David Owen Walls, MD| Transplant Surgery | MedStar Health
David Owen Walls, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Transplant Surgery
Languages: English
About me
Dr. Walls is a fellowship-trained multi-organ abdominal transplant surgeon. He performs liver, kidney, small bowel, and pancreas surgeries at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Dr. Walls’ areas of special interest include:
- End-stage organ failure
- Liver, kidney, pancreas, and small bowel transplantation
- Machine perfusion of donor organs to increase organ quality and availability
- Organ procurement and preservation
- Minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic and robotic surgeries
Dr. Walls takes the time to educate each patient about their condition and treatment options so they can be active partners in decisions about their care.
He earned his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and completed his residency at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. Dr. Walls completed a fellowship in multi-organ abdominal transplant and hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He also earned a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in epidemiology at Rutgers University.
When he’s not working, Dr. Walls enjoys skiing and spending time outdoors.
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Kidney Pancreas Transplant Evaluation
- Kidney Resection
- Kidney Transplant Failure Treatment
- Liver Transplant In Hcv Patients
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Donors Of Organs And Tissues
- Graft Vs Host Disease
- Immunodeficiencies
- Intestinal Infections
- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts Cancer
- Kidney Cancer Embolization
- Kidney Rejection
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Failure
- Living Donor Kidney Transplant Complications
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lung Transplant Complications
- Lung Transplant Rejection
- Malabsorption
- Pancreas Transplant Complications
- Pancreas Transplant Failure
- Pancreas Transplant Revision
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Secondary Hypertension
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Transplanted Organ Failure
- Type 2 Diabetes
Procedures I perform
- Backbench Liver Graft Reconstruction
- Dialysis
- Donor Organ Procurement
- Dopamine Therapy
- Endocrinology Care
- High-Risk Pancreas Transplant
- Islet Xenotransplant
- Kidney Disease Treatment
- Kidney Pancreas Transplant Evaluation
- Kidney Resection
- Kidney Stones Treatment
- Kidney Transplant Failure Treatment
- Kidney Transplant In Diabetic Patients
- Kidney Transplant In Older Adults
- Liver Transplant In Hcv Patients
- Multi-Organ Transplant
- Nephrectomy
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant Rejection Treatment
- Pediatric Pancreas Transplant
- Simultaneous Transplant
- Small Bowel Transplant In Children
- Transplant Evaluation
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
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Navigate
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- POS OA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- Sentara Health
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- HighMark
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Optimum Choice
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Administrators
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna VA Exchange
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst NASCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- First Health PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Choice Fund PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- OA Plus
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Student Resources
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UHC Passport
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Police and Fire Clinic
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- CIGNA EPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Employee Health Plan
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Education
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2024)
Residency: Rutgers Health Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (2022)
Graduate: Rutgers University-The State University of New Jersey (2019)
Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (2015)