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
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
2 PHC
Washington, DC, 20007
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
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- OA Plus
- Sentara Health
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- HighMark
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- TRICARE for Life East
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- POS OA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Network OA
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- UHC Passport
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Choice POS
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-HMO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Medicare Direct
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- First Health PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-EPO Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Medicare FFS
- IH-POS
- TRICARE East Select
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
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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)