About me
Nikiya Asamoah, MD, is a board-certified adult gastroenterologist affiliated with MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
Dr. Asamoah specializes in treating digestive disorders, including inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis. She also helps patients with general gastroenterology issues, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and rectal bleeding. She performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including hydrogen breath tests, video capsule endoscopy, esophageal dilations, upper endoscopy, and colonoscopy.
Dr. Asamoah’s clinical and research interests include chronic inflammatory conditions, primarily inflammatory bowel disease. Passionate about pediatric and adult gastroenterology care, Dr. Asamoah has a particular interest in the transition of care as children enter adulthood. She enjoys working alongside patients to help them understand the long-term risks of treatments and medications for their chronic inflammatory conditions.
Dr. Asamoah earned her medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. She then completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency at Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, followed by a gastroenterology fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center.
As a respected gastroenterologist, Dr. Asamoah is the recipient of the CCFA Visiting IBD Fellowship Award from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America and the Teaching and Tomorrow Program Grant from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Dr. Asamoah is also affiliated with many professional organizations, including the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the American Gastroenterology Association, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the American College of Physicians, and the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
When she’s not working, Dr. Asamoah enjoys jogging, traveling, and spending time with her terrier-mix, Lexa.
Philosophy of Care
“I’m focused on providing patient-centered care. I have heard many patients say that they know their bodies, and I trust that they do. It is my job to help correlate their symptoms and what they are feeling to disease processes to offer them the best treatment options. To help people most, it is important to build a strong patient-doctor relationship. I want my patients to feel comfortable with the care decisions that we make as a team. My goal is to treat the patient’s overall health so they can live their lives normally.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Colonoscopy
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abdominal Bloating
- Abdominal Pain
- Abnormal Amylase Blood Test
- Abnormal Liver Function Blood Test
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Altered Bowel Habits
- Anal Cancer
- Anemia
- Annular Pancreas
- Anorexia
- Appendiceal Cancer
- Benign Neoplasm Of Colon
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Blood In Stool
- Bright Red Blood Per Rectum
- Cholangitis
- Cholecystitis
- Cholelithiasis
- Cholestasis
- Chronic Pancreatitis
- Colorectal Malignancy
- Diverticular Disease
- Diverticulitis
- Duodenal Ulcer
- Duodenitis
- Dyspepsia
- Dysphagia
- Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase Level
- Elevated Lipase
- Epigastric Pain
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Disease
- Esophageal Diverticulum
- Esophageal Mass
- Esophageal Stricture
- Esophageal Thickening
- Esophageal Ulcer
- Esophagitis
- Family History Of Colon Cancer
- Family History Of Colon Polyps
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gallbladder Polyp
- Gastric Ulcer
- Gastritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Stromal Tumors
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Hematemesis
- Hemorrhoids
- Hiatal Hernia
- Ileitis
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Ischemic Bowel
- Ischemic Colitis
- Jaundice
- Left Upper Quadrant Pain
- Liver Mass
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Stomach
- Melena
- Nausea
- Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
- Obstructive Jaundice
- Pancreas Divisum
- Pancreatic Cyst
- Pancreatic Insufficiency
- Pancreatic Pseudocyst
- Pancreaticobiliary Disease
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic Ulcer
- Peritonitis
- Personal History Of Colonic Polyps
- Positive Hemoccult Fecal Occult Blood Test
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Rectal Bleeding
- Right Lower Quadrant Pain
- Right Upper Quadrant Pain
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Stomach Cramps
- Swallowing Problem
- Vomiting
Procedures I perform
- Colon Polypectomy
- Colonoscopy
- Colorectal Screening
- Early Detection Of Cancer
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Of Esophagus
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Of Large Colon Polyps
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) With Dilation
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Screening
- Gastroscopy
- Radiofrequency Ablation For Barrett's Esophagus
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Single Balloon Enteroscopy
Practice locations
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106 Irving Street Northwest POB Ste 205 South Tower Washington, DC, 20010
202-877-7108Fax 202-877-3062
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
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO"
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)"
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- 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 HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)"
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- PPO and PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Cigna EPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Student Resources
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- First Health PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Open HMO
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Innovation Health: POS
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Tricare Prime
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- FIRST HEALTH
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Open POS II
- Choice Fund PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Fellowship Program: Loyola University Medical Center (2017)
Residency Program: Medical College of Wisconsin (2014)
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine (2010)