About me
Dr. Potter is an experienced kidney and pancreas transplant surgeon and is board certified in urology. His areas of special expertise and interest include living and deceased donor kidney transplantation, laparoscopic living donor kidney surgery, pancreas transplantation, combined kidney and pancreas transplantation, surgical treatment of renal (kidney) cell cancer, kidney removal surgery for patients with end-stage renal disease, kidney transplant rejection and malfunction, pancreas transplant malfunction and rejection, and living kidney paired donation and chains. He also treats patients with urological problems, including mass lesions in native or transplanted kidneys and kidney recipients with strictures of the transplant ureter.
In addition to being an active researcher on issues in kidney and pancreas transplantation, Dr. Potter is involved in research and advocacy work to improve the organ allocation system, promote access and equity in transplantation, and advocate for transplant patients in the legislative and regulatory arenas. He has published numerous book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Urology, Oncology, and American Journal of Transplantation.
Dr. Potter is active in the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), where he is the Region 4 representative to the OPTN/UNOS Membership and Professional Standards Committee and has served on the UNOS Living Donor committee. He is also the current co-chair of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Legislative and Regulatory Committee and will begin serving as chair in mid-2022.
He believes the privilege of caring for those with organ failure, and the donors who provide the gift of life for them, is the greatest in medicine and a duty he holds to be sacred. He is transparent and open in communication with his patients and wants them to know as much as possible and be completely engaged in their care. He strongly believes it is critical to listen to every patient and create a shared decision-making process, partnering with his patients in their care journey.
When Dr. Potter is not at work, he enjoys spending time with his wife, three children, and two hyperactive puppies. He loves hiking, biking, and exploring the Washington, DC area.
Clinical areas of focus
- Kidney Cancer
- Kidney Pancreas Transplant Evaluation
- Kidney Transplant Failure Treatment
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant Malfunction
- Transplant Nephrectomy
- Transplant Surgery For Patients With Previous Transplant Failure
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Arterial Blood Clots
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Combined Kidney
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Donor Pancreas Disease
- Donors Of Organs And Tissues
- Intestinal Infections
- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Kidney Rejection
- Living Donor Kidney Transplant Complications
- Lung Transplant Rejection
- Malabsorption
- Obstructive And Reflux Uropathy
- Pancreas Transplant Complications
- Pancreas Transplant Failure
- Pancreas Transplant Revision
- Rejected Kidney Removal
- Transplanted Kidney Failure
- Transplanted Organ Failure
- Viral Hepatitis
Procedures I perform
- Abdominal Organ Transplantation
- Antegrade Pyelogram
- Backbench Liver Graft Reconstruction
- Bilateral Ureters Dilation
- Blood Chemistry Test
- Brain Angiogram
- Combined Organ Transplant
- Control Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding
- Cushing Syndrome Management
- Cystourethroscopy With Ureteral Stent Insertion
- Deceased Donor Transplant
- Dialysis
- Dilation Of Esophagus
- Dopamine Therapy
- Drainage Of Bladder
- Endocrinology Care
- Enterectomy
- Excision Of Right Kidney
- Gastrointestinal Tube Placement
- General Surgery For Transplant Patients
- Graft Rejection Prevention
- Graft-Versus-Host Disease Treatment
- Hepatobiliary System And Pancreas Donor Organ Perfusion
- Iliopopliteal Bypass
- Insulin Therapy For Type 1 Diabetes
- Intestinal Reconstruction
- Islet Xenotransplant
- Kidney Disease Treatment
- Kidney Drainage
- Kidney Function Test
- Kidney Pancreas Transplant Evaluation
- Kidney Resection
- Kidney Stent Placement
- Kidney Stones Treatment
- Kidney Transplant Failure Treatment
- Laparoscopic Kidney Biopsy
- Laparoscopic Ureteral Reimplantation
- Left Ureter Dilation
- Live-In Care
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Medication Administration And Management
- Minimally Invasive Transplant Surgery
- Multi-Organ Transplant
- Nephrectomy
- Nutrition Counseling
- Open Partial Nephrectomy
- Organ Transplant
- Palliative Care Education
- Pancreas Allograft Preparation
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Grafting
- Pancreas Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant Malfunction
- Pancreas Transplant Monitoring
- Pancreas Transplant Rejection Treatment
- Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder Treatment
- Removal Of Transplanted Kidney
- Removal Of Transplanted Organ
- Renal Biopsy
- Retrograde Pyelogram
- Right Ureter Dilation
- Simultaneous Transplant
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
- Stent Placement
- Subclavian Artery Extirpation
- Testicular Ultrasound
- Transplant Complications Treatment
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplant Infection Treatment
- Transplant Nephrectomy
- Transplant Orthopedic Surgery
- Transplant Surgery For Patients With Complex Medical Conditions
- Transplant Surgery For Patients With Previous Transplant Failure
- Ureteroneocystostomy
- Ureteroureterostomy
- Urinary Filtration Performance
- Urinary Protein Test
- Vasculature Reconstruction
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
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Choice Fund PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UHC Passport
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA EPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Navigate
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Choice POS II
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HighMark
- IH-POS
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- HealthyBlue PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- First Health PPO
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Core Essential (HMO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Sentara Health
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Choice POS
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Student Resources
- Medicare Direct
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- POS OA
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE for Life East
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open POS Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Choice POS II Open Access
- OA Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-POS Plus
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Urology, Urology
Fellowship: University of Minnesota Medical School (2008)
Fellowship: The University Hospital-Cincinnati (2002)
Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2001)
Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1997)
Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (1995)
Awards
- 2024 Medal of Excellence Award by the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) Dr. Steven Potter, Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Urology and Director of Pancreas Transplantation at the Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, has been awarded the 2024 Medal of Excellence Award by the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP). This prestigious award, one of the highest honors bestowed by the AAKP, recognizes leading kidney care professionals who exemplify innovation, patient empowerment, and excellence in patient care. Dr. Potter’s groundbreaking contributions and steadfast dedication to kidney transplantation have significantly advanced medical practice and improved patient outcomes. His visionary leadership and tireless advocacy for patient-centered kidney policy have established new benchmarks for excellence in transplant medicine. During this Decade of the Kidney™, Dr. Potter joins an elite group of leaders recognized by AAKP for their unwavering commitment to enhancing the lives of individuals affected by kidney disease. His work epitomizes the highest standards of kidney care, embodying both compassion and expertise. To our current and prospective patients, rest assured that you are in exceptional hands. Dr. Potter and our entire transplant team are dedicated to providing world-class care and comprehensive support throughout your healthcare journey. Read more here.