Filipa Andrea Ligeiro, MD| Transplant Surgery, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Ligeiro is board certified in transplant hepatology, gastroenterology, and internal medicine.
Her areas of special interest and expertise include:
- Compensated and decompensated cirrhosis
- Alcohol-related liver disease
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Autoimmune and metabolic liver diseases
- Liver transplantation
- Liver tumors
She has published articles in numerous peer-reviewed journals and has been involved in educating medical students as an assistant professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, at University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Dr. Ligeiro earned her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She completed her residency and fellowships in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
After witnessing her own family’s interactions with the medical system, she knows how important it is for each patient to understand what’s going on with their health. She takes the time to talk with her patients about their condition and why she recommends a treatment or medication so that they can play an active role in making medical decisions.
When she’s not working, Dr. Ligeiro enjoys traveling, hiking, cooking and baking, and knitting.
Dr. Ligeiro is fluent in Portuguese.
Clinical areas of focus
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Chronic Lung Disease Management
- Deceased Donor Liver Transplant
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cancer Rehabilitation
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Renal Failure Treatment
- Transplant Evaluation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adverse Effects Of Immunosuppressive Medications
- Amoebic Liver Abscess
- Ascites
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Benign Neoplasm Of Digestive System
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Biliary Tract Obstruction
- Breast Cancer
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Caroli Disease
- Choledochal Cyst
- Cholestasis
- Chronic Rejection Of Transplanted Organ
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Liver Fibrosis
- Congenital Malformations Of Gallbladder, Bile Ducts And Liver
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Cytomegalovirus Infection After Transplant
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis D
- Hepatitis E
- Infection After Transplant
- Intestinal Infections
- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts Cancer
- Liver Abscess
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Encephalopathy
- Liver Failure
- Liver Failure Due To Toxins
- Liver Scarring
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Metastatic Carcinoma To Liver
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Renal Artery Thrombosis
- Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
- Variceal Bleeding
- Viral Hepatitis
Procedures I perform
- Angioplasty Of Hepatic Artery
- Artificial Liver Therapy
- Ascites Treatment
- Chronic Liver Disease Treatment
- Chronic Lung Disease Management
- Coronary Thrombectomy
- Deceased Donor Liver Transplant
- Dialysis
- Endocrinology Care
- Gastrointestinal Varices Treatment
- Hepatic Encephalopathy Management
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Cancer Rehabilitation
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Function Testing
- Liver Health Screening
- Liver Imaging
- Liver Mass Treatment
- Liver Necrosis Treatment
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Lobectomy
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Portal Hypertension Treatment
- Portosystemic Shunt
- Renal Failure Treatment
- Social Work Consultation
- 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
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- HighMark
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- First Health PPO
- Network OA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Student Resources
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-POS
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst NASCO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- OA Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II
- First Health PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Navigate
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- TRICARE for Life East
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-EPO Plus
- Choice POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Medicare FFS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Basic
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Blue Choice Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Healthcare Choice
- Sentara Health
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- POS OA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center (2017)
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center (2014)
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine (2011)