Nkemka U Esiobu, MD| Psychiatry | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Pain Medication Management
- Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation With Medical Services
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychiatric Medication Adjustment
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis Treatment
- Psychotherapy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Agoraphobia
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Asperger Syndrome
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Behavioral Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Region Injury
- Carotid Stenosis
- Chromosome Abnormalities
- Chronic Depression
- Clinical Depression
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Coccydynia
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Conversion Disorders
- Cyclothymic Disorder
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depersonalization Disorder
- Depression
- Depressive Episode
- Disorders Of Social Functioning
- Dyslexia And Symbolic Dysfunctions
- Dysthymia
- Dystonia
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Factitious Disorders
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gender Dysphoria
- Gender Identity Disorders
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Hypochondriasis
- Hysteria
- Impulse Control Disorder
- Impulse Disorder
- Insomnia
- Kleptomania
- Learning Disabilities
- Learning Disability
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Manic Episode
- Maternal Diseases
- Mental Disorders Due To Physiological Condition
- Mental Health Conditions
- Migraine
- Mood Disorders
- Narcolepsy
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Obesity
- Panic Attacks
- Parkinson's Disease
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Phobia
- Poisoning
- Postpartum Depression
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
- Problems Related To Employment And Unemployment
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Problems Related To Psychosocial Circumstances
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Scholastic Skills Disorder
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Sedative, Hypnotic, Or Anxiolytic Related Disorders
- Selective Mutism
- Sexual Disorder
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder
- Subcortical Infarction
- Substance Use Disorder
- Suicidal Thought
- Syncope
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Tic Disorder
- Tourette Syndrome
- Transvestic Disorder
- Trauma
- Trauma And Stress Disorders
- Vascular Dementia
- Women's Mental Health Issue
Procedures I perform
- Alcohol Abuse Treatment
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Art Therapy For Children
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment
- Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Child Abuse Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression Treatment
- Developmental Assessments
- Domestic Violence Treatment
- Drug Abuse Treatment
- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy For Children
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing For Trauma
- Family Systems Therapy For Children
- Fitness For Duty Neuropsychological Evaluation
- Learning Disabilities Treatment
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mind-Body Medicine
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Online Therapy
- Pain Medication Management
- Play Therapy
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation With Medical Services
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychiatric Medication Adjustment
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis Treatment
- Psychotherapy
- Second Opinion Psychiatry
- Sexual Abuse Treatment
- Stress Reduction
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Substance Addiction Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Video Therapy
- Video Therapy Sessions
- Wellness And Prevention
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
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna HMO
- POS OA
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-POS Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- Optimum Choice
- Navigate
- OA Plus
- IH-PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Beech Street PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open HMO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Choice POS II
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Sentara Health
- IH-POS
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Basic
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Network OA
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- UHC Passport
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- HighMark
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Indemnity
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
Education
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital (2019)
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine (2015)