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
202-444-3700Fax 202-444-2969
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
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Sentara Health
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Beech Street PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- Navigate
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Choice POS II Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst EPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Network OA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Direct
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA EPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-Open POS II
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- POS OA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- OA Plus
- Aetna HMO
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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)