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Alejandro Mejia, MD

  • Hepatobiliary Surgery | Transplant Hepatology | Transplant Surgery | General Surgery
Languages Spoken Spanish, English
  • Mayo Clinic Care Network Member
  • Methodist Alliance for Patients and Physicians
Best Doctor Award 2020
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    Dr. Alejandro Mejia is the Executive Program Director, Organ Transplantation. He received his medical training at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia. He was trained as a general surgeon at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and then completed a fellowship in multiorgan abdominal transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. There he trained extensively in both adult and pediatric kidney, pancreas, liver, and intestinal transplantation as well as techniques in split-liver and live-donor liver transplantation. He served as an assistant professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, performing both adult and pediatric transplantation prior to joining The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. His main interests include adult and pediatric liver transplantation, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, and laparoscopic liver surgery.

    Read Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) from the book Liver Transplantation – Basic Issues by Dr. Alejandro Mejia, Dr. Hector Nazario, and Dr. Parvez Mantry.

    Dr. Mejia led a team at Methodist Dallas Medical Center that performed two firsts for North Texas including a fully robotic Whipple, or a pancreaticoduodenectomy, and liver resection.

    Special interests include organ transplant surgery and da Vinci® robotic procedures.

    PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

    Texas Medical Association
    Member J. Bradley Aust. Surgical Society
    Member AHPBA
    Member ASTS
    Associate Member ACS
    Member ILTS
    Member Texas Transplantation Society
    Fellow American College of Surgeons (Oct. 19 2006)

    Residency

    General Surgery - University of Texas, San Antonio, TX Chief, General Surgery - University of Texas, San Antonio, TX

    Fellowship

    Transplant - University of Nebraska Med Center, Omaha, NE

    Specialties
    • Hepatobiliary Surgery
    • Transplant Hepatology
    • Transplant Surgery
    • General Surgery (Board Certified)
    Board Certifications
    • General Surgery
    Awards
    • Robotic Trained Surgeon
  • Insurance

    Accepted Health Plan information is only as accurate as the most current information submitted. Prior to your appointment, it is advisable to verify with a physician office that they are still a participating provider.

    • AARP Medicare Complete
    • Aetna Medicare HMO
    • Aetna Medicare PPO
    • Aetna Quality Health (QHP)
    • Aetna US Healthcare HMO
    • Aetna US Healthcare/PPO
    • Amerigroup Medicare Advantage
    • Amerigroup Star + Plus
    • Amerigroup Star Medicaid
    • BCBS
    • BCBS of Texas HMO
    • Blue Advantage HMO
    • Cigna (OAP) Open Access
    • Cigna Local Plus
    • Cigna/HMO
    • Cigna/POS
    • Cigna/PPO
    • Health Smart PPO
    • HealthSmart GEPO
    • Heritage Southwest IPA
    • Humana ChoiceCare Medicare Choice PPO
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Humana Preferred PPO
    • Med Health BCBS
    • Molina Market Place
    • Multiplan PPO
    • PHCS2
    • Savility
    • Superior Healthplan Star Plus
    • Superior Medicaid Insurance
    • Superior Medicare Advantage HMO
    • Texan Plus Medicare Advantage Plan (Universal American)
    • TexanPlus Dual Eligible
    • Texas Health Aetna
    • Tricare
    • United Healthcare PPO
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