Jose Maria Gross Figueiro, MD| General Surgery, Transplant 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
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice POS II
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-POS
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-Open HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Medicare FFS
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Student Resources
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Choice POS
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA EPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- First Health PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Network OA
- United Healthcare Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- 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
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna HMO
- OA Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Navigate
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Sentara Health
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- HighMark
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Education
Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital (2000)
Fellowship: University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital GME (2000)
Residency: Institution Not Present (1997)
Residency: Hospital dos Servidores do Estado (1996)
Medical School: Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais (1994)