Jose Maria Gross Figueiro, MD| Transplant Surgery, General Surgery | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Figueiro is an experienced fellowship-trained, board-certified kidney and pancreas transplant surgeon with more than 25 years of clinical practice in the field, and an extensive career in clinical and surgical education for transplant fellows and residents. He is also the director of kidney and pancreas transplantation at MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute.
His areas of special expertise and interest include:
- Living and deceased donor kidney transplantation
- Pancreas and combined kidney pancreas transplantation
- Pre- and post-kidney and pancreas patient care • Kidney transplant rejection and malfunction
- Living kidney paired donation and chains
- Surgery related to early and late complications of kidney and pancreas transplant
Dr. Figueiro earned his medical degree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina in Brazil and completed his residency at Fundacao Hospitalar de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He completed two transplantation fellowships, one at Hôpital Paul Brousse in Paris, France, and the other at University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital.
He considers it a privilege to care for patients living with organ failure and bridge them to organ transplantation and is engaged in all steps of his patients’ journeys to transplantation. Dr. Figueiro takes time to educate his patients and their family members on all aspects of the transplant procedure, with open and transparent communication, creating a positive environment for informed, shared decision-making.
Dr. Figueiro is actively involved in advocacy work to improve the organ allocation system and promote access and equity in transplantation. He has published book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals. For several years, he has been contributing to the development of transplantation care in South America, specifically in Brazil, where he established several transplant centers and has had a major local impact
Clinical areas of focus
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Cushing Syndrome Management
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Gastric Cancer
- Kidney Transplant Failure Treatment
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant
- Removal Of Transplanted Kidney
- Transplant Nephrectomy
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Donors Of Organs And Tissues
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gastric Cancer
- Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis
- Immunosuppression Management
- Immunosuppressive Therapy Complications
- Infertility
- Intestinal Infections
- Kidney Cancer
- Kidney Rejection
- Living Donor Kidney Transplant Complications
- Lung Transplant Complications
- Neutropenia
- Pancreas Transplant Complications
- Pancreas Transplant Revision
- Pancreatic Failure
- Persons Encountering Health Services
- Rejected Kidney Removal
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Transplanted Pancreas Removal
- Venous Embolism
Procedures I perform
- Backbench Liver Graft Reconstruction
- Cushing Syndrome Management
- Deceased Donor Transplant
- Graft Rejection Prevention
- Islet Xenotransplant
- Kidney Disease Treatment
- Kidney Resection
- Kidney Transplant Failure Treatment
- Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Surgery
- Live-In Care
- Multi-Organ Transplant
- Nephrectomy
- Organ Transplant
- Pancreas Allograft Preparation
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant Failure Treatment
- Pancreas Transplant Infection Treatment
- Pancreas Transplant Rejection Treatment
- Removal Of Transplanted Kidney
- Simultaneous Transplant
- Transplant Complications Treatment
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplant Nephrectomy
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
- HumanaChoice PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice POS II
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open POS II
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Beech Street PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- OA Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-HMO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- HighMark
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- POS OA
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Basic
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Choice POS
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- First Health PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Navigate
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Student Resources
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- UHC Passport
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- CIGNA EPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- TRICARE for Life East
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
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Education
Fellowship: University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital GME (2000)
Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital (2000)
Residency: Institution Not Present (1997)
Residency: Hospital dos Servidores do Estado (1996)
Medical School: Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais (1994)