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
- Digestive System Symptoms
- High Blood Pressure
- Respiratory Disorders
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdomen, Lower Back, Pelvis, And Genital Injury
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Blood
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Drug Findings In Blood
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Abnormal Movements
- Abnormal Serum Enzyme Levels
- Acquired Absence Of Organs
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Adverse Effects
- Allergies
- Anemia
- Angina
- Anus And Rectum Diseases
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Artery Disorders
- Ascites
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrioventricular Block
- Back Pain
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bladder Disorders
- Bleeding Disorders
- Body Region Injury
- Bone Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Breast Lump
- Bronchiectasis
- Candidiasis
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cellulitis
- Cellulitis And Lymphangitis
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Colitis
- Colon Cancer
- Congenital Malformations Of Musculoskeletal System
- Contact With Communicable Diseases
- Convulsions
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Cough
- Crohn's Disease
- Crohn's Disease [Regional Enteritis]
- Cutaneous Abscess, Furuncle And Carbuncle
- Cystitis
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Developmental Delays
- Diabetes Insipidus
- 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 Mineral Metabolism
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Disorders Of White Blood Cells
- Disturbances Of Skin Sensation
- Diverticulitis
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Dyslipidemia
- Dyspnea
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Emphysema
- Endocrine Disorders
- Enlarged Prostate
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Eye And Adnexa Disorders
- Eyelid Disorders
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Flatulence
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gallstones
- Gastritis
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Gout
- Headache
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Hematuria
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hip Pain
- Hordeolum And Chalazion
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypotension
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Influenza
- Influenza Due To Other Identified Influenza Virus
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Disorder
- Kidney And Ureter Calculus
- Kidney And Ureter Disorders
- Kidney Stones
- Knee Pain
- Liver Failure
- Lung Disease
- Lymphoma
- Malaise And Fatigue
- Migraine
- Multiple Myeloma
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Disorders
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nail Disorders
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nontoxic Goiter
- Obesity
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Pancreatitis
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Personal Risk Factors
- Persons Encountering Health Services
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonitis Due To Solids And Liquids
- Polyuria
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Rash
- Respiratory Disorders
- Respiratory Failure
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sepsis
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders
- Skin Changes
- Skin Swelling And Lumps
- Sleep Disorders
- Sore Throat
- Specified Health Status
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylosis
- Systemic Connective Tissue Involvement
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Tachycardia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thyroid Disorders
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Urinary Retention
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Vasculitis
- Vein Disorders
- Venous Embolism
- Ventral Hernia
- Volume Depletion
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- IH-POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Navigate
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst NASCO
- Network OA
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Choice POS
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Indemnity
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- TRICARE East Prime
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- First Health PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Direct
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Student Resources
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Sentara Health
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- OA Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- UHC Passport
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- HighMark
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Optimum Choice
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
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Education
Residency Program: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (2025)
Medical School: College of Medical Sciences (2016)