Filipa Andrea Ligeiro, MD| Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Ligeiro is board certified in transplant hepatology, gastroenterology, and internal medicine.
Her areas of special interest and expertise include:
- Compensated and decompensated cirrhosis
- Alcohol-related liver disease
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Autoimmune and metabolic liver diseases
- Liver transplantation
- Liver tumors
She has published articles in numerous peer-reviewed journals and has been involved in educating medical students as an assistant professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, at University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Dr. Ligeiro earned her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She completed her residency and fellowships in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
After witnessing her own family’s interactions with the medical system, she knows how important it is for each patient to understand what’s going on with their health. She takes the time to talk with her patients about their condition and why she recommends a treatment or medication so that they can play an active role in making medical decisions.
When she’s not working, Dr. Ligeiro enjoys traveling, hiking, cooking and baking, and knitting.
Dr. Ligeiro is fluent in Portuguese.
Clinical areas of focus
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Chronic Lung Disease Management
- Deceased Donor Liver Transplant
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cancer Rehabilitation
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Renal Failure Treatment
- Transplant Evaluation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adverse Effects Of Immunosuppressive Medications
- Amoebic Liver Abscess
- Ascites
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Benign Neoplasm Of Digestive System
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Biliary Tract Obstruction
- Breast Cancer
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Caroli Disease
- Choledochal Cyst
- Cholestasis
- Chronic Rejection Of Transplanted Organ
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Liver Fibrosis
- Congenital Malformations Of Gallbladder, Bile Ducts And Liver
- Cytomegaloviral (CMV) Infection
- Cytomegalovirus Infection After Transplant
- Disorders Of Fluid, Electrolyte And Acid
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis D
- Hepatitis E
- Immunodeficiencies
- Infection After Transplant
- Intestinal Infections
- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts Cancer
- Liver Abscess
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Encephalopathy
- Liver Failure
- Liver Failure Due To Toxins
- Liver Scarring
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Metastatic Carcinoma To Liver
- Muscle Disorders
- Neoplasms Of Lymphoid, Hematopoietic And Related Tissue
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Renal Artery Thrombosis
- Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Variceal Bleeding
- Venous Embolism
- Viral Hepatitis
Procedures I perform
- Angioplasty Of Hepatic Artery
- Artificial Liver Therapy
- Ascites Treatment
- Chronic Liver Disease Treatment
- Chronic Lung Disease Management
- Coronary Thrombectomy
- Deceased Donor Liver Transplant
- Dialysis
- Endocrinology Care
- Gastrointestinal Varices Treatment
- Hepatic Artery Angioplasty
- Hepatic Artery Embolization
- Hepatic Encephalopathy Management
- Hepatitis E Treatment
- Liver Abscess Drainage
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Cancer Rehabilitation
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Cyst Drainage
- Liver Detoxification
- Liver Function Testing
- Liver Health Screening
- Liver Imaging
- Liver Mass Treatment
- Liver Metastases Treatment
- Liver Necrosis Treatment
- Liver Resection
- Liver Segmentectomy
- Liver Tumor Ablation
- Liver Tumor Embolization
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Lobectomy
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Portal Hypertension Treatment
- Portosystemic Shunt
- Renal Failure Treatment
- Social Work Consultation
- Transplant Evaluation
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
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Prime
- Choice POS II
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- TRICARE for Life East
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Navigate
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- UHC Passport
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Network OA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst EPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-PPO
- IH-HMO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Optimum Choice
- Sentara Health
- Choice POS
- Aetna HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- POS OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-POS
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- HighMark
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- OA Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna VA Exchange
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center (2017)
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center (2014)
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine (2011)