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