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
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Congenital Cystic Liver
- Liver Failure
- Liver Mass
- Liver Metastases
- Metabolic Liver Disease
- Necrosis Of Liver
- Viral Hepatitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Cirrhosis
- Congenital Cystic Liver
- Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Failure
- Liver Mass
- Liver Metastases
- Metabolic Liver Disease
- Necrosis Of Liver
- Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
- Portal Hypertension
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Viral Hepatitis
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 Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- United Student Resources
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Navigate
- Cigna Network Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- I-SNP
- Innovation Health: PPO
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Administrators
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Carefirst EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Signature
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Optimum Choice
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Tricare for Life East
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Cigna Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- WellPoint Maryland
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare East Prime
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Select
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Virginia Premier
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Innovation Health: POS
- United Choice Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Tricare East Select
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna EPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Medicaid - Virginia
- D-SNP)
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- United Golden Rule
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Transplant Hepatology
Fellowship Program: University of Maryland Medical Center (2017)
Residency Program: University of Maryland Medical Center (2014)
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine (2011)