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