum Diseases
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrioventricular Block
- Back Pain
- Bladder Disorders
- Bleeding Disorders
- Body Region Injury
- Bone Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Breast Lump
- Candidiasis
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cellulitis
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Colitis
- Colon Cancer
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Cough
- Cutaneous Abscess, Furuncle And Carbuncle
- Cystitis
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Digestive System Diseases
- Digestive System Symptoms
- Diseases Of Esophagus
- Diseases Of Lip And Oral Mucosa
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Diverticulitis
- Dyslipidemia
- Dyspnea
- Emphysema
- Endocrine Disorders
- Enlarged Prostate
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Gallstones
- Gastritis
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Gout
- Headache
- Heart Disease
- Hematuria
- Hemorrhoids
- High Cholesterol
- Hip Pain
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypotension
- Influenza
- Kidney Stones
- Knee Pain
- Migraine
- Muscle Disorders
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Obesity
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Pneumonia
- Polyuria
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Rash
- Respiratory Disorders
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Skin Swelling And Lumps
- Sleep Disorders
- Sore Throat
- Specified Health Status
- Tachycardia
- Thyroid Disorders
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Vein Disorders
- Venous Embolism
- Weight Loss
Procedures I perform
- 24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening
- Abscess Incision And Drainage
- Advance Directive Planning
- Aging Education
- Aging Life Care
- Aging Resource Coordination
- Aging Well Resources
- Alcohol Abuse Treatment
- Anticoagulation Therapy
- Anxiety Treatment
- Arthrocentesis
- Asthma Management
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Cholesterol Screening
- Chronic Disease Management
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cold Treatment
- Congestive Heart Failure Management
- Copd Management
- Diabetes Screening
- Digital Rectal Exam
- Disease Prevention
- Electrocardiogram
- Flu Shot
- Geriatric Care
- Grief Counseling
- Health Maintenance Exam
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hypertension Treatment
- Immunization Administration
- Lactate Dehydrogenase
- Lipid Profile
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Mole Removal
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions
- Pap Smear
- Peak Flow Measurement
- Pre-Operative Clearance
- Preventative Care
- Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
- Rash Treatment
- Respiratory Infection Treatment
- Sinus Infection Treatment
- Sinusitis Treatment
- Skin Tag Removal
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Staple Removal
- Suture Removal
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Treatment
- Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
- Venous Blood Collection
- Vision Screening
- Women's Health Exam
Practice locations
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5009 Honeygo Center Dr
Ste 216
Perry Hall, MD, 21128
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
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Beech Street PPO
- First Health PPO
- First Health PPO
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Navigate
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst NASCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA Indemnity
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Network OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Sentara Health
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice POS II
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- OA Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Choice POS
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open POS II
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-EPO Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Indemnity
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Administrators
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-HMO
- IH-POS Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Employee Health Plan
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
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Education
Residency Program: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (2025)
Medical School: College of Medical Sciences (2016)