About me
Abhijit Bhatia, MD, is the chief of gastroenterology and director of endoscopy at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital/MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology and fellowship trained in gastroenterology.
Dr. Bhatia specializes in general gastroenterology, including but not limited to, EGD, which allows diagnosis and treatment of problems in the upper gastrointestinal tract; Colonoscopy to check for colon cancer and colon polyps; Capsule endoscopy; Liver and gallbladder disease; Fatty liver disease; Hepatitis C.
Clinical areas of focus
- Abdominal Bloating
- Abdominal Distention
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Bowel Movement
- Abnormal Stool
- Altered Bowel Habits
- Anal Fissure
- Bleeding Hemorrhoids
- Blood In Stool
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Colonoscopy
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Dysphagia
- Epigastric Pain
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Hemorrhoids
- Melena
- Nausea
- Postprandial Diarrhea
- Rectal Bleeding
- Rectal Pain
- Stomach Cramps
- Stomach Pain
- Swallowing Problem
- Vomiting
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Bloating
- Abdominal Distention
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Amylase Blood Test
- Abnormal Bowel Movement
- Abnormal Liver Function Blood Test
- Abnormal Stool
- Achalasia
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Allergic Esophagitis
- Altered Bowel Habits
- Anal Cancer
- Anal Fissure
- Anal Fistula
- Anal Itching
- Anal Pain
- Anal Spasm
- Annular Pancreas
- Anorexia
- Autoimmune Enteropathy
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Benign Neoplasm Of Colon
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Bleeding Hemorrhoids
- Blood In Stool
- Bowel Dysmotility
- Bright Red Blood Per Rectum
- Choking Sensation
- Cholangitis
- Cholecystitis
- Cholelithiasis
- Cholestasis
- Chronic Abdominal Pain
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Chronic Pancreatitis
- Clostridium Difficile
- Colitis
- Collagenous Colitis
- Colonic Inertia
- Colorectal Malignancy
- Constipation
- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
- Diarrhea
- Digestive Disorders
- Diverticulitis
- Drug Induced Liver Injury
- Duodenal Ulcer
- Duodenitis
- Dyspepsia
- Dysphagia
- Early Satiety
- Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase Level
- Elevated Lipase
- Eosinophilic Colitis
- Eosinophilic Enteritis
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Eosinophilic Gastritis
- Epigastric Pain
- Eructation
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Disease
- Esophageal Diverticulum
- Esophageal Mass
- Esophageal Motility Disorders
- Esophageal Spasm
- Esophageal Stricture
- Esophageal Thickening
- Esophageal Ulcer
- Esophageal Varices
- Esophagitis
- Family History Of Colon Cancer
- Family History Of Colon Polyps
- Fatty Liver
- Fecal Impaction
- Fecal Incontinence
- Flatulence
- Focal Nodular Hyperplasia
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gallbladder Polyp
- Gastric Ulcer
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Stromal Tumors
- Gastrointestinal Amyloid
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Gastrojejunal Ulcer
- Gastroparesis
- Giardiasis
- Gluten Sensitivity
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Hematemesis
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- Hepatomegaly
- Hiatal Hernia
- Ileitis
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Intractable Vomiting
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Ischemic Bowel
- Ischemic Colitis
- Jaundice
- Lactose Intolerance
- Left Upper Quadrant Pain
- Liver Disease
- Liver Mass
- Lymphocytic Colitis
- Lynch Syndrome
- Malabsorption
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Stomach
- Melena
- Microscopic Colitis
- Nausea
- Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
- Obstipation
- Obstructive Jaundice
- Odynophagia
- Ogilvie Syndrome
- Pancreas Divisum
- Pancreatic Cyst
- Pancreatic Insufficiency
- Pancreatic Pseudocyst
- Pancreaticobiliary Disease
- Peptic Ulcer
- Peritonitis
- Pernicious Anemia
- Personal History Of Colonic Polyps
- Peutz Jeghers Syndrome
- Polyposis Syndrome
- Portal Hypertension
- Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy
- Positive Hemoccult Fecal Occult Blood Test
- Postprandial Diarrhea
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Proctitis
- Rectal Bleeding
- Rectal Cancer
- Rectal Pain
- Right Lower Quadrant Pain
- Right Upper Quadrant Pain
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Steatorrhea
- Stomach Cancer
- Stomach Cramps
- Stomach Disorders
- Stomach Pain
- Swallowing Problem
- Toxic Liver Injury
- Ulcerative Proctitis
- Vomiting
- Whipple's Disease
- Wilson's Disease
Procedures I perform
- Biologic Therapy For Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Colon Polypectomy
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopy
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Feeding Tube Management
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Screening
- Gastroscopy
- Peg (PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY)
- Proctosigmoidoscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy
Practice locations
Distance from Enter your Location
12 Medstar Boulevard
Suite 220
Bel Air,
MD,
21015
miles away
201 East University Parkway
Suite 33233
Baltimore,
MD,
21218
miles away
200 East 33rd Street
33RD STREET PROFESSIONAL BLDG
Floor 2
Baltimore,
MD,
21218
miles away
201 East University Parkway
Baltimore,
MD,
21218
miles away
5601 Loch Raven Boulevard
Baltimore,
MD,
21239
miles away
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
- CAREFIRST
Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
CFBCBS EPO
CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
HealthyBlue PPO
CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
BlueChoice Open Access
CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- UNITED HEALTHCARE
United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
UHC Community Plan of MD
Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
M.D. IPA (HMO)
United Student Resources
United Healthcare Choice Plus
United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
United Healthcare Choice
- PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- MEDICARE
Medicare Fee for Service
- KAISER PERMANENTE
Kaiser Virginia Premier
Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
Kaiser Permanente Signature
Kaiser Permanente Select
Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA HEALTH CARE
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
CIGNA Indemnity
Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
CIGNA POS/Network POS
CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
POS OA & OA Plus
Network OA
CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
Choice Fund PPO
PPO and PPO Plus
Cigna EPO
- AETNA
Aetna Better Health of Maryland
Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
Innovation Health: Indemnity
Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
Innovation Health: PPO
Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
Aetna Student Health Insurance
Innovation Health: POS Plus
Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Open EPO Plus
Opoen HMO Option
Open HMO
Innovation Health: POS
Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
Open POS II
Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
Choice POS & Choice POS II
Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
Aetna HMO
- TRICARE
Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
Tricare Prime
- MEDSTAR SELECT
MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MEDSTAR FAMILY CHOICE
MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- FIRST HEALTH (NOW COVENTRY)
FIRST HEALTH
- COVENTRY HEALTH NETWORK
Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
First Health PPO
Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CAREFIRST
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Fellowship: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (2004)
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (2001)
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine Office of the Dean for Academic Affairs (1998)