Udeme D Ekong, MBBS MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, Pediatrics, Transplant Hepatology, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Languages: English
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About me
Dr. Ekong specializes in treating babies and children with a wide range of liver diseases including autoimmune diseases, biliary atresia, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis syndromes, other genetic/metabolic liver diseases, non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, and chronic hepatitis B and C. She also provides care for children who need a liver transplant and those who have undergone liver transplantation.
She is triple-board certified in general pediatrics, pediatric gastroenterology and transplant hepatology, in addition to being a member of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. Dr. Ekong attended medical school at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. She then earned her Master of Public Health degree at Northwestern University in Chicago and did a pediatrics residency at Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY. She completed a fellowship in pediatrics/pediatric gastroenterology at Columbia University in New York and a fellowship in pediatrics/transplant hepatology at Northwestern University.
Dr. Ekong’s approach to treating her patients focuses on providing care from a skilled, compassionate multidisciplinary team consisting of clinical psychologists, registered dieticians, transplant pharmacists, and hepatobiliary and transplant surgeons. The team is dedicated to supporting not only the patient, but also the patient’s family as they deal with their child’s illness.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Ekong is an active researcher. Her laboratory focuses on developing ways to improve the long-term function of the transplanted liver in children and investigates the pathogenesis of autoimmune liver diseases both before and following liver transplantation. She has published several articles in the American Journal of Transplantation, Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Pediatric Transplantation, Journal of Immunology, as well as several book chapters on pediatric liver transplantation.
Dr. Ekong is a member of several national societies including the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition (NASPGHAN), American Society for Transplantation (AST), Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) and American Association of Immunologists (AAI). She has held leadership positions with many of these societies.
She has been an invited speaker at several meetings in North America, and Europe.
She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology/Hepatology) at Georgetown University.
When not at work, Dr. Ekong enjoys traveling and running.
Clinical areas of focus
- Artificial Liver Therapy
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Bone Cancer Staging
- Chronic Liver Disease Treatment
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Intestinal Atresia
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Failure
- Liver Function Testing
- Liver Transplant For Toxicity
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Renal Failure Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acquired Absence Of Organs
- Arterial Embolism
- Ascites
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Benign Neoplasm Of Digestive System
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Cholestasis
- Cholestasis Of Pregnancy
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Malformations Of Bile Ducts
- Congenital Malformations Of Gallbladder, Bile Ducts And Liver
- Congenital Malformations Of Great Veins
- Congenital Malformations Of Musculoskeletal System
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Cytomegaloviral Disease In Liver Transplant Patients
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Disorders Of Amino
- Disorders Of Aromatic Amino
- Disorders Of Branched
- Disorders Of Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Disorders Of Sphingolipid Metabolism And Lipid Storage
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gastric Cancer
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Immunodeficiencies
- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Intestinal Atresia
- Intestinal Infections
- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Encephalopathy
- Liver Failure
- Liver Fibrosis
- Liver Metastases
- Liver Transplant Rejection
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Malabsorption
- Necrotizing Vasculopathies
- Neoplasms Of Lymphoid, Hematopoietic And Related Tissue
- Neutropenia
- Newborn Feeding Problems
- Newborn Hypoglycemia
- Perinatal Digestive System Disorders
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Protozoal Diseases
- Secondary Hypertension
- Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Transplanted Organ Failure
- Venous Embolism
- Viral Hepatitis
- Viral Infection
- Wilson Disease
Procedures I perform
- Acute Liver Failure Treatment
- Adrenal Tumor Treatment
- Arterial Thrombolysis
- Arthrocentesis
- Artificial Liver Therapy
- Ascites Treatment
- Autoimmune Hepatitis Diagnosis
- Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome Treatment
- Bile Duct Cancer Treatment
- Biopsy Interpretation
- Blood Chemistry Test
- Blood Clotting Disorder Treatment
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Bone Cancer Staging
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Budd-Chiari Syndrome Treatment
- Celiac Artery Stenosis Treatment
- Cerebral Fibromuscular Dysplasia Treatment
- Chemotherapy For Liver Cancer
- Chronic Liver Disease Treatment
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Coronary Thrombectomy
- Cryoablation Of Liver Tumors
