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
- Celiac Disease Treatment
- 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
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Basic
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- HighMark
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Sentara Health
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- IH-Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice
- Navigate
- CareFirst EPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UHC Passport
- Network OA
- CareFirst NASCO
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Beech Street PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- POS OA
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA EPO
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
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