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
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
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- OA Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- First Health PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Open HMO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- TRICARE East Prime
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Network OA
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst EPO
- Navigate
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-HMO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare FFS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- TRICARE for Life East
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS II
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Basic
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- Optimum Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Sentara Health
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Beech Street PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- HighMark
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open POS Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-POS
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- POS OA
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Choice POS
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Choice
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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)