Filipa Andrea Ligeiro, MD| Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology | 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
- 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
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Network OA
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Navigate
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Indemnity
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Choice POS II
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Medicare Direct
- Choice POS
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst EPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- Choice POS II Open Access
- HighMark
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Open POS II
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- MultiPlan, Inc
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-POS Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Basic
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Prime
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice Fund PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Transplant Hepatology
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center (2017)
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center (2014)
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine (2011)