- Cystitis Management
- Deceased Donor Liver Transplant
- Dialysis
- Dilation Of Common Hepatic Duct
- Duplex Scan Of Abdominal Organs
- Embolization Of Glomus Tumors
- Endocrinology Care
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Enteroscopy
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis Treatment
- Esophageal Dilation
- Esophageal PH Monitoring
- Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Management
- Fructose Malabsorption Test
- Gallbladder Cancer Treatment
- Gastric Surgery
- Gastrointestinal Adenoma Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Biopsy
- Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Diverticulosis Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Duplication Cyst Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Foreign Body Removal
- Gastrointestinal Functional Disorder Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Infection Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Juvenile Polyposis Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Lymphangiectasia Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Lymphoma Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Melanoma Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Motility Study
- Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Tube Placement
- Gastrointestinal Varices Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Vascular Malformation Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Virus Treatment
- Gastrostomy Tube Replacement
- Gene Therapy For Bladder Cancer
- Glucose Breath Test
- Hepatic Artery Angioplasty
- Hepatic Artery Embolization
- Hepatic Artery Stenosis Treatment
- Hepatic Artery Thrombosis Treatment
- Hepatic Encephalopathy Management
- Hepatic Vein Stenosis Treatment
- Hepatic Vein Thrombosis Treatment
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Hydrogen Breath Test
- Hypertension Treatment
- Immunodeficiency Treatment
- Inferior Mesenteric Artery Stenosis Treatment
- Interstitial Nephritis Treatment
- Intra-Abdominal Infection Treatment
- Intragastric Balloon Procedure
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment
- Lactose Tolerance Test
- Liver Abscess Drainage
- Liver Arterioportal Fistula Treatment
- Liver Arteriovenous Malformation Treatment
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Cancer Surgery
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Cyst Drainage
- Liver Function Testing
- Liver Health Screening
- Liver Imaging
- Liver Infection Treatment
- Liver Mass Treatment
- Liver Metastases Treatment
- Liver Necrosis Treatment
- Liver Resection
- Liver Segmentectomy
- Liver Transplant
- Liver Transplant For Toxicity
- Liver Vascular Malformation Treatment
- Lobectomy
- Lower Gi Endoscopy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mesenteric Angiography
- Mesenteric Artery Stenosis Treatment
- Milk Allergy Treatment
- Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome Treatment
- Neonatal Abdominal Paracentesis
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Treatment
- Nutrition Counseling
- Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome Treatment
- Pancreas Transplant Rejection Treatment
- Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Paraganglioma Treatment
- Parotid Biopsy
- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy
- Percutaneous Diagnostic Liver Excision
- Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tube Exchange
- Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography
- Percutaneous Tumor Chemoembolization
- Pheochromocytoma Treatment
- Portal Hypertension Treatment
- Portal Vein Stenosis Treatment
- Portal Vein Thrombosis Treatment
- Portosystemic Shunt
- Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Deficiency Treatment
- Radioembolization Of Liver Tumors
- Rectal Stricture Dilation
- Renal Failure Treatment
- Rhabdomyolysis Treatment
- Skin Allergy Testing
- Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) Testing
- Splenic Vein Stenosis Treatment
- Stent Placement
- Stomach Drainage
- Superior Mesenteric Artery Stenosis Treatment
- Transitional Cell Carcinoma Treatment
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transrectal Ultrasound
- Trichiasis Treatment
- Upper Gi Endoscopy
- Urinary Tract Obstruction Treatment
- Veno-Occlusive Disease Treatment
- Venous Access Device Removal
- Venous Ulcer Treatment
- Viral Gastroenteritis Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 2nd Fl
Washington, DC, 20007
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
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open HMO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Medicare FFS
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- First Health PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Navigate
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- OA Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- First Health PPO
- Sentara Health
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna HMO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Student Resources
- HighMark
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-POS
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst EPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Administrators
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Choice POS
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University (2004)
Fellowship: Columbia University Irving Medical Center (2003)
Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (2000)
Medical School: Ahmadu Bello University Faculty of Medicine (1992)
Awards
- 1. Best Doctors, Connecticut Magazine, 2019.
- 2. Fellow Research Award, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition (NASPGHAN), 2002.
- 3. Best Graduate, Pediatrics, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY, 2000.