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
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Aetna
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Maryland
- Cigna Health Care
- Kaiser Permanente*
- MedStar Select (Administered by CareFirst)
- United HealthCare
- Aetna
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Maryland
- Healthspring
- Humana
- Medicare & Railroad Medicare
- United HealthCare
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland *
- Medical Assistance/Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice MD
- Priority Partners *
- United HealthCare Community Health Plan MD
- Wellpoint MD
- AmeriHealth Caritas
- Health Services For Children With Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Medical Assistance/Medicaid
- MedStar Family Choice DC
- Johns Hopkins Employer Health Programs *
- Johns Hopkins US Family Health Plan *
- MultiPlan
- Private Healthcare Systems
- Tricare/Humana Military
- VA Community Care Network (VACCN)
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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)