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Emily Liyun Niu

Emily Liyun Niu, MD

Pediatric Sports Medicine

Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

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Highlights

Languages

  • Chinese - Mandarin
  • English

Gender

Female

About Emily Liyun Niu

Titles

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Trauma Specialist

About the Provider

Emily Niu, MD, is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports. She completed her orthopaedics residency training at Stanford University Medical Center and her fellowship in pediatric sports surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Her clinical and research interests include sports-related injuries in children and adolescents such as: ACL and meniscus tears, discoid meniscus, patellar instability, shoulder labrum tears and instability, and osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the knee, elbow and ankle. Her surgical expertise includes arthroscopic procedures of the knee, shoulder, elbow and ankle.

Departments

Awards and Recognition

Top Doctors Washingtonian (2024, 2022)
Top Doctors No Va Magazine (2025, 2024, 2023)

NPI

1689990244

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Locations

  1. Annapolis
    • 1730 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
    • Montgomery County
      • 9850 Key West Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850
      • Prince George's County
        • 2900 Campus Way North, Lanham, MD 20706
        • Fight For Children Sports Medicine Center
          • 1 Inventa Place, Suite 150, Silver Spring, MD 20910
          • Telehealth Video Visit
            • 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Childrens National Telemedicine, Washington, DC 20010
            • Main Hospital-Orthopaedics Clinic
              • 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20010

              Expertise

              Education

              Boston Children's Hospital

              Fellow, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, 2016

              Stanford Hospital and Clinics

              Resident, Orthopaedics, 2015

              Stanford Hospital and Clinics

              Resident, Orthopaedics, 2011

              Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

              Medical School, 2010

              Harvard College

              Undergraduate, 2006

              Board Certifications

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              American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2019

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              American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2018

              Insurance

              Children's National offers a variety of payment options for all families. We have listed the major health plans accepted by Children's National below. Please contact your insurance carrier if you do not see your plan. Before scheduling all behavioral health appointments, please confirm coverage with your insurance carrier. If you have international insurance or are traveling from abroad to Children's National for care, please contact the Global Services Division at globalservices@childrensnational.org. If you do not have health insurance, you may be able to get it through the Children's Health Insurance Program. Please call 202-476-5505 for more information.
              Search plans
              • Aetna
              • Aetna Better Health of Maryland
              • Aetna Better Health of VA
              • Alliance Health Plan: Federal Employee Plan
              • American Postal Workers Plan (Federal)
              • Amerigroup DC
              • Amerigroup Maryland
              • AmeriHealth DC
              • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia
              • Anthem HealthKeepers Plus (VA)
              • Beech Street
              • Blue Cross/Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan (Federal)
              • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
              • CareFirst Community Plan of Maryland
              • ChoiceCare PPO (Humana)
              • Cigna Healthcare of the Mid Atlantic (includes Great West Healthcare)
              • Claimsbridge PPO
              • Conifer Health
              • First Health
              • Government Employees Health Association (Federal)
              • Health Services for Children with Special Needs (DC)
              • Kaiser Permanente Maryland Medicaid: referral required
              • Kaiser Permanente Virginia Medicaid
              • Kaiser Permanente: referral required
              • Mail Handlers (Federal)
              • Maryland Physicians Care
              • Medicaid Managed Care or Public Health Plans (Military)
              • MedStar Family Choice (DC)
              • MedStar Family Choice (MD)
              • Molina Health Care of VA
              • Multiplan/Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
              • National Association of Letter Carriers (Federal)
              • Priority Partners MCO (MD)
              • Tricare Humana Military
              • U.S. Family Health Plans Johns Hopkins (Federal)
              • United Virginia Medicaid
              • UnitedHealthcare
              • UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Maryland
              • Virginia Premiere

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