Udeme D. Ekong, MD

Specialties

• Gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition (digestive disorders)

  Treats disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, gallbladder and pancreas including abdominal pain, diarrhea, intestinal bleeding, bowel disorders, infant gastroesophageal reflux, hepatitis, biliary tract disease, conditions requiring liver transplantation, complex nutritional problems, including cyclic vomiting syndrome, and short-gut syndrome. Learn more »

• Transplantation - liver

  Offers complete transplant care for pediatric patients within a single hospital. Learn more »

Special interests

Liver disease, liver transplantation, immune tolerance following transplantation

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Health care plans accepted

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• Aetna (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Beech Street (PPO)
• Best Doctors (PPO)
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois (HMO, POS, PPO)
• CCN (PPO)
• CIGNA (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Employer Coalition on Health (HMO)
• First Health (PPO)
• Great West Health Care (formerly One Health Plan) (PPO)
• Harmony Health Plans of Illinois (HMO)
• Health Alliance Medical Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
• HealthNetwork/Wellmark (PPO)
• HFN, Inc. (EPO, PPO)
• Humana, Inc. (HMO, POS, PPO)
• Illinois Health Connect (HMO)
• Managed Care Strategies (PPO)
• Multiplan (PPO)
• National Provider Network (PPO)
• Preferred Plan (PPO)
• Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (POS, PPO)
• Sagamore - Indiana (PPO)
• UniCare (HMO, PPO)
• United Healthcare of Illinois (HMO, POS, PPO)
• WEA Insurance Group (PPO)

Certifications

Board certified in Transplant Hepatology, 2007; Pediatric Gastroenterology, 2005; Pediatrics, 2001

Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Ekong's publications

Available from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.

Professional organizations

American Academy of Pediatrics; North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Nutrition; American Society for the Study of Liver Diseases; American Society for Transplantation