Nkemka U Esiobu, MD| Psychiatry | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression
- Developmental Assessment
- Developmental Delay
- Developmental Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities
- Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma
- Women's Mental Health
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Reflexes
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Addiction Disorders
- Adjustment Disorder
- Agitation
- Alcohol Addiction
- Alcohol Dependency
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Anxiety
- Arm Weakness
- Arteriovenous Fistula
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Ataxia
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Disorders
- Behavioral Issues In Dementia
- Behcet Syndrome
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Carotid Stenosis
- Central Nervous System Lupus
- Cerebellar Ataxia
- Cerebellar Disease
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cervical Dystonia
- Cervical Plexopathy
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
- CNS Vasculitis
- Cognitive Impairment
- Complicated Bereavement Disorder
- Compulsive And Addictive Behaviors
- Concussion
- Conversion Disorder
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Cyclothymic Disorder
- Dejerine Sottas Disease
- Delusional Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Developmental Delay
- Developmental Disabilities
- Diabetic Lumbosacral Radiculoplexus Neuropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diplopia
- Disruptive Behavior
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Encephalopathies
- Epilepsy
- Executive Function Disorder
- Facial Droop
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Facial Pain
- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Femoral Neuropathy
- Gender Dysphoria
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Grief
- Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Hallucinations
- Headache
- HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
- HIV Myopathy
- Hoarding Disorder
- Horner Syndrome
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypomania
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Inclusion Body Myopathy
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lacunar Stroke
- Learning Disabilities
- Leg Weakness
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Lip Droop
- Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
- Mania
- Medication Overuse Headache
- Mental Health Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Movement Diseases And Disorders
- Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Weakness
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelitis
- Myoclonic Epilepsy With Ragged Red Fibers
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Nerve Root Disorder
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neuralgia
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO)
- Neuropathy
- Non Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Panic Attack
- Paramyotonia Congenita
- Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
- Paraplegia
- Paresthesia
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Periodic Paralysis
- Peripheral Nerve Injury
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Periventricular Leukomalacia
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Personality Disorder
- Phobia
- Plexopathy
- Positional Vertigo
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Primary Cerebellar Degeneration
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Psycho Oncology
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychosomatic Disorders
- Quadriplegia
- Radiculopathy
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Sensory Impairment
- Sensory Neuronopathy
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Somatoform Disorders
- Spasticity
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia
- Spinocerebellar Degeneration
- Spinocerebellar Diseases
- Statin Myopathy
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide Attempt
- Syncope
- Tetraplegia
- Thought Disorder
- Tic Disorders
- Tinnitus
- Torticollis
- Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tremor
- Trichotillomania
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Unsteady Gait
- Vertigo
- Vision Loss
- Visual Impairment
Procedures I perform
- Adult Psychiatry
- Anger Management
- Angiography
- Avm Embolization
- Botox For Dystonia
- Botox For Hemifacial Spasm
- Botox For Spasticity
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Developmental Assessment
- Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Evaluation (EMU)
- Headache Therapy
- Men's Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Infusion Treatment
- Neuropsychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Transplant Psychiatry
- Women's Mental Health
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
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Medicaid - Virginia
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Navigate
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Tricare for Life East
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Carefirst EPO
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Cigna Network Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Golden Rule
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Optimum Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- United Choice Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Innovation Health: POS
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Tricare East Select
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- I-SNP
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Signature
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Student Resources
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Select
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Tricare East Prime
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- WellPoint Maryland
- Virginia Premier
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- D-SNP)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna Indemnity
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA EPO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry
Residency Program: Yale New Haven Hospital (2019)
Internship Program: Yale New Haven Hospital (2016)
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine (2015)