About me
Jennifer E. Verbesey, MD, is board certified in general surgery and specializes in kidney/pancreas transplantation for adults and children, and live donor nephrectomies. Dr. Verbesey is the director of the Living Donor Kidney Transplant program at the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, the surgical director of the Pediatric Kidney Transplant program at MedStar Georgetown Hospital/Children's National Medical Center, and an assistant professor of surgery at Georgetown University Medical School.
Transplant surgery combines what Dr. Verbesey considers to be the best parts of medicine, science and technology, the need for complex decision making, and the opportunity to help others while building lasting relationships.
Focusing on the living donor kidney program allows Dr. Verbesey to develop long-term relationships with both kidney donors and recipients. Thanks to the latest medical advances, she's able to make matches using organs that at one time would have been considered incompatible. She and her team specialize in compatible transplants, as well as desensitization procedures, ABO incompatible transplants, and kidney swaps and exchanges.
Dr. Verbesey contributes to advancing transplantation through her research interests in living donor outcomes and quality of life, desensitization procedures and kidney exchanges. In addition, she is heavily involved with education as the associate fellowship director for transplant surgery and as the director of the transplant surgery rotation for residents and medical students.
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Clinical areas of focus
- Kidney Resection
- Kidney Transplant Failure Treatment
- Laparoscopic Kidney Biopsy
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Transplant Nephrectomy
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Viral Gastroenteritis Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acquired Absence Of Kidney
- Acquired Absence Of Organs
- Alimentary Tract Foreign Body
- Aplastic Anemias And Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
- Ascites
- Benign Neoplasm Of Digestive System
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease After Transplant
- Chronic Rejection Of Transplanted Organ
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Donor Nephrectomy Complications
- Donors Of Organs And Tissues
- Gallbladder Disease
- Immunodeficiencies
- Infection After Transplant
- Intestinal Infections
- Intraoperative And Postprocedural Complications Of Eye
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Failure
- Liver Transplant Complications
- Liver Transplant Rejection
- Living Donor Kidney Transplant Complications
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Neutropenia
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Organ Failure After Transplant
- Pancreas Disease After Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant Complications
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Rejection Of Transplanted Heart
- Rejection Of Transplanted Kidney
- Secondary Hypertension
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Transplanted Organ Failure
- Viral Infection
Procedures I perform
- Backbench Liver Graft Reconstruction
- Dialysis
- Dilation Of Esophagus
- Donor Organ Procurement
- Enterectomy
- Excision Of Right Kidney
- Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis Treatment
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Treatment
- Gastric Surgery
- Genitourinary Fistula Treatment
- Graft Rejection Prevention
- Hematuria Treatment
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Iliopopliteal Bypass
- Immune Cell Monitoring
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Intravenous Pyelogram
- Islet Xenotransplant
- Kidney Disease Treatment
- Kidney Function Test
- Kidney Pancreas Transplant Evaluation
- Kidney Resection
- Kidney Stones Treatment
- Kidney Transplant Failure Treatment
- Kidney-Pancreas Transplant
- Laparoscopic Kidney Biopsy
- Laparoscopic Ureteral Reimplantation
- Live-In Care
- Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery
- Nephrectomy
- Nephrotic Syndrome Treatment
- Open Partial Nephrectomy
- Organ Donation
- Palliative Care Services
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Pediatric Surgery Follow-Up
- Pharmacological Treatment Of Hypertension
- Proteinuria Treatment
- Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Deficiency Treatment
- Removal Of Transplanted Kidney
- Removal Of Transplanted Organ
- Renal Allograft Biopsy
- Renal Artery Stenosis Treatment
- Renal Biopsy
- Renal Vein Thrombosis Treatment
- Robotic Colpopexy
- Simultaneous Transplant
- Stent Placement
- Transplant Bioinformatics
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplant Glomerulopathy Treatment
- Transplant Immunology
- Transplant Nephrectomy
- Transplant Nutrition Counseling
- Ureteral Dilation
- Ureteroneocystostomy
- Urinary Filtration Performance
- Urologic Surgery
- Venous Access Device Removal
- Viral Gastroenteritis Treatment
- Voiding Cystourethrogram
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 2nd Fl Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-3700Fax 202-444-2969
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
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Navigate
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Basic
- Choice POS II
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- First Health PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- TRICARE East Select
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Network OA
- United Student Resources
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Choice Fund PPO
- Choice POS
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Core Essential (HMO)
- HighMark
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- POS OA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- IH-POS
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- OA Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Residency: Lahey Clinic Medical Center-GME (2011)
Medical School: Harvard Medical School (2000)