Overview

Dr. Ira D. Shocket is a gastroenterologist affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital; Washington Hospital Center, where he serves as the section director of gastroenterology; and Georgetown University Hospital, where he serves as a clinical assistant professor of medicine for the School of Medicine. He practices out of Capital Digestive Care’s Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group in Washington, D.C. and Chevy Chase, Md. Dr. Shocket has an expertise in colon and rectal cancer screening and inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Dr. Shocket earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the Boston University Medical Center, followed by a gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition fellowship at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Shocket previously served as the director of endoscopy at the Boston Veteran’s Administration Medical Center and an assistant professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Shocket leads Capital Digestive Care’s continuing medical education program, serves on the board of managers and is the medical director for the Washington gastroenterology division. He is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, the American College of Physicians and the American Gastroenterological Association. He is also a member of the Medical Advisory Board of the District of Columbia chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and a volunteer physician for So Others Might Eat, where he earned the Outstanding Volunteer Award in 1994 and the Caring Award in 2002. Dr. Shocket has been repeatedly named a Top Doctor in Washingtonian magazine, Consumers’ Checkbook magazine, Best Doctors in America and U.S. News & World Report.

Dr. Shocket is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). His top areas of expertise are Trichohepatoenteric Syndrome, Esophageal Varices, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), and Endoscopy.

Residency
Boston Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1987
Specialties
Gastroenterology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in DC
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
Fellowships
VA Boston Healthcare System, Gastroenterology, 1989
Hospital Affiliations
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Aetna
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  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Anthem
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Blue Shield of California
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
  • PPO
CareFirst
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Cigna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
Commonwealth Care Alliance
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
Health Care Services Corporation
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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Highmark
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
Horizon Healthcare
  • EPO
  • POS
Humana
  • HMO
  • INDEMNITY
  • POS
  • PPO
Independent Health
  • EPO
  • POS
  • PPO
Johns Hopkins Healthcare
  • HMO
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
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Managed Medicaid
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Medicaid
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Medicare
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MetLife
  • PPO
Oscar
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  • HMO
  • PPO
Premera Blue Cross
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • PPO
UnitedHealthcare
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  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Wellcare
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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Locations

Medstar Gastroenterology
Suite 205, Washington, DC 20010

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Shocket has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
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