David Owen Walls, MD| Transplant Surgery | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Walls is a fellowship-trained multi-organ abdominal transplant surgeon. He performs liver, kidney, small bowel, and pancreas surgeries at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Dr. Walls’ areas of special interest include:
- End-stage organ failure
- Liver, kidney, pancreas, and small bowel transplantation
- Machine perfusion of donor organs to increase organ quality and availability
- Organ procurement and preservation
- Minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic and robotic surgeries
Dr. Walls takes the time to educate each patient about their condition and treatment options so they can be active partners in decisions about their care.
He earned his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and completed his residency at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. Dr. Walls completed a fellowship in multi-organ abdominal transplant and hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He also earned a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in epidemiology at Rutgers University.
When he’s not working, Dr. Walls enjoys skiing and spending time outdoors.
Clinical areas of focus
- Combined Transplant (KIDNEY-PANCREAS)
- Donor Nephrectomy
- Kidney Cancer
- Kidney Transplant
- Kidney Transplant Malfunction
- Kidney Transplant Rejection
- Living Donor Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant
- Removal Of Transplanted Or Rejected Kidney
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Bladder Surgery
- Cadaveric Transplant
- Combined Transplant (HEART-KIDNEY)
- Combined Transplant (KIDNEY-LIVER)
- Combined Transplant (KIDNEY-LIVER-PANCREAS)
- Combined Transplant (KIDNEY-PANCREAS)
- Continent Urinary Diversion
- Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant
- Donor Nephrectomy
- HIV Positive To HIV Positive Transplant
- Kidney Surgery
- Kidney Transplant
- Kidney Transplant (HIV POSITIVE)
- Kidney Transplant Chain
- Kidney Transplant Evaluation
- Kidney Transplant Evaluation (HIV POSITIVE)
- Laparoscopic Kidney Donation
- Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
- Laparoscopic Urology
- Living Donor Kidney Transplant
- Multi Organ Transplant
- Neobladder Construction
- Organ Donation
- Pancreas Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant Evaluation
- Pretransplant Clearance
- Removal Of Transplanted Or Rejected Kidney
- Renal Autotransplant
- Transplant Desensitization Protocols
- Urinary Diversion
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
- United Choice Plus
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Navigate
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Innovation Health: POS
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna HMO
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Choice
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- First Health PPO
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Carefirst EPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Optimum Choice
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- WellPoint Maryland
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Tricare East Prime
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- I-SNP
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- United Student Resources
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- D-SNP)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Signature
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Tricare East Select
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Innovation Health: PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Beech Street PPO
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- United Golden Rule
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Virginia Premier
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Tricare for Life East
Education
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2024)
Residency: Rutgers Health Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (2022)
Graduate: Rutgers University-The State University of New Jersey (2019)
Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (2015